INNOVATIVE NURSE EDUCATOR SUMMIT
A free virtual event to discover creative teaching methods that will spark student engagement and fuel your growth as a confident, creative, active learning educator.
October 28-30
*Option to earn CE Credits for this event upon registration
Say goodbye to zoned-out students and boring lectures.
This event will help you reignite the spark in your teaching.
Connecting the classroom to clinical practice continues to be a challenge for nursing education.
Yes, we’re making progress! Sharing ideas more openly, supporting new educators in fresh ways, and shifting our focus toward preparing students for the realities of practice beyond the Next-Gen NCLEX.
And yet, the overwhelm persists. There’s too much content, not enough time, and a constant struggle to grab and maintain attention while still making learning meaningful.
As a busy educator, you …
Struggle to find the time to create something new
Between clinical prep, meetings, email and grading … You care about making learning meaningful but right now, you just need something that’s ready to go.
Are over the endless search for activities
You want tools that help students think like nurses, not just memorize symptoms or interventions.
Run out of steam when it’s time to get creative
Kahoot again? You’re ready for something fresh, but it’s hard to build what you haven’t seen, and you’re feeling uninspired.
Moving toward an engaged, active classroom can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Make this the year your classroom feels more engaged, more inspired, and more aligned with you.
Students who lean in instead of zone out.
When students are doing, discussing, and solving (not just listening) they’re more alert, more curious, and more invested in their learning. Active learning helps them involve their whole self and stay present no matter how long your class or clinical is.
Teaching that feels aligned with your values around learning.
You became an educator because you love teaching, not to rush through slides. Active learning creates space for the joy of teaching to shine again. Through empathy, storytelling, and meaningful conversations, you can create connection with your students and feel aligned with your lesson plan.
Ideas that flow instead of frustrate.
Active learning doesn’t mean reinventing every activity or flipping your entire classroom at once. With the small, incremental changes and the right tools, you can create engaging lessons that leave you feeling inspired, not overwhelmed.
Build clinical judgment with intention.
Active learning prepares students for success beyond an exam. When your classroom, clinical and lab mirror the challenges of real practice, students gain the confidence, curiosity, and clinical reasoning they’ll need at the bedside and on the Next-Gen NCLEX.
Join us for the Innovative Nurse Educator Summit today!
Over three days, 12 experts will inspire you with new teaching tools and innovative techniques that will turn overwhelm into momentum, providing you with practical tools you can use right away.
Event Schedule
Live Kick-Off Call
Tuesday, October 28th
9am Central | Welcome + Orientation
Day One
Tuesday, October 28th
Speakers
Gina Panozzo DNP, RN-PMH-BC, CNE
Traveling Case Study:
Development and Flowsheet
Rebecca Merkle BN, RN &
Laura Vogelsang PhD, RN
Shaping Clinical Thinkers: Enhancing Engagement and Prioritization
Dana Smith MSN, RN, CEN, CNEcl
Connection Before Content: Building Emotional Intelligence in the Nursing Classroom
Elizabeth Robison EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE-A, FAADN
Harnessing the Educational Power of Generative AI with NotebookLM
Day Two
10:30am & 1pm Central | ✨LIVE co-working sessions
Wednesday, October 29th
Speakers
Natasha Nurse-Clarke PhD, RN, FAAN
Gamified Prebriefing for Virtual Simulation
Echo Rivera PhD
How to revive your lecture slides
(and become the instructor students rave about!)
Martha Johnson MSN, RN
Pillars of Active Learning:
Eight Simple Ways to Engage Students
Day Three
Thursday, October 30th
Speakers
Michelle Miller PhD
Making the Most of Memory in Our Courses: Why and How
Tracey Long PhD, MPH, MSN, APRN-BC, CDCES, CCRN, CNE
From Passive to Powerful:
Transforming Nursing Classrooms with Active Learning
Cathy Parkes BSN, RN, CWCN, PHN
Helping Students Overcome Information Overload
Nicole Poff MA
Kindness as a Teaching Strategy: Student-Centered Approaches in Nursing Education
Kimberly Anderson MSN, RN
Escaping Reality: Creating Realistic Escape Room Simulations to Assess Clinical Judgment
Meet the Host
Hey there! I’m Martha.
When I was a new educator, my first theory course was heavy on PowerPoint slides and scripted lectures. I knew it wasn’t how I wanted to teach, but I didn’t know what else to do.
Over time, I discovered an active learning, student-centered approach. I saw students perk up, speak up, and start connecting classroom content to clinical care in ways that stuck.
