A regional conference of the American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), Holistic Self-Care: Your Secret Power for Enhancing Patient Care, will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., November 14, at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, in Washington, D.C. Participants will learn about self-care and why it is essential to personal thriving and quality patient care. Peggy Burkhardt, Ph.D., a past president of the AHNA, will be the keynote speaker.

Burkhardt has been a holistic nurse for more than 25 years and practiced as a family nurse practitioner. She is a current associate professor emerita at the West Virginia University School of Nursing, Charleston Division, and has published many articles, chapters and books related to holistic nursing ethics and spirituality. The event is open to the general public.

Registration is $150 before Nov. 9 and $175 after, and includes continental breakfast, lunch and six continuing nursing education units. Register at ahna.org/cne. For more information, call 800-278-2462.