August 5, 2022
7:30 AM Registration & Check-in
8:30 AM Welcome Remark/Opening Conference Ceremony
8:40 AM Keynote Speaker: Nursing Building Our Future
MayKao Hang, DPA
Dean, Morrision Family of Health, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
Q&A
9:40 AM Mid Morning Break/ Visit Vendors
10:00 AM Healthcare Legislation and Policies: What’s at Stake
Representative Kaohly Vang Her, MN House
Q&A
11:00 AM Health Equity and Unconscious Biases in Nursing
Talee Vang, PsyD
Director of Health Equity Education & Welcome Services, Senior Clinical Psychologist
Q&A
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Skills Session: EKG Interpretation: Understanding the Basic Rhythm Recognition
Marie Thao-Ceballos, DNP, FNP
Q&A
2:00 PM Hmong Hospice Care: Death and Dying, Overcoming the Taboo
Yer Moua Xiong, MD & Tria Lor, MD
Q&A
3:00 PM Mid Afternoon Break/Visit Vendors
3:20 PM Skills Session: It’s Mental Health: Medication, Emergencies, and Assessment
University of St. Thomas School of Nursing
Q&A
4:20 PM Being an Effective Leader
Diane Mua Xiong, MSN, RN
Q&A
August 6, 2022
7:30 AM Registration & Check-in
8:30 AM HNA President, Conference Co-Chairs
8:40 AM Keynote Speaker: Reflecting on Our Past, The Health Impact of a Patriarchal Legacy
Calvin Yang, PsyD
Psychologist, Crossroads Institute
Q&A
9:40 AM Mid Morning Break/ Visit Vendors
10:00 AM Panel Discussion: Hmong Nurses: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going (Moderator: Padao Yang, DNP, PMHNP)
Phoua Yang, LPN, Deu Yang, LPN, Vonn Lee, RN, Wa Yang, DNP
Q&A
11:00 AM Herbs for Health and Healing
ZooXee Lee and Mai Y. Lee
Q&A
11:00 AM Lunch
1:00 PM Skills Session: Integrative Nursing at the Bedside
University of St Thomas School of Nursing
Q&A
2:00 PM The Covid Health Disparity Among Hmong as Told Through Data Disaggregation and Research
KaYing Yang, Chao Yang (Hmong Public Health Association), Mai Vue (Hmong Public Health Association)
Q&A
3:00 PM Mid Afternoon Break/Visit Vendors
3:20 PM Mental Health: The Hmong Story Cloth and Beyond
Alyssa Kaying Vang, PsyD
Q&A
4:20 PM Building Emotional Resilience: Avoiding Burn Out
Mai Joua Yang, MA Integrative Health & Wellbeing Coach & Pakou Yang, MS, LAMFT
Q&A