Register Today: September 27
Location: Camelback Mountain Resort
Click here for the Agenda
- 5.0+ Contact Hours
- Featured Speaker: Nurse Blake
- Nurse Blake Meet & Greet with merchandise sales
- Safety Topics: Environmental, Bullying, De-Escalation Techniques, Coping
- Poster Presentations
- Vendors
- Breakfast, Lunch, and Refreshment Breaks
- Free Parking
- A Beautiful Pocono Mountain Setting!
Featured Speaker: Nurse Blake
Nurse Blake – the largest nurse influencer on social media – is an advocate for both nurses and patients. Blake promotes healthy work environments, sharing presentations focused on the idea that nurses have the power to create positive change in the healthcare industry. Guests will leave feeling empowered and ready to be the best nurse and student they can be!
Nurse Blake graduated with his BSN from the University of Central Florida in 2014. He has worked in a number of healthcare roles including med-surg, critical care, care coordination, injury prevention, community health and started Banned4Life, which ended an outdated FDA blood donor policy. He now works in Seattle, WA at the Level 1 Trauma Center. When he’s not working, Nurse Blake is busy creating fun & inspiring content for nurses & nursing students. He has over 750,000 social media followers & over 150 million views on his hilarious videos!
Speakers & Agenda
Sponsor or Exhibit with PSNA
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Overnight Information
Join PSNA at the Lehigh Valley Zoo on Saturday, June 29 from 10 AM – 4 PM for the 3rd annual Food Truck Festival! Meet PSNA staff, your nurse colleagues, and their families at the Admissions Gate at 10 am for casual networking as we tour the zoo and food trucks as we represent nurses! We’ll try delicious food, explore the zoo, and visit with the adorable inhabitants, including fan favorites Kangaroo, Lorikeets, and Goats! DJ’d entertainment will be provided from 12 PM-2 PM by the talented DJ Ray of Fling-a-Things! PLUS — PSNA will bring goodies for our guests! Register by Wednesday, June 26. Join our networking group for $16 / ticket for PSNA members / $22 for non-members.
Register using the ticket link above.
To support a woman during the “first 1,000 days,” namely from conception to 2 years postpartum, it is important to be able to describe to her the diet, physical activity, and infant feeding practices that will best support her health and well-being and that of her infant. It is also important to understand the scientific rationale behind recommended practices and how a woman might best work toward meeting those recommendations. This course, developed by the faculty from Cornell University’s Division of Nutritional Sciences, will prepare professionals to speak knowledgeably and with confidence to women and answer questions. The course is presented in 5 modules. Click here for more information.
Target Audience:
Registered dietitian nutritionists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified midwives, certified nurse-midwives, lactation consultants (IBCLC and CLC), and other health professionals who counsel pregnant and lactating women.
Registration is now open for “A 20-Hour Interdisciplinary Breastfeeding Management Course for the U.S.” This three-day event will be held from 8:30 am – 4:45 pm at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Education will be led by Nikki Lee, RN, BSN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC, Registered Lactation Consultant and Advanced Nurse Lactation Counselor. Nikki has worked with mothers and babies since 1975 in homes, birth centers, hospitals, and clinics. She is a lactation consultant, a childbirth educator, a craniosacral therapist, an infant massage instructor, a teacher, and a nurse. Nikki educates healthcare professionals and works with city and community agencies toward the goal of meeting Healthy People 2020 Breastfeeding Objectives for the U.S. Nikki represents the Philadelphia Department of Public Health on the Philadelphia Multi-Hospital BabyFriendly™ Taskforce. Program objectives: The participant will be able to: (1) assess breastfeeding and offer practical advice and encouragement in a variety of situations from pregnancy to employment; (2) teach a mother how to hand express; (3) facilitate establishment of a milk supply; (4) support adoptive nursing, multiples, and relactation; and (5) identify current lactation resources about medications and medical questions. Click here for more information.
