LPN's Step Up - LIVE at ANCC Magnet & Pathway 2026 with Angela Beddoe & Corenza Townsend

Episode Description

Recorded live at the ANCC Magnet & Pathway Conference 2026 in Chicago, hear from Angela Beddoe, CEO of the American Nurses Enterprise, and Corenza Townsend, LPN and Chief Administrative Officer of Norton West Louisville Hospital.

Angela shares conference highlights, and describes the vote to bring LPNs and LVNs into the American Nurses Association, an equity issue members have discussed for nearly a decade.

Corenza has a clear message for LPNs: a nurse is a nurse is a nurse, and the door’s wide open. She also shares how speaking up helped lead to a hospital being built in West Louisville.

A reminder that leadership is about action; it isn’t about titles or the letters after your name. Every nurse’s voice matters.

Timestamps

0:00 Welcome, live from Magnet & Pathway

0:43 Day-one highlights

1:41 What LPNs should look for next year

2:05 “A nurse is a nurse is a nurse”

2:50 The vote to bring LPNs and LVNs into the ANA

3:19 What’s next in 2027

3:52 Speaking up and building a hospital

4:33 Why your voice matters

About the host

Rosa Hart, BSN, RN, SCRN, FLAA, is a nurse, speaker, podcaster, and author of Speak Up, Start Now, available on Audible & Kindle.