2025 SNANC Education Day & MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop

Description

2025 SNANC Education Day & MAHEC School Nurse Competency Workshop

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
• Understand how to identify Disordered Eating (DE) and Eating Disorders (ED)

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