This three-hour, self-paced, online course covers the basics of COVID-19 Contact Tracing and ethical concerns surrounding contact tracing, quarantine, and isolation. For any audience.
| 2020 PSNA Elections:
Tele-Town Hall with Your Presidential Candidates |
We are holding a PSNA Election Tele-Town Hall on August 26 at 6 PM. Here’s what you need to know:
Voting will be open August 24 through September 21. Watch your in-box for a “How-To” email from Vote-Now. Members without an email on file will be mailed information. Click here for a slate of candidates. |
This is a meeting of the YNP Advisory Board. Are you a YNP member who would like to learn more about the Advisory Board? Contact Melissa Dang, Membership Coordinator, at [email protected].
This event is for PSNA members. Call-in information will be e-mailed to members as the date nears.
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ATECAM LLC is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
The recent emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from the Hubei province in China in late 2019 demonstrates the epidemic potential of coronaviruses. The rapid spread of this virus across the world in only 2 months highlights the transmissibility of this family of viruses and the significant morbidity and mortality that they can cause. We highlight the current state of knowledge of coronavirus biology while answering questions concerning the current outbreak of SARS-CoV-2.
Register using the green ticket link near the top of the page.
3:00 PM
COVID Pandemic: The Evolution and Epidemiology
Kenneth Miller MEd, MSRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC
4:00 PM
Pathophysiology – How COVID Can Create Havoc in Your Body
Kenneth Miller MEd, MSRT, RRT-ACCS, RRT-NPS, AE-C, FAARC
5:00 PM
Management of Respiratory Failure In COVID Patients
Albert Heuer PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT. FAARC
6:00 PM
An Clinician View From Inside The COVID ICU
Albert Heuer PhD, MBA, RRT, RPFT. FAARC
7:00 PM
COVID Pandemic: Treatments, Vaccinations, and Herd Immunity
Terrence Shenfield MS, RRT-ACCS, RPFT, NPS, AE-C
We are excited to hold PSNA’s first Virtual Young Nurse Professional Happy Hour on September 30 from 7-8 pm. This is an opportunity to meet YNP Advisory Board Members! We’ll chat about leadership, careers, ways PSNA can best meet the needs of new-to-practice nurses, and more. We’ll also hold a Q&A. We’d love to see you there! So grab a decaf coffee, hot chocolate, or a hot toddy and jump on the call!
Register using the green button on the right side of this page. We’ll send you a Zoom link the day before the event.
It’s month 2 of the Young Nurse Professional’s virtual meet-ups!
Join PSNA and your nurse colleagues for Halloween-themed games and trick-or-treat icebreakers. Guests are encouraged to dress in costumes – the most creative outfit will receive a Halloween prize!
We’ll also be joined by PSNA Government Affairs Specialist Noah Logan. Noah will provide an update on legislative initiatives like CNO of the Commonwealth and Nurse Licensure Compact.
Presented by Hospice & Community Care as part of their Anniversary Education Series – 40 years.
Nurse Practitioners are invited to attend “Care of the Seriously Ill: Prognosticating, Planning and Prescribing with Confidence” October 21 via Zoom. Zoom link will be sent via email.
6.75 RN CH/2 pharmacology CH
Register: www.hospiceconnect.org/events
RSVP by October 14
Schedule of Events
7:30– 8:00 a.m. Sign in
8:00–9:30 a.m. Case-Based Prognostication with Amy Westcott, M.D.
9:30–9:45 a.m. Break
9:45–10:45 a.m. Dementia Care with Kristen Nebel, D.O.
10:45–11:45 a.m. End Stage Renal Disease with David Sommerman, D.O.
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30–2:30 p.m. Medications at End of Life with Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD,
MA, MDE, BCPS, CPE
- Inhaler use in the last months of life
- Use of anticoagulants
- Delirium
- Opioids – Prescribing in the midst of the opioid crisis environment
- Use of Ketamine for opioid–induced hyperalgesia and depression
2:30–2:45 p.m. Break
2:45–3:45 p.m. Palliative Care Dilemmas with Ric Baxter, M.D.
3:45–4:00 p.m. Evaluations and Q&A
Access to Food During COVID-19 Pandemic
A Special Message from Sr. Rosemary Donley, PhD, APRN, FAAN
Jacques Laval Endowed Chair in Justice for Vulnerable Populations
As you know we have significant problems, the spread of a virus for which there is no vaccine or specific, effective treatment, concern about testing, the proper distribution of essential equipment and supplies, and the impact on the economy of stay at home policies and the closure of businesses. Vulnerable people are more at risk of infection but also of significant economic hardship. Even in good times, we all know people who are working several minimum wage jobs and struggle between paychecks.
Mindful of the theme of McGinley-Rice 11: The Face of the Person who is Hungry, we are compiling a list of sources of food available in the greater Pittsburgh area.
Thank you and stay safe,
Sr. Rosemary Donley, PhD, APRN, FAAN
About the Symposium
The McGinley-Rice Symposium on Justice for Vulnerable Populations is a unique scholarly forum for nurses and other health care professionals to address issues of social justice in health care. Organized annually by the holder of the Jacques Laval Endowed Chair in Justice for Vulnerable Populations at the Duquesne University School of Nursing, the McGinley-Rice Symposium is an expression of the mission of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, the Catholic missionary order that founded Duquesne and assists needy and marginalized persons throughout the world.
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