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 14-16
*Option to earn CE Credits for this event upon registration
Watch this video message to learn more!
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 lists.
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 are feeling uninspired.
Moving toward an active learning classroom can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone.
Here’s what is possible with active learning:
Students who lean in instead of zone out.
Teaching that feels like you and is aligned with your values around learning.
Ideas that flow instead of frustrate.
Build clinical judgment with intention.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Meet the Amazing Presenters!
Here are the amazing educators you’ll hear from at the Innovative Nurse Educator Summit.
Meet the Host
When I was a new educator, my first theory course was a 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 found my way to an active learning, student-centered model. 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. 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.
Hey there! I’m Martha
What to expect with your event ticket
Flipped classroom format
The Innovative Nurse Educator Summit will offer educators a continuing education experience with active learning principles. Starting October 12th, you will have access to the speaker presentations. Then, from October 23-25, we will come together for live sessions with each speaker and time for implementation.
PRESENTATIONS
Pre-work sessions will be 20-30 minutes in length. Nice and short so that you can get practical information and immediately put it into motion! The presentations will slowly released starting October 12th and be available through October 25th.
Live Sessions
We will come together from October 23-25 to apply what we have learned. Guided by each expert speaker, you will spend 30 minutes taking action and implementing the educational best practice you learned previously. You will walk away from the session having taken the first steps in implementing a new teaching technique.
Where
You can access the summit content from anywhere with internet access.
Everything will wrap up by October 25th.
Continuing Education Credits
After signing up, you will have the option if you would like to earn continuing education credits. There are a total of 9 credits available.
NETWORK WHILE LEARNING
You’ll also have access to a private Slack community during the summit. Here we’ll be connecting before the event, sharing additional ideas during the event, and continuing to offer support to help you implement these ideas once the event concludes.
Chances to win
Through our interactive BINGO card, you will have chances to win fun nurse educator prizes by showing up and participating throughout the summit. Click the link above to check out the prizes!
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 educators 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 time in the day …
But the schedule of this summit supports your busy workload. It is structured to give you time to work through and digest the information before the live sessions.
Starting Friday, October 12th, you will have access to nine expert presentations to teach you strategies to quickly get started with practical, easy-to-implement activities that engage students and promote clinical judgment.
Then, October 23-25, join in the live sessions with each presenter, where you will take the first steps in building these classroom or clinical activities.
This is similar to a flipped classroom model. You will first have time to learn the foundational content at your own pace. Then, through the live session, you will have the opportunity to implement, take action and start building the active learning lesson.
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 from October 12-25th. 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!
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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 for the summit are pre-recorded. These will be available for about 10 days with your free ticket.
If you cannot attend the live sessions, go ahead and grab your free ticket, and you will have the opportunity to upgrade to the Nurse Educator Toolkit to gain access to recordings of the live sessions.
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All of our speakers for this summit have been selected and all slots are currently full. However, if you are interested in speaking at next year's summit in 2024, email hello@breakourn.com!
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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 Facebook 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.
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