Eileen T. O'Grady PhD, RN, NP - Certified Nurse Practitioner and Wellness Coach
Professional Speaking

Upcoming Presentations 
2012

Keynote Address:  26th Annual Wisconsin Advanced Practice Nursing Forum at Geneva Lake on May 4,  2012. 

Holy Cross Hospital (Silver Spring, Maryland) 19th Annual Gynecologic Seminar.  Generosity Towards the Self: A Workshop on Extreme Self Care. at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay, Cambridge, Maryland April 22, 2012. 

Case Design Remodeling Inc "The Evidence on Being a Better Bodyguard to Yourself"at the Case Remodeling Summit,  Bolger Center in  Potomac Maryland on February 3, 2012 

The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) Women's Executive Forum.  Generosity Towards the Self: A Workshop on Caring For and About Yourself at the ASAE headquarters, Washington, DC  January 17, 2012.   

2011

Staff Development Workshop: Extreme Self Care at the Women's  Center in Vienna, Virginia on November 18, 2011.  

Promoting Generosity Towards the Self: A Life Lived Well. At Marymount  University's Inaugural Malek School of Health Professions Lecture at the Arlington Campus November 11, 2011.  

Keynote Address: Standing Firm: Health Reform, APRN Practice, Politics, and Possibilities and Wellness Coaching at the 27th Annual Nurse Practitioner Association of New York Annual Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY on October 28, 2011.

Nursing Grand Rounds: On Flourishing, at The George Washington University Hospital, Washington DC on September 29, 2011.  

Health Care Homes  at the Contemporary Forums'  26th Annual Ambulatory OB/GYN Nursing Conference in Orlando on September 26, 2011. 

Positive Psychology for Advanced Practice Nurses and Health Reform presentations at the National Nurse Practitioner Symposium, Copper Mountain, Colorado July 14-17 2011.
 
Closing Plenary Session at the 6th Annual British Columbia Nurse Practitioner Association meeting in Vancouver on June 17, 2011.

The Future Health Workforce 
Luncheon Speaker at Pace University's College of Health Professions,  professional development day at the Schimmel Theatre in New York City on June 1, 2011.  
 
Health Reform and Emerging Health Policy Issues 
at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Annual Advanced Practice Nursing Roundtable in Chicago on May 18, 2011. 

Keynote Address: Implications of Health Care Reform for Nurse Practitioners  and Wellness Coaching in Clinical Practice  at the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners Las Vegas on May 11, 2011.
 
Health Policy 202: Opening Speaker at the Public Policy Institute for Health Professionals at the Westin Grand Hotel in Washington DC, February 23, 2011.
 
Keynote Address:  Health Reform  2011  and  Wellness Coaching at the NPACE National Primary Care Conference in Mohegan Sun, Connecticut on January 24, 2011. 
 
 
 
National radio talk show guest, Partners In Practice Program, "The Medical Home and the Role of Nurse Practitioners"  and "Wellness Coaching" broadcast November 2010.  
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2010
 
Keynote Address:  Health Care Policy: Awakening the Nurse Practitioner Advocate. Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses Annual Meeting in Columbus on November 5, 2010.
 
Keynote Address: Unleashing the Power of Advanced Practice Nursing at the Advanced Practice in Primary and Acute Care—Pacific Northwest 33rd Annual National Conference, University of Washington School of Nursing. Seattle Convention Center. September 30, 2010.
 
Eldership: From Surviving to Thriving at the George Washington University's  End of Life Care Summer Institute July 24, 
 
Political Competence and Wellness Coaching at the University of Colorado Denver Annual Nurse Practitioner Symposium at Copper Mountain July 17.
 
Keynote Address:  Health Care Reform 2010: What's Next? Georgia Nurse Practitioner Update.in Savannah on June 3.
 
Keynote Address:  Health Care Reform 2010: Taking Risks, Speaking Up and Stepping Out to the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago on May 19.
Chicago May 2010.pdf (PDF — 276 KB)
 
Health Policy for Nurse Practitioner Educators: A Briefing Workshop Igniting the Fire: Re-imagining Health Policy for Graduate Nursing Students  to the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty Organization at the Omni Shoreham in Washington DC on April 15, 2010 
 
Keynote Address: Health Policy 2010:  Unleashing the Power of Advanced Practice Nursingto the Advanced Practice Nursing Conference 
St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri on February 19, 2010. 
St.Louis.pdf (PDF — 1 MB)
 
 
Integrated, Competency-Based Health Policy Education at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Annual Doctoral Education Conference on Captiva Island, Florida January 28, 2010.
 
2009 
Creating  A Wellness Visionat Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington DC to the Hospital Staff on October 29. 2009.
 
Nurse Practitioners and Health Reform: Finding our Voice and Courage. Keynote Address at the 2009 National Nurse Practitioner Symposium, University of Colorado Denver, at Copper Mountain in July.
 
Wellness Coaching as a Scholarly Activity to the Pace University Faculty at the annual Faculty Practice workshop in March.
 
2008
The Case for Making Waves: Nurses and the 2008 Presidential Election at the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston-School of Nursing in October.
 
Wisconsin Public Radio “Conversations with Kathleen Dunn” Invited guest on 1 hour live interview about McCain and Obama presidential health proposals September 23,2008.  “The Kathleen Dunn Show" www.wpr.org/ideas/programnotes.cfm
 
Federal Health Policy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective to the biannual Public Policy Institute for Health Professionals in Washington DC in March.