I started BreakoutRN to help other nurse educators make that same shift without the overwhelm. I truly belive that you don’t have to overhaul your entire course. Just start with one activity at a time.
This summit is designed to support that step-by-step approach. You’ll leave with practical tools, fresh ideas, and ready-to-use resources to boost engagement and help you lead your classroom with confidence.
What to expect
When & Where
The summit will run October 27-30th. See the schedule below for each presentation date and time.
The event is virtual, so you can access the summit from anywhere with internet access.
Expert Sessions
Attend 12 expert-led sessions that include innovative teaching techniques, using AI, implementing active learning tools, improving memory, and more.
Presentations are around 20 minutes in length. Nice and concise, so you can get practical information and put it into action immediately!
No Registration Fee!
There is no cost to attend the summit: it’s free!
Private Community
You’ll also have access to a private Slack community during the summit. Here, we’ll connect before the event, share additional ideas during the event, and continue to offer support to help you implement these ideas after the event.
Chances to Win!
Enter to win prizes and giveaways by simply engaging with the community.
Optional upgrade!
Nurse Educator Toolkit
With so many amazing presentations, you may wonder how to fit them all in. Well, you don’t have to!
After registering, you will have the option to upgrade your ticket to the Nurse Educator Toolkit. This includes one-year access to all the presentations, a private podcast, additional worksheets and templates, CE credit, and the amazing bonuses from our speakers!
Nurse Educator Toolkit
The ultimate upgrade to take your teaching to the next level! In addition to ongoing access to the presentations and CE credit, you will receive access to the Nurse Educator Toolkit, an exclusive collection of resources from the speakers, including worksheets, courses, membership trials, and more. Register now to see all of the bonus materials available!
Why the Innovative Nurse Educator Summit?
This event values innovation and experimentation.
We need to investigate new approaches to how we teach future nurses.
Students continue to have difficulty connecting theory to practice and are entering the profession unprepared to make clinical decisions. We can change how we teach, moving away from memorization for a test and toward connecting theoretical knowledge to the patient’s care.
The Innovative Nurse Educator Summit offers you the tools to effectively transition students to active participants in learning, using proven teaching strategies that encourage engagement and give you the practical tools to lead an active learning classroom with confidence.
Your schedule is hectic, and you have more work than there is time in the day …
But the schedule of this summit supports your busy workday. With your free ticket, you will have 48 hours to watch or listen to the presentation and walk away with practical, easy-to-implement tools right away.
The Innovative Nurse Educator Summit
will give you creative teaching tools to increase student engagement and confidently lead an active learning classroom.
IT’S TIME TO…
Stop feeling overwhelmed by the thought of starting a flipped classroom from scratch.
Take small steps toward an active learning classroom with confidence.
Implement proven techniques that increase student engagement and bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Frequently Asked Questions
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We are excited to welcome our partners in nursing practice as well. Any nurse educator, regardless of where you practice, is welcome to attend. The focus will be on educational best practices that can be applied to a variety of settings.
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Once you sign up, you will have the option to pay a small fee to earn CE credits. The live sessions will be recorded and you will have six months to access them, complete the evaluation, and earn the credits.
CE credits are also available as part of the Nurse Educator Toolkit, a collection of amazing resources from the speakers.
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Each speaker presentation will be available for 48 hours after it goes live.
However, you can purchase the Nurse Educator Toolkit to get ongoing access to all of the videos and workbooks, information on earning CE credits, along with other amazing bonuses from the speakers! -
No. When you register, you will be added to the summit email list so we can send you updates for the event and the links to speaker presentations. After the summit, you'll continue to hear from us, but you can unsubscribe anytime.
Speakers may have a free resource available that you can access by providing an email address, but the speaker will not get your email unless you choose to give it to them specifically. This way, you will only hear from the people you are truly interested in connecting with online.
Learn more in our Privacy Policy.
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The presentations will be available for 48 hours after they go live with your free ticket.
If you cannot attend the live sessions, you can upgrade to the Nurse Educator Toolkit to gain 1-year access to recordings of the live sessions. This is available after you sign up for your free ticket.
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Yes! All presentations have closed captioning. Notes are also available for each presentation with our upgrade options that you’ll see after registering for the event.
Please reach out if there’s anything we can do to ensure you can enjoy this event.
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No problem! If you still have questions, I will encourage you to go ahead and sign up. Your question will likely be answered during the event or in the community, which you will be able to join right away.
However, if you need to ask a question before registering, feel free to send me an email at hello@breakoutrn.com.
Get Your FREE Ticket
Click the button below to get your ticket and join us for the Innovative Nurse Educator Summit, and start building an active learning classroom.