This training is for healthcare professionals who work in the medical and behavioral health fields as well as those who are called upon to respond to emergencies and disasters. We will define and differentiate organizational and individual wellness and describe the types of behavioral health concerns that we see related to healthcare providers, a unique population of helpers in our society. By examining the stress of helpers, such as compassion fatigue/secondary traumatic stress and burnout, we will begin to work on mitigating their negative effects. Participants will be guided to implementing interventions for themselves and practice those tools that are part of a cognitive strengthening process, to help increase their own well-being.

Attendees will receive 1.5 contact hours.*

This event is free for PSNA members and non-members.

About the presenter: April Naturale, PhD is a traumatic stress specialist with an extensive history as a health/mental health care administrator and clinician specializing in responses to traumatic events. Her dissertation focused on Secondary Traumatic Stress in disaster responders, a subject she continues to study. Dr. Naturale led Project Liberty, the NY mental health response to the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster and later served as the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Disaster Technical Assistance Center Project Director. Dr. Naturale was the architect of and helped implement the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing behavioral health response.

In 2004, Dr. Naturale helped launch the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and in 2011, the Disaster Distress Helpline. Over the past 20 years she has provided disaster and traumatic stress response training and consultation throughout the U.S. and internationally. From 2013-2020, Dr. Naturale has worked with the Dept of Justice/Office for Victims of Crime as a program and needs assessment consultant for the San Bernardino terror attack, the Las Vegas Harvest Festival, Pulse Nightclub, Parkland, Thousand Oaks, Pittsburgh Tree of Life, Poway Synagogue, Virginia Beach, El Paso and Highland Ranch shooting incidents and the TN Christmas Day bombing. She has trained Psychologists in the Ukraine Military Service, Humanitarian Aid workers for the European Union and recently helped launch the new European Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism.

Currently, Dr. Naturale is the Interim Executive Director for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline working to move the effort forward as the network expands and works more closely with each of the states and crisis centers dedicated to suicide prevention.  She has also recently been appointed the U.S. Department of Justice team of nine subject matter experts to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting.

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*In order to obtain 1.5 contact hours for this activity, the learner must attend the activity and complete the evaluation. 

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

No one who is in a position to control content has any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

WITF is hosting a Season 12 preview screening and vintage Baby Shower at the WITF Public Media Center on Sunday, March 5 from 2:00 – 4:30pm!

A special pre-screening reception begins at 2:00 pm, with the screening beginning at 3:30 pm. Reception guests will enjoy a build-your-own “Mom-osa” bar (non-alcoholic options will be provided), a buffet filled with traditional baby shower food, and games with prizes.

We encourage everyone to come dressed in their 1960s best or wearing a burgundy sweater to show their love of the series and midwifery!

During the screening event, we will collect donated items to support new moms through The Stork’s Landing at UPMC Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialists – North Harrisburg. Suggested donations include diapers, baby onesies and clothing, socks, booties, and baby shampoo.

This event is supported by PSNA and UPMC.

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OR enter to win a FREE ticket when you register for PSNA’s Video Club – Call the Midwife. Click here for more details.

The presentation will address what human trafficking is, including the various forms it takes, how to identify and support possible victims, what their physical and behavioral needs are, and what resources are available to help survivors. Afterward, there will be a brief Q & A session.

Attendees will receive 1.0 contact hours.*

This event is free for PSNA members and non-members.

About the presenter: Dr. Donna Sabella is the Executive Director of Delaware’s Anti-Trafficking Action Council and a board-certified psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner. She holds a BA from Indiana University in Portuguese, a BSN from Thomas Jefferson University, an M.Ed. from Temple University in ESL, an MSN from Widener University, a post master’s certificate from Penn’s School of Nursing, and a PhD from Penn’s Graduate School of Education.

She is the founder and served as the contributing editor for the American Journal of Nursing’s Mental Health Matters column and is also the co-founder and an associate editor for the Journal of Human Trafficking. A former Program Director and a founding member of Dawn’s Place, a residential recovery program for trafficked and prostituted women in Philadelphia, she also counseled women incarcerated in the Philadelphia Prison System for prostitution through her Project Phoenix Program, where she worked collaboratively with the Defender Association of Philadelphia. She is the former Seedworks Endowed Associate Professor of Nursing and Social Justice at UMass Amherst’s College of Nursing, and former Director of Global Studies at Drexel’s College of Nursing and Health Professions where she also served as the Director of the Office of Human Trafficking. She was the track director for the graduate psych NP program at the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences after which she taught at UPenn’s SON as a practice professor before being appointed to the position in Delaware.

She has decades of teaching experience and experience working in crisis intervention, substance abuse, domestic violence, and forensic nursing. She has numerous publications and presentations related to human trafficking as well as mental health. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), the American Correctional Association (ACA), and a founding and executive member of the Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars (GAHTS).

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*In order to obtain 1.0 contact hours for this activity, the learner must attend the activity and complete the evaluation. 

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

No one who is in a position to control content has any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.