2025 SNANC Education Day & MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop
Mar 27, 2025 Open Mental Health Nursing Public Health

Description
Join us for a dynamic and engaging professional development event tailored for school nurses! The SNANC Education Day and MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop offer a unique opportunity to enhance your skills, expand your knowledge, and connect with fellow nursing professionals.
This comprehensive workshop will focus on core competencies, evidence-based practices, and the latest updates in school nursing. Attendees will gain practical tools and strategies to effectively address student health needs, improve outcomes, and promote a healthier school environment.
Highlights include:
• ADHD
• Dysautonomia
• Teen pregnancy
• New 504 guidelines applicable to mental health
Full Day participants will benefit from hands-on learning opportunities with simulation to include: Focused ear and respiratory assessment, cardiovascular assessment and diagnoses, ADHD and pregnancy simulation scenarios.
Don't miss this opportunity to grow, learn, and advance your role in school health!
MAHEC School Nurses: Please choose half day option only and click here to register for the 03/28/2025 competency sessions.
SNANC members please email Abraya Johnson: abraya.johnson@kcs.k12.nc.us for a discount code.
Accommodations
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* By registering for this conference, you are granting permission for your contact information to be shared with SNANC, which is a joint provider of this continuing education activity.
Jointly Provided By

Target Audience
School Nurses, Public Health Nurses, School Health Professionals, and other interested healthcare professionals
Objectives
Upon completion of this knowledge and skill-based program participants will:
- Identify effective strategies for supporting students with dysautonomia in a school setting
- Evaluate evidence-based treatments and strategies for managing ADHD in educational environments
- Discuss how 504 plans can be applied to students with mental health disorders
- Identify effective strategies for supporting a student who is pregnant
- Perform a focused ear assessment
- Perform a focused respiratory assessment
- Understand implications in the school setting for various cardiac conditions
Faculty
- Holly Babbitt, MD
- Julie Burger, BSN, RN, NCSN
- Rita M. Esterwood, MSN, RN, NCSN
- Charlotte Florez, BFA
- Tamara Garland, BSN, RN, NCSN
- Sara Morgan, BSN, RN
- Katie Neligan, MSN, RN, CNL, PCCN
- Dolly L. Pressley Byrd, PhD, CNM
- Simone Seitz
Sessions
Full 2025 SNANC Education Day & MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop - Full Day (In Person)
3/27 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
2025 SNANC Education Day & MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop - Half Day (In Person)
3/27 8:30 AM – 12:55 PM
2025 SNANC Education Day & MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop - Half Day (Live Webinar)
3/27 8:30 AM – 12:05 PM
Credits
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.600 CEU
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.60 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
6.250 Contact Hours
MAHEC designates this live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 6.25 Contact Hours.
6.250 Nursing Contact Hours
6.25 Nursing Contact Hours Activity # AP 008-2453
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
.300 CEU
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.30 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
3.250 Contact Hours
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 3.25 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
3.250 Nursing Contact Hours
3.25 Nursing Contact Hours Activity # AP 008-2453
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
.300 CEU
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 0.30 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
3.250 Contact Hours
The Mountain Area Health Education Center designates this entire live continuing education activity as meeting the criteria for 3.25 CEUs as established by the National Task Force on the Continuing Education Unit.
3.250 Nursing Contact Hours
3.25 Nursing Contact Hours Activity # AP 008-2453
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Fees
$50.00 Early Registration Fee - Half Day
Applies 12/26/24–3/17/25
$75.00 Early Registration Fee - Full Day
Applies 12/26/24–3/17/25
$65.00 Registration Fee - Half Day
Applies 3/18/25–3/27/25
$90.00 Registration Fee - Full Day
Applies 3/18/25–3/27/25
$20.00 MAHEC School Nurses ONLY- $20.00 fee for on-site lunch.
Applies 12/26/24–3/27/25