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Theme: Everyday Ethics Rooted in Trust
Registration closes at midnight PST on February 23, 2025.
Conference Objectives
- Describe the role that trust plays in everyday ethical decision-making.
- Discuss trustworthiness as a key component of fidelity, a virtue expected of nursing and the health professions.
- Explore the new 2025 ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and how it supports our values, and validates agency as a fundamental ethical obligation.
- Identify strategies to mitigate moral distress and to act in response to value-laden conflict in the clinical space.
- Illustrate how trust can strengthen unity in our communities.
- Value how the meaning of words and language can reinforce and rebuild relationships and trust at the individual, system, and societal levels.
2025 Speaker Spotlights

Keynote Speaker, Day One – Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
Vulnerability and Trust: Why Who We Are Matters

Plenary Speaker, Day One – Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, FAAN
What Builds and Breaks Trust? Implications for Healthcare

Closing Speaker, Day One – Father Greg Boyle, S.J.
Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times

Keynote Speaker, Day Two – Aimee Milliken, PhD, RN, HEC-C
Recognizing and Addressing Ethical Issues in Everyday Nursing Practice: The Role of Ethical Awareness

Plenary Co-Speaker, Day Two – Kara Curry, MA, RN, HEC-C –
A New Era of Ethics: The Power of the Code

Plenary Co-Speaker, Day Two – Shika Kalevor, MBE, BSN, RN, HEC-C
A New Era of Ethics: The Power of the Code

Plenary Co-Speaker, Day Two – Daniela Vargas, MSN, MPH, MA-Bioethics, RN, PHN
A New Era of Ethics: The Power of the Code
