The Competency Revolution: A Practical Model for Consistent Performance and Sustained Development

Tuesday, September 29
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
  • Joel Ray, COL, USAF, NC, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

    Moderator:

    Joel Ray, COL, USAF, NC, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

    Chief Clinical Advisor

    Laudio and StaffGarden by Ascend Learning

  • Larissa Africa, MBA, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

    Presenter

    Larissa Africa, MBA, RN, CENP, FAONL, FAAN

    Vice President, Healthcare Workforce Solutions

    StaffGarden by Ascend Learning

  • Alicia Potolsky, DNP, RN, NE-BC, DipACLM

    Presenter

    Alicia Potolsky, DNP, RN, NE-BC, DipACLM

    Associate Chief Nursing Officer

    El Camino Health

  • Julie Balluck, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

    Presenter

    Julie Balluck, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

    System Chief Nursing Officer

    Texas Health Resources

Workforce shortages, rising quality expectations and a Gen Z nursing workforce that often moves on within 30 months have exposed the limits of traditional skills-based assessment.

Confirming that a task was completed no longer tells leaders whether a nurse can perform safely and confidently in real practice.

In this panel, El Camino Health and Texas Health Resources share a practical model for competency management and how technology helps scale it through standardization, transparency and workforce mobility.

What you’ll take away:

• Why competency-based development has become a strategic priority
• Where procedural checklist models fall short in measuring clinical readiness
• How evidence-based onboarding accelerates new graduate nurse readiness