The Arizona Healthcare Leadership Academy is a collaboration between The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Eller College of Management, Arizona Nurses Association, and Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association.

The Academy is a two-tiered program, each tier consisting of four education days, designed to teach fundamental (Tier I) and advanced (Tier II) leadership skills to professionals in the healthcare industry. Participants receive 26.4 contact hours from the Arizona Nurses Association upon program completion.

The Academy also offers a new Directors Only program. Participants receive 22.5 contact hours from the Arizona Nurses Association upon program completion.

Our goal is developing leaders who have the confidence and skills to improve the quality of the healthcare work environment.

Due to the success of the Arizona Healthcare Leadership Academy, we are happy to announce our 2008 programs Send-5-get-1-free offer. Simply put, for every 5 participants you sign up for a particular program, you may send another one to that same program for free!

The all new 2008 Calendar is available. Be sure to review dates, times, and venues today. Click for details and more information.

Effken Receives the 2008 Ada Sue Hinshaw Award
Judith A. Effken, PhD, RN, FACMI, FAAN, Professor, received the prestigious 2008 Ada Sue Hinshaw Award on October 1st at the annual Friends of the Nursing Institute for Nursing Research (FNINR) Nightingala in Washington, D.C., for her significant research towards improving healthcare. The Ada Sue Hinshaw Research grant is funded by FNINR in honor of Ada Sue Hinshaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, the first permanent Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research. The award is an unrestricted grant to support the work of a promising and accomplished nurse researcher.

Dr. Effken was recognized for development of theory and methods in Nursing Informatics. She has applied ecological psychology theory to develop clinical information displays that facilitate the problem detection of practicing nurses and students. In addition, she was the first to apply computational modeling techniques to the study of complex, multi-level nursing systems in order to improve quality and safety outcomes. Her current research, which is funded by the National Library of Medicine, focuses on the development of a dynamic network analysis decision support tool for nurse managers to enable them to make better decisions about innovations that they might implement to improve patient safety and quality outcomes. She has achieved national and international recognition for her research in informatics and is a Fellow in both the American Academy of Nursing and the American College of Medical Informatics. Congratulations, Judith, on your continued success!

New program dates for 2009!
Just click on.... to the pdf. Stay tuned for additional pending programs. Any questions, call Diane Berkey at 480-831-0404 x105 or write diane@aznurse.org


New dates for 2009:

Tier I
Phoenix, Arizona
January 21, 2009; February 4, 2009; February 18, 2009; March 4, 2009

Tier I
Tucson, Arizona
September 16, 2009; September 30, 2009; October 14, 2009; October 28, 2009

Tier I
Prescott Valley, Arizona
September 18, 2009; October 2, 2009; October 16, 2009; October 30, 2009

Tier II
Tucson, Arizona
January 28, 2009; February 11, 2009; February 25, 2009; March 11, 2009

Tier II
Phoenix, Arizona
September 23, 2009; October 7, 2009; October 21, 2009; November 4, 2009

Download DOC version of these dates here
Stay Tuned - More Programs Coming


Tier I Program at Eller College of Management – Scottsdale Campus
For the first time ever, The Arizona Healthcare Leadership Academy (AzHCLA) is holding a Tier I Program at the Eller College of Management Scottsdale Facility that begins October 23rd. This four-day executive education program is designed for front-line nursing professionals, including team leaders, charge nurses, healthcare managers, supervisors and all healthcare providers who aspire to such positions from facilities across Arizona.

Click here to register.