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• New School Nurse Orientation

  • Start
    1 Dec 2021
  •  
    (EST)
  • End
    8 Dec 2021
  •  
    (EST)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    virtual

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  New School Nurse Orientation

  a virtual event for early career school nurses

  

  December 1, 2021, Part 1
  December 8, 2021, Part 2
  8: 30 am - 12:30 pm

  Log in begins at 8:15 am

  Plus  Access to the CT Nurses' Online Training Modules for School Nurses
  

  This professional learning opportunity, designed specifically for school nurses, will provide 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.

  Audience

  • School Nurses
  • Early career school nurses
  • School nurse supervisor
  • Lead school nurses
  • Directors of special education/pupil services
  • School medical advisors

  
  

  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

  
  

  The Connecticut State Department of Education is committed to a policy of equal opportunity/affirmative action for all qualified persons.  The Connecticut State Department of Education does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability (including, but not limited to, intellectual disability, past or present history of mental disorder, physical disability or learning disability), genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by Connecticut state and/or federal nondiscrimination laws.  The Connecticut State Department of Education does not unlawfully discriminate in employment and licensing against qualified persons with a prior criminal conviction.  Inquiries regarding the Connecticut State Department of Education’s nondiscrimination policies should be directed to: Levy Gillespie, Equal Employment Opportunity Director/Americans with Disabilities Act Coordinator, Connecticut State Department of Education, 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 607, Hartford, CT 06103, 860-807-2071, Levy.Gillespie@ct.gov.

  
  

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• Nurses & The Suicide Crisis: Building our Strength & Resiliency Session 1

  • When
    13 Jan 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar

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  Nurses & The Suicide Crisis:
  Building our Strength & Resiliency
  Session 1

  Thursday,  January 13, 2022

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

   

  

  Speaker

    Stephanie Paulmeno,  DNP, MS, RN, NHA, CPH, CCM, CDP
  

  
  

  Description
  

  Nurses and other clinicians experience high rates of burnout and unhealthy behaviors that can adversely impact the quality and safety of healthcare. When compared to the general population, nurses have an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety and suicide

  Audience 
  

  • RNs
  • LPNs
  • APRNs
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants

  
  

  
  

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  Provider Number - P0503
  
  

  
  

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• Climate Change & Our Health: From Education to Action

  • When
    20 Jan 2022
  •  
    12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Virtual

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  Climate Change & Our Health: From Education to Action

  A skills building workshop for

  Healthcare Professionals

  
  

  January 20, 2022

  12:00 - 1:30 PM

  Free Virtual

  Join us to learn about climate change and it's effects on health and your work as health professionals. Breakout sessions will provide you an opportunity to have deeper discussions and identify tools for taking action.

  Click here for the flyer  

  SPEAKERS

  • Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN, Executive Director of Environmental Stewardship, Providence Health & Services

  • Benjamin Rabin, medical student, Emory School of Medicine

  • Mark A Mitchell, MD, MPH, FACPM, Associate Professior, Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Health Equity, George Mason University.

  • Anne Hulick, RN, JD, Connecticut State Director, Clean Water Action
    

  • Hacah Goggin, RN, MSN, CT Nurses’ Association, Environmental Health Coordinator

  • Ruth Canovi, MPH, Director, Advocacy at American Lung Association in Connecticut

  • Laura Bozzi, PhD, Director of Programs, Yale Center on Climate Change and Health

  • Carl Baum, MD, Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

  • More to come!

  1.5 Professional Development Contact Hours will be award for this activity.

  
  

  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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• Nurses & The Suicide Crisis: Building our Strength & Resiliency Session 2

  • When
    27 Jan 2022
  •  
    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (EST)
  • Location
    Zoom Webinar

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  Nurses & The Suicide Crisis:
  Honing Suicide Risk Identification Skills and Preventive Actions
  

  Thursday,  January 27, 2022

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

   

  

  Speaker

    Stephanie Paulmeno,  DNP, MS, RN, NHA, CPH, CCM, CDP
  

  
  

  Description
  

  Nurses and other clinicians experience high rates of burnout and unhealthy behaviors that can adversely impact the quality and safety of healthcare. When compared to the general population, nurses have an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety and suicide.

  The focus of this session will be suicide prevention education, the factors predisposing one to death by suicide, recognizing the danger and warning signs, and taking preventive action.

  Audience 
  

  • RNs
  • LPNs
  • APRNs
  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistants

  
  

  
  

  Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  Provider Number - P0503
  
  

  
  

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