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• Healthy Homes and Environments: Simple Steps to Empower Nurses to be Environmentally Conscious and Toxin Free

  • When
    3 Dec 2020
  •  
    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Free Zoom Webinar

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  Healthy Homes and Environments:

  Simple Steps to Empower Nurses to be Environmentally Conscious and Toxin Free

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Thursday December 3, 2020
  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Presented By
  Hacah Goggin, RN, MSN

  

  
  

  The 2020 pandemic has dramatically increased the public profile of environmental health.  As nurses, we already knew some of the basic principles of environmental health, however, it is time to learn about current environmental concerns impacting health from toxic chemical exposures to climate change.  

  Be informed

  Join us for an insightful presentation on

  how we can design environmentally friendly and safe surroundings. 

  Be empowered

  Take simple steps towards making yourself

  and your loved ones safer, healthier, and greener.  

  Be prepared

  Make your life more environmentally friendly.

  You may be surprised to find areas where you can improve your practice.  You will want to share this timely and important information with your family, friends, and colleagues!

  Topics we will cover:

  • Environmental health—toxins and climate change
  • Current research on certain chemicals of concern and their effect on health
  • Identify simple steps towards making our personal care, our homes and our communities, greener and healthier

  Hacah Goggin, RN, MSN

  Hacah has been a nurse for over 20 years, as well as an educator and advocate for environmental health. She has served in many roles within nursing, from bedside care to education and public policy. While obtaining her MSN in community health, Hacah first learned of environmental nursing. It was during this time that she began to understand the personal and population health impacts, and how nurses are particularly positioned to address them. Hacah has worked with both local and national public health groups, including the CT nurse association, the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy CT, and others. Through public speaking, education, and lobbying for policies on environmental toxin exposure and climate change, she hopes to be a valuable change agent bringing healing to the world.

  
  

  One (1) Professional Development Contact Hour will be awarded
  

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

  

  
  

  *Donations to a 501 C 6 are not tax deductible. Please check with you tax advisor
  

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• Virtual New School Nurse Orientation

  • Start
    7 Dec 2020
  •  
    (EST)
  • End
    16 Dec 2020
  •  
    (EST)
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Virtual

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  2020 Fall New School Nurse Orientation

  Orientation CONSISTS OF 3 COMPONENTS

  Real time Interactive Training (will be recorded)
  

  Online Modules
  Virtual Office Hours
  

  
  

    Interactive Training: 
    9:00 AM - 12 noon (both sessions required and will be recorded)

    *Monday, December 7, 2020 &

    *Monday, December 14, 2020

    Virtual Office hours:  Ask Question/Review Answers
  

    5:00 pm - 6:00 pm (optional, will not be recorded)

    *Wednesday, December 9, 2020 &
    *Wednesday, December 16, 2020

    ONLINE MODULES: 

    Online modules are 24/7 on demand access to extend your learning.

  
  

  
  Presented by:
  

  Dr. Stephanie Knutson, Education Consultant

  Description: This professional learning opportunity, designed specifically for NEW school nurses to ensure they have the resources, information and tools to be successful in their role!

  Topics will include: an overview of legal requirements, standards of practice and competencies for school nurses, supervisory issues, and the school nurse’s role in student achievement, special education, and academic success. Participants will learn state laws and regulations regarding school health; medication regulations; state mandates for immunizations, health assessments, and screenings; documentation in school health services; special education; Section 504; and supporting students during COVID-19. This orientation training will include the following learning opportunities:

  Audience: School nurses, school nurse supervisors, directors of special education/pupil services, school medical advisers, and other school staff 

  Cost: $200.00 per person  ($175.00/CNA member) 
  

  Questions: 203 238 1207 x 1 or email virginia@ctnurses.org

  
  

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

  
  

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• Legislative Boot Camp

  • When
    8 Dec 2020
  •  
    6:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Legislative Boot Camp
  

  
  

  
  

  

  Tuesday December 8, 2020
  6 pm - 8:00 pm

  FREE to CT Nurses' Association/ANA Members

  $25 Non Members
  

  
  

  Ready to use your voice to create change?

  Join us to learn the basics about how the legislative session runs, finding/tracking bills, different advocacy strategies and so much more!
  

  • Designed for all skill levels, from novice to experts!
  • Topics covered include strategies to find and track bills, contact legislators, identify meetings and hearings of interest, join coalitions, and so much more!

    Audience: All Nurses 

  
  

  2 Professional Development Contact Hours will be Awarded

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

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• Spiritual Health: First Aid for Nurses

  • When
    17 Dec 2020
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    4:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Free Zoom Webinar

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  Spiritual health:
  First aid for Nurses

  
  

  JOIN US FOR THIS
  FREE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEBINAR

  
  

  Thursday December 17th
  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Presented by:
  Cheryl Green
  PhD, DNP, RN, LCSW, CNL, CNE, ACUE, MAC, FAPA

  
  

  True spiritual health is a realization that even in imperfection and strife, peace can be maintained.

  It’s time to reduce burnout, stress, and maintain a healthy work-life, spiritual health can offer support to nurses both personally and professionally.

  Join us for an hour of insight and “conversation” as we learn about spiritual health and how it can effectively be applied to our professional practice and personal life. 

  
  

  Topics to be covered:
  
  1. Recognize the value of spiritual health in maintaining physical and emotional self-care.
  2. Identify coping skills that can be utilized by nurses as they provide health care to patients during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic, that can assist them in reducing their own fear and anxiety.
  3. Compare and contrast self-care practices that promote or impede nurses’ own health.

  About Cheryl Green

  Cheryl Green is an Associate Professor at Southern Connecticut State University within the Department of Nursing and an Off-Shift Nurse Leader at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Green has been a registered nurse for over 30 years and a licensed clinical social worker for over 26 years. Areas of research include: Incivility, mental illness, medication error prevention, incivility and discrimination, prayer and spirituality, self-care, distraction, stress and anxiety, health disparities, nursing education, addictions, medical and surgical health issues, simulation, and mindfulness.

  
  

  
  

  One (1) Professional Development Contact Hour will be awarded
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

  

  
  

  *Donations to a 501 C 6 are not tax deductible. Please check with you tax advisor
  

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• ANA COVID 19 Webinars (free)

  • When
    1 Jan 2021
  •  
    (EST)
  • Location
    On-demand Webinars

  
  

  

  ANA's COVID-19
  FREE
  Webinar Series

  
  

  Click Here to View Webinars
  

  
  

  Nurses across the U.S. are experiencing hardships due to the pandemic. These webinars are offered FREE to members and non-members.  They were created to help support the mental health and resilience of ALL nurses.

  The first seven webinars in the ANA COVID-19 series cover different aspects of this crisis and provide up-to-date information that can be applied immediately in your care of COVID-19 patients. Each of these approximately 60-minute webinars has been developed and recorded in April, May and June. 

  
  

  1 PPE Webinar

  2 Ventilator Webinar

  3  Ethics Webinar

  4  Self-Care Webinar

  5  Racial Disparities Webinar

  6  Non-Acute Care Lessons Learned Webinar

  7  Disease Progression and Nursing Interventions Webinar

  
  

  Click Here to View Webinars

  
  

  Made possible by the generosity of the American Nurses Foundation.

  

  
  These programs are informational only; no contact hours will be awarded.

  
  

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• Legislative Education and Advocacy for Nurses

  • When
    17 Mar 2021
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Virtual

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  VIRTUAL
  LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
  FOR NURSES

  March 17th
  9:00 am -12:00 noon
  

  Legislative Education and Advocacy for Nurses is an annual event hosted by the Connecticut Nurses' Association. Nursing students and professionals gather to consider the Registered Nurses' role in extending advocacy from the bedside to different areas that impact the health of patients and communities. Hear from National and local health policy advocates!

  Special Guests from American Nurses Association will be joining us to discuss federal issues as well as the presidential elections!
  

  Get up to date on

  • Current professional issues related to nursing
  • Legislative and policy initiatives impacting nursing and the public health
  • How to take Action - Share your Voice!
    
  • Gain insight into nursing and health practice and policy issues from various healthcare national and state stakeholders!
    

             

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

  A0503 - Approver Number

  
  

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