The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association has approved this activity for 20.25 nursing contact hours (6.75 hours/day). PSNA is an accredited approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
PSNA invites members, RNs, students, and guests to a Nurse Networking night on the Pride of the Susquehanna River Boat in Harrisburg. Relax and connect with colleagues as you enjoy live music and the beauty of the Susquehanna River. Jazz music will be performed by Tom Reese (flute) and Laurie Reese (cello). The Pride of the Susquehanna is docked for happy hour from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The boat sets sail from 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm. RSVP by July 22.
Purchase your ticket in the link above ($12 PSNA Member / $20 Non-Member)
* Please arrive at least 15 minutes early.
Rain date will be August 8.
To support a woman during the “first 1,000 days,” namely from conception to 2 years postpartum, it is important to be able to describe to her the diet, physical activity, and infant feeding practices that will best support her health and well-being and that of her infant. It is also important to understand the scientific rationale behind recommended practices and how a woman might best work toward meeting those recommendations. This course, developed by the faculty from Cornell University’s Division of Nutritional Sciences, will prepare professionals to speak knowledgeably and with confidence to women and answer questions. The course is presented in 5 modules. Click here for more information.
Target Audience:
Registered dietitian nutritionists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified midwives, certified nurse-midwives, lactation consultants (IBCLC and CLC), and other health professionals who counsel pregnant and lactating women.
Registration is now open for “A 20-Hour Interdisciplinary Breastfeeding Management Course for the U.S.” This three-day event will be held from 8:30 am – 4:45 pm at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Education will be led by Nikki Lee, RN, BSN, MS, IBCLC, CCE, CIMI, ANLC, CKC, Registered Lactation Consultant and Advanced Nurse Lactation Counselor. Nikki has worked with mothers and babies since 1975 in homes, birth centers, hospitals, and clinics. She is a lactation consultant, a childbirth educator, a craniosacral therapist, an infant massage instructor, a teacher, and a nurse. Nikki educates healthcare professionals and works with city and community agencies toward the goal of meeting Healthy People 2020 Breastfeeding Objectives for the U.S. Nikki represents the Philadelphia Department of Public Health on the Philadelphia Multi-Hospital BabyFriendly™ Taskforce. Program objectives: The participant will be able to: (1) assess breastfeeding and offer practical advice and encouragement in a variety of situations from pregnancy to employment; (2) teach a mother how to hand express; (3) facilitate establishment of a milk supply; (4) support adoptive nursing, multiples, and relactation; and (5) identify current lactation resources about medications and medical questions. Click here for more information.
The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association has approved this activity for 20.25 nursing contact hours (6.75 hours/day). PSNA is an accredited approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
PSNA is holding a Members’ PSNA Election Tele-Town Hall on August 21 at 6 pm. Here’s what members need to know:
- Members (who have a phone number on file with PSNA) will be called shortly before the 6 PM start of the Town Hall on August 21.
- The phone call will instruct members on how to participate and hear from PSNA’s Vice Presidential candidates.
- Members will be able to hear from and speak with our 2019 Vice Presidential candidates.
- The Town Hall should last no more than 1 hour.
- We ask that members prepare 2-3 questions they would like to potentially present to the candidates.
Voting will be open August 13 through September 13. Watch your in-box for a “How-To” email from Vote-Now. Members without an email on file will be mailed information. Visit our News & Events page for candidate profiles.
Join PSNA for a Nurses Who Dine on Thursday, August 22 in Harrisburg. We’ll be at Pho 1 in Harrisburg from 5:30 – 8 pm. Relax, network and eat!
Let us know you’re coming: [email protected].
To support a woman during the “first 1,000 days,” namely from conception to 2 years postpartum, it is important to be able to describe to her the diet, physical activity, and infant feeding practices that will best support her health and well-being and that of her infant. It is also important to understand the scientific rationale behind recommended practices and how a woman might best work toward meeting those recommendations. This course, developed by the faculty from Cornell University’s Division of Nutritional Sciences, will prepare professionals to speak knowledgeably and with confidence to women and answer questions. The course is presented in 5 modules. Click here for more information.
Target Audience:
Registered dietitian nutritionists, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified midwives, certified nurse-midwives, lactation consultants (IBCLC and CLC), and other health professionals who counsel pregnant and lactating women.