AFT Staffing Committee Training Series

Available through March 2026

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Course Description

Through the AFT Code Red campaign, health professionals are winning groundbreaking improvements for patient safety, including requiring staffing committees to create safer staffing plans in collaboration with direct care staff. Staffing committees are an important tool for safe staffing, but their success depends on the leadership of dedicated union health professionals. This series is designed to train, support, and empower health professionals from all backgrounds and experience levels to fully participate in an effective staffing committee.

In this training, learners will move through three modules, each focused on a different aspect of staffing committee work. Each one-hour module is broken down into three lessons to support health professionals building these skills at a time and pace that works best for them.

Contact hours awarded: 3.0

Presenters

• Kelly Nedrow, Senior Director, AFT Health Issues
• Matt Calzia, Director of Nursing Practice and Professional Development, Oregon Nurses Association
• Fred Hyde, Consultant, Fred Hyde & Associates
• Christy Simila, Nursing Practice Consultant, Oregon Nurses Association
• Erica Bell, Director of Nursing Practice, Ohio Nurses Association
• Sheryl Mount, President, HPAE Local 5105
• Deborah Egel, Consultant, Public Employees Federation
• John Brady, Vice President, AFT Connecticut
• Therese Hooft, Nurse Practice Consultant, Oregon Nurses Association
• Robin Haux, Labor Director, Montana Nurses Association

Relevant Financial Disclosures

AFT Nurses and Health Professionals requires disclosure of any relevant financial interest or other affiliation a presenter has with an ineligible company. The planners and presenters for this training have declared no relevant financial relationships.

Accredited status of this activity does not imply endorsement of any product or service by AFT-NHP.

Learning Outcome

80% of participants will be able to use the knowledge gained to fully participate on a committee to advocate for safe staffing at the local level and specific facility.

Successful Completion

The learner must attend 100 percent of each lesson. After the learner has completed all lessons in the training series, a post-test with a passing score of 80% and program evaluation must be completed before a certificate of completion is issued.

Contact Hours

3.0 contact hours will be awarded to attendees who successfully complete the full training series. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

AFT Nurses and Health Professionals is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. #P0003

Access to this course will end on March 15, 2026.