2025 Magnet & Pathway Conference: What Nursing Leaders Need to Know

Quick Preview Checklist

• https://magnetpathwaycon.nursingworld.org/ 
• Event Dates: October 8 - 10, 2025
• Location: Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA
• Hosted by: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Audience: Nurses, CNOs, nursing directors, administrators, dialysis professionals
• Themes to watch: Magnet & Pathway guidance, nursing excellence, leadership, innovation

What the 2025 Magnet & Pathway Conference Covers

This year's ANCC Magnet & Pathway Conference invites nursing leaders from October 8-10 in Atlanta for a high-impact event focused on recognition, leadership, and excellence in nursing. Whether you're pursuing Magnet designation or working within the Pathway to Excellence framework, this is the gathering for insights, best practices, and networking with peers to transform change. There are also special events scheduled prior to the main events running October 5 - 7. Learn more on the official conference page, or read ahead for a summary of highlights. 

Key Themes Driving the 2025 Agenda

Here are the core focus areas attendees will see throughout the many sessions and workshops for the event.

Nursing Innovation & Technology

• How virtual nursing, AI, and robotics are transforming patient care. 
• Reducing documentation burden to free up nurse time.
• Leveraging analytics and tech-driven care models for better outcomes.

Workforce Well-Being & Retention

• Addressing burnout, mental health, and generational needs in nursing.
• Peer-to-peer support, resilience strategies, and leadership coaching.
• Recognition initiatives tailored for nigh shift and emerging leaders.

Safe, Equitable Patient Care

• Initiatives tackling workplace violence and promoting diversity.
• SDOH-focused care models addressing housing, food insecurity, and access.
• Simulation training for de-escalation, ethics, and trauma-informed care.

Leadership, Research, and Professional Growth

• Research mentorship programs and Magnet site visit readiness.
• Student nurse engagement and leadership pipeline development.
• Advanced workshops on evidence-based practice and ethics.

Why This Matters for Your Healthcare Tech Strategy

PDi will be attending in support of our virtual care partner, NESA, Inc. this year.  The core themes of leadership, nursing excellence, and operational resilience align directly with our shared values and solutions. With this better care virtual solution, the people who interact with our smart display technology the most, beyond patients, are the nurses of all facility types. The focus on workplace, innovation, and patient-centered care are what compelled us to create GENiO's cloud-based technology that reinforces engagement, efficiency, and now EHR-enablement through MyChart Bedside TV.

Leadership sessions at this conference will underscore how investments in staff empowerment and adaptive systems help clinicians to focus on the quality of care and not task management. See how we save nurses steps.

PDi is the partner nurses need to bring patient-facing entertainment and information to your bedside and chairside. 

The 2025 Magnet & Pathway Conference invites nursing leaders to inspire innovation, strengthen leadership, and elevate care environments, all while facing some of the greatest challenges the healthcare industry has ever seen. The value of patient-centered, staff-efficient technology will become paramount in igniting that innovation, enabling leadership, and improving the patient experience.