From Belonging to Better Outcomes: How DNP Nurse Leaders Are Transforming Care

Thursday, March 19, 2026, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Online Zoom Webinar

This webinar will present three Stanford Nurse Leaders sharing their Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) projects and reflections on how advanced nursing education has shaped their ability to lead, innovate, and transform health care. 

Dr. Jaliza Johnson will present on "Cultivating a Sense of Belonging and Peer Support through Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Education," an evidence-based quality improvement project aimed at enhancing the sense of belonging and peer support among New Graduate Registered Nurses at Stanford Health Care (SHC). 

Dr. Denise Shaw will present on "Doctor of Nursing Practice: From Preparation to Impact" and discuss reflections on how the DNP experience enhanced her work as a nurse leader. 

Dr. Lisa Cianfichi will present on "Identifying Presumed Obstructive Sleep Apnea at the Outpatient Surgery Center," a quality improvement initiative at Stanford Health Care’s Redwood City Outpatient Surgery Center that integrated STOP-BANG screening into the electronic health record and advanced practice provider workflow to identify presumed obstructive sleep apnea amid increasing patient volume and surgical complexity.

1. Identify internal resources and ways to support belonging within SHC
2. Recognize the importance of belonging and peer support
3. Describe how the Nurse Leader Fellowship project identified and addressed a critical organizational gap
4. Evaluate the outcomes of the newly developed onboarding program using qualitative and quantitative data.
5. Identify key lessons learned from designing and implementing the onboarding program
6. Identify perioperative risks associated with presumed obstructive sleep apnea in ambulatory surgery patients using standardized STOP-BANG screening.
7. Describe the integration of STOP-BANG screening into the electronic health record and advanced practice provider workflow to support consistent preoperative assessment.
8. Recognize how implicit bias may influence preoperative risk identification and explain how standardized screening promotes equitable, evidence-based care across diverse patient populations.

Registration Fee: Complimentary

ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center contact hour(s) (1.00 hours), CA BRN - California Board of Registered Nurses contact hour(s) (1.00 hours), General Attendance (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (Must select) (1.00 hours)

1. Stanford Health Care is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).  Provider Number CEP12165.
2. Stanford Health Care is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 
*Neither SHC nor ANCC endorse any commercial products

 ©2026 by Stanford Health Care, Division of Patient Care Services.
All rights reserved. No audio or video taping allowed. We reserve the right to make program changes. All students must be registered, attend the entire course, and submit an evaluation after course completion to earn credit hours.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Stanford Health Care (SHC) adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.