Have you considered volunteering internationally or at home? Join PSNA on January 17, 2018, at The Chester County Hospital, Rhoads Auditorium for “What Every Nurse Should Ask Before Volunteering.”
We are pleased to welcome our guest speaker, Catherine Case, RN-BC, MSN, CPAN, CDE. Catherine, a clinical educator at a hospital in Chester County, is passionate about volunteering her time to others. She has led multiple international medical and surgical mission teams to the Dominican Republic. She has also taught classes at the Regional Hospital of San Juan, DR. In the United States, Catherine volunteers as a nurse at first aid stations, for Project C.U.R.E., and other places to help those in need.
Contact Hours: 1.0.
This event is free to PSNA members / $20 non-members.
The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) will host “Understanding of the Care of the LGBTQI Patient” webinar on May 15 from 3 – 4:30 pm. This activity awards 1.5 CNE. The webinar presenter is Lorraine Bock, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, FAANP. Dr. Bock is the health center coordinator at Alder Health Services in Harrisburg. As a national speaker and healthcare provider, she has worked with the LGBTQI community for more than 15 years. Dr. Bock received her NP education at the University of Pennsylvania and earned her doctorate at Robert Morris University, Pittsburgh. She is dually boarded in family and emergency medicine. She is the immediate past president of the PA Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and has worked tirelessly to improve the practice environment for nurses and NPs in PA. Information for the webinar will be sent prior to the event. This education is free to PSNA members / $15 for non-members. Contact Suzanne Wurster, Director of Professional Development, to register ([email protected]).
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
HOLIDAY BREAK WEBINARS
Pick a day during your holiday break and join Sue Martin, RN, BSN, CLNC, LaSalle University, for a live, interactive Webinar and receive a certificate of completion.
Sue will share her experiences from working in hospitals, home health, and medical malpractice law offices. Learn how proper documentation demonstrates professionalism and skill of the nurse, enhances your nursing career, and ensures best patient care.
Register here: https://academicpartnerships.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9_a_TWmaTIaGgdk5ubEu7g
HOLIDAY BREAK WEBINARS
Pick a day during your holiday break and join Sue Martin, RN, BSN, CLNC, LaSalle University, for a live, interactive Webinar and receive a certificate of completion.
Sue will share her experiences from working in hospitals, home health, and medical malpractice law offices. Learn how proper documentation demonstrates professionalism and skill of the nurse, enhances your nursing career, and ensures best patient care.
Register here: https://academicpartnerships.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9_a_TWmaTIaGgdk5ubEu7g
HOLIDAY BREAK WEBINARS
Pick a day during your holiday break and join Sue Martin, RN, BSN, CLNC, LaSalle University, for a live, interactive Webinar and receive a certificate of completion.
Sue will share her experiences from working in hospitals, home health, and medical malpractice law offices. Learn how proper documentation demonstrates professionalism and skill of the nurse, enhances your nursing career, and ensures best patient care.
Register here: https://academicpartnerships.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9_a_TWmaTIaGgdk5ubEu7g
HOLIDAY BREAK WEBINARS
Pick a day during your holiday break and join Sue Martin, RN, BSN, CLNC, LaSalle University, for a live, interactive Webinar and receive a certificate of completion.
Sue will share her experiences from working in hospitals, home health, and medical malpractice law offices. Learn how proper documentation demonstrates professionalism and skill of the nurse, enhances your nursing career, and ensures best patient care.
Register here: https://academicpartnerships.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9_a_TWmaTIaGgdk5ubEu7g
HOLIDAY BREAK WEBINARS
Pick a day during your holiday break and join Sue Martin, RN, BSN, CLNC, LaSalle University, for a live, interactive Webinar and receive a certificate of completion.
Sue will share her experiences from working in hospitals, home health, and medical malpractice law offices. Learn how proper documentation demonstrates professionalism and skill of the nurse, enhances your nursing career, and ensures best patient care.
Register here: https://academicpartnerships.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9_a_TWmaTIaGgdk5ubEu7g
Webinar Registration
Open now: https://cvent.me/bOVgKE
Zoom information will be provided in the confirmation email.
Cost: $20.00 • Registration fee is waived for Penn State students & employees.
Who Should Attend?
Nursing faculty, Simulation Coordinators and faculty, and Simulation Operation Specialists
Click here for the event flyer.
Objectives
- Describe 3 reasons that implementation of the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation is important to effective simulation-based learning experiences
- List at least 4 of the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation
- Identify 3 ways to integrate INACSL Standards of Best Practice: Simulation into future teachings
Nursing Continuing Professional Development
Penn State College of Nursing is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
1.5 contact hour for Registered Nurses.
This event is the second installment of the College of Nursing’s Simulation Webinar series.
Questions
Outreach and Professional Development
[email protected]
814-863-2239
This is about you!
PSNA is proud to present the 2021 Virtual Summit Standing Together: Caring for Each Other. On September 24, 2021, participants will be given an opportunity to lean into their many experiences and emotions over the past year. As we know, many studies have concluded that in 2020 nurses faced significant challenges to their mental health. Take better care of yourself and your colleagues as we learn to cope and heal from the challenges of Covid- 19 under the guidance and insight of our expert and engaging speakers. According to the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics, self-care is our responsibility. If we aren’t caring for ourselves, we can’t care for others. The PSNA Virtual Summit is an opportunity for learners to replenish their capacity to provide compassion and empathy, while improving the quality of care they provide every day. Take time for yourself, because you’ve earned it!
Click here for the day’s agenda.
5.0 contact hours can be earned by full participation in the entire event.
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Cost to Attend
PSNA Member
- $79 Member Benefit – Early Bird Special through July 9
- $99 Member Pricing – July 10 through September 17
Non-PSNA Member
- $149
Unlicensed Student
- $49
Click here for Sponsorship Packages and Exhibitor Booths
Meet our Speakers
KEYNOTE: Carolyn Jones | President and CEO, Carolyn Jones Production
Celebrating Nurses: A Filmmaker Witnesses Our World
Carolyn Jones—author and filmmaker behind The American Nurse Project and Defining Hope—spent over 10 years documenting the work of nurses across the country, a journey that led her to conclude that “without them, we don’t stand a chance.” That was before the global coronavirus pandemic that has thrust our nation’s nurses even further onto the frontlines of healthcare, addressing our physical and emotional needs before sending us back out into the world. When COVID hit, she had an opportunity to see what emergency nurses were dealing with on the front lines of the pandemic. In this session, Jones will share excerpts and stories from her book The American Nurse, and her three documentary films, including the recently released In Case of Emergency, shedding light on some of the biggest health care challenges facing Americans today—from the opioid crisis to gun violence to behavioral health and lack of insurance—and the ways in which nurses are able to tackle them head-on.
Carolyn Jones is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker who has devoted her career to celebrating invisible populations and breaking down barriers. She has published multiple books include Living Proof: Courage in the Face of AIDS and The American Nurse, and directed three feature documentaries focused on nurses: The American Nurse, Defining Hope, and most recently In Case of Emergency, which focuses on our nation’s biggest public health challenges—from COVID-19 to the lack of health insurance to the devastating impact of the opioid crisis.
FEATURED SPEAKER: Gloria Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCPP
Overcoming Secondary Stress: Self Care and Resilience in Nursing Practice
Gloria Ferraro Donnelly, PhD, RN, FAAN, FCPP, is a longstanding proponent of self-care and resilience-building strategies, beginning with her book, Coping with Stress: RN’s Survival Sourcebook Medical Economics Press (1983), and, most recently, with Dr. R. Wicks, Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice (2021). As editor in chief of the refereed journal, Holistic Nursing Practice, she encourages the practice of holistic self-care modalities to nurture mind, body, and spirit. Dr. Donnelly is also Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita with the College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia. True to her quest for personal resilience, Dr. Donnelly is a stand-up comedian, using her comedic talents to raise funds to assist nursing and health professions’ students. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the Philadelphia College of Physicians, the oldest medical society in the United States.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented strains on healthcare professionals, particularly direct care providers and the institutions in which they work. High levels of stress among direct care providers are well documented by the American Nurses Association and have been widely reported in the media and literature, including levels of depression, anxiety, and suicide. Demands on nurse educators have also increased as in-person instruction converted to other formats and clinical sites discontinued student experiences. This presentation will focus on secondary stress — that extra layer of stress that results from the demands of caring for others. Self-awareness and intentionally designed self-care strategies are key in building resilience, some of which will be described in this session.
Grief, Fear, and Loss
Christopher Watts, Sr., PhD, LPC, NCC
Board Certified Counselor, National Certified Custody Evaluator, Licensed Professional Counselor (PA)
Dr. Christopher T. Watts, Sr. has taught in the Department of Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University since 2012. He is a frequent international keynote presenter and trainer on Eastern therapies, post-trauma healing, hate and bias crimes, victimology, and multicultural competencies. Dr. Watts is the clinical director of C.T. Watts & Associates, PC Counseling Education Center, a lead counseling clinic in Central Pennsylvania. Past appointments include director of the Triage and Evaluation Center, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute and Assistant Professor of Psychology, Temple University. Dr. Watts has consulted on many national research and curriculum projects on cross-ethnic approaches to death, dying, and bereavement; hate violence; multiculturalism; violence against women; and crime victim rights and services.
Mind on the Mend©
Marti G. Derr, MSN, RN, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing, Clinical Track, Messiah University
Marti G. Derr’s presentation is an opportunity to learn and practice strategies for creating an inner space for quietness and restoration in the midst of our chaotic lives. Marti has taught nursing for 28 years after 12 years of private practice in therapy. Her primary focus has been psychiatric nursing, bioethics, and leadership. As a trained spiritual director, Marti values the integration of body, mind, and spirit.
Step-by-Step: Processing Trauma and Moving Forward After Trauma
Karen Foli, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University, College of Health and Human Sciences
Karen Foli is leading Purdue researchers in identifying at-risk nurses and finding ways for healing and recovery through the concept of insufficient resource trauma and the middle range theory of nurses’ psychological trauma. She is the co-author of The Influence of Psychological Trauma in Nursing. Karen is reviewing data with colleagues, using narratives from a survey of critical care registered nurses, which was sent out in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses are reporting significant mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and symptoms that would indicate posttraumatic stress disorder. Previous ways to cope have been weakened as teams struggle to provide care and grieve incredible patient loss.
Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation
Alison Cuccia, MSPH
Research and Program Manager, American Nurses Association
Alison Cuccia is a public health researcher with expertise in health behavior and program evaluation. She is published in peer reviewed journals on behavioral science approaches to tobacco control, access to healthier food options, and creating active communities. This presentation will review the framework and components of Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation and display preliminary data from the Healthy Nurse survey. The presentation will also overview the Well-Being Initiative, which contains a collection of resources to support the mental health and resilience of all nurses.