NEUSHA Online Resource Programs
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Lorena Gaskill MN, BA, RN is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Chaminade University of Honolulu who practiced school nursing for 13 years. Lory discusses the need for adolescent to be assisted with transitioning from pediatric healthcare to adult healthcare. This includes health literacy as well as learning to advocate for themselves. Ms. Gaskill is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from The University of Pennsylvania where she hopes to focus on assisting children and families with the transition from pediatric to adult health care. This is a recorded webinar from January 12, 2023.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created: 2023-01-12 | Date Expires: 2026-01-12 |
ACUTE/PRIMARY CARE
