Nursing Beyond Bedside 2026
- Thursday 17 December
- 10AM
- Warri, Delta State
- Livestreamed
A first of its kind career exposure and planning day
Nursing Beyond Bedside creates a space to start that conversation. It is designed to give attendees greater exposure to the breadth of healthcare and encourage them to think more deliberately about the kind of professionals they want to become.
Who’s attending
- Early career nurses
- Nurses in transition
- Student nurses
Nurses rarely get the space to plan their careers with intention
- 01
Career uncertainty
Many nurses reach a point in their careers without a clear sense of direction or next step.
- 02
Limited exposure
Most nurses are only exposed to the bedside path, not research, tech, policy, or entrepreneurship.
- 03
Few practical tools
Structured mentorship and career planning tools built specifically for nurses are scarce.
Opening
Welcome and framing for the day.
Speaker session
The importance of intentional career planning and how to approach it strategically.
Speaker session
The broadness of nursing as a profession, and the range of paths available beyond the bedside.
Q&A
Direct audience access to both speakers’ insight and experience.
Panel discussion
A conversation among nurses and healthcare professionals with diverse career journeys.
Networking
Structured space for attendees to connect with each other and with speakers and panelists.
Career planning workshop
A guided walkthrough of The Nurse I’m Becoming Journal.
Journal activity
Translating everything heard into a written, personal plan.
Closing
What attendees now have: clarity, connections, a plan in progress.
The working tool of the day, not a takeaway
Attendees are guided page by page through what to write, turning speaker and panel insight into something concrete on paper.
- The central artifact of the day, used live in the workshop
- Turns year end reflection into a concrete 2027 plan
- A lasting resource attendees keep using long after the event
What attendees leave with
- 01Greater awareness of career possibilities within and around nursing
- 02A clearer sense of their own career direction
- 03A stronger understanding of how career transitions happen
- 04New professional connections from structured networking
- 05A career roadmap in progress, continued after the event
- 06Ongoing points of connection with peers and speakers
More than a one day event
This creates a platform not simply for logo placement, but for organisations to tell people what they do and why it matters.
Save your seat
In person in Warri, Delta State, and livestreamed for nurses who can’t attend.