Curiosity, Courage & Communications
Maria Kidner, DNP, APRN, FNP, FAANP

Session Description: 
As we traverse our nursing careers, we will experience challenges from people. Abuse vertically or laterally will impact us in different ways. Understanding our personal response will help each person to create a new path to a healthy response and help build selfefficacy and resiliency. 

Speaker Bio: 
Maria Kidner is a DNP and a board-certified family nurse practitioner who has specialized in cardiology with over 18 years in cardiology as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) and over 30 years of nursing practice. She is a published author with, “Successful Advanced Practice Nurse Role Transition: A Structured Process to Developing Professional Identity through Role Transition.” Dr. Kidner is the co-chair for the ICN NP/APN research subgroup representing the USA. She is the Region 8 director to AANP. She lived in Rwanda, Africa in 2014 and continues to volunteer in providing cardiac education to Rwandan nurses and helping the country work towards APN roles. Dr. Kidner is a Rotarian. Dr. Kidner speaks nationally and internationally on cardiology and nursing leadership topics.

Montana Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

To earn contact hours, learners must watch 100% of the webinar and submit learner feedback and a certificate claim form; you will complete a course feedback form and then be directed to a certificate claim form to enter your name. Certificates will be available for download immediately, or within the learner profile of the learning system. 

Expires 4/1/2026
Contact hours awarded upon successful completion: 0.75