The JHAH Nursing Congress takes place on 7–8 December 2026 at Grand Hyatt Hotel & Convention Center in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Organised by Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, the congress centres on “Nursing Empowerment is Power” and brings together nursing professionals, leaders, educators and innovators. Its purpose is to celebrate nursing achievements, exchange best practices and explore strategies that strengthen patient care, professional development and nursing excellence.
The congress aims to enhance professional competencies through evidence-based practice, leadership development, quality improvement and interprofessional collaboration. Its intended audience includes chief nursing officers, directors, nurse managers, Magnet programme directors, educators, charge nurses, staff nurses, nursing informatics specialists, midwives, researchers, assistants, technicians, and nursing quality and patient safety officers. The organisers describe a setting for international and local contributions, research and quality-improvement insights, and collaborative discussion.
Day 1 explores leadership, voice and professional growth, followed by quality, safety and patient outcomes. Published presentations address exceptional patient experiences, peer coaching for nurse managers, transformational leadership, nursing strategy, talent development, recognition and belonging, and psychological safety. The afternoon considers the patient’s voice in nursing quality, hospital-at-home care, integrating quality and safety from design to operational delivery, resilience, mentorship and professional development. Dr. Hani Ayyad is named for opening remarks and a presentation on empowered nurses; several contributors are explicitly scheduled to present virtually, without establishing virtual attendance for delegates.
Day 2 covers empowered teams, patient-centred decisions, innovation, ethical accountability, burnout prevention, nursing impact metrics, simulation, training trainers, interdisciplinary collaboration, sustainability, protocols and audits. A discussion panel on lessons learned and next steps is announced, but its panelists and moderator remain undecided. The complete published two-day agenda is indexed below, retaining source wording and incomplete speaker information rather than inventing details.
Admission is explicitly free. The organiser states that the congress is accredited for 10 CPD hours by SCFHS and the American Nursing Credentialing Center; these are not added into a 20-hour total. Hours and the electronic attendance certificate require full attendance on both days, a completed congress evaluation, and an email address. No working event-specific registration portal, open abstract call, named sponsors or downloadable booklet was verified. The advertised booklet link currently leads to the JHAH homepage. One agenda time is printed as “240 - 2:55 p.m.” and remains flagged for clarification.
