Mark your calendars for the 2027 ACHNE Annual Institute, taking place from June 3 to June 5, 2027, at the Madison Concourse Hotel in Madison, WI. This year's guiding theme is "Leading with Purpose: Prevent, Protect, and Advance."
Attendees can look forward to a dynamic environment focused on community and public health nursing education, leadership, and curriculum advancement. The Institute offers a premier platform to connect with colleagues, share innovative practices, and collaborate on the future of public health nursing.
The 2027 Annual Institute is designed around key focus areas to guide community and public health nursing education and practice:
Apply purposeful and courageous leadership strategies that strengthen community and public health nursing education, practice, and professional identity.
Examine innovative, evidence-based approaches to prevention and upstream population health that promote health, reduce disparities, and improve outcomes across diverse communities.
Explore strategies for addressing social and environmental determinants of health, including the effects of climate change, environmental threats, and emerging population health challenges.
Strengthen advocacy, policy engagement, and community partnerships to protect populations experiencing health inequities, barriers to care, disasters, and other threats to health and well-being.
Evaluate research, scholarship, educational innovation, curriculum, and emerging technologies that prepare nurses and nurse educators to respond to evolving community and population health needs.
Cultivate mentorship, collaboration, and professional partnerships that develop current and future leaders and advance the impact of community and public health nursing.
Call for Abstracts Coming Soon! Start preparing your research, evidence-based practices, and innovations to share with colleagues. Stay tuned for official submission guidelines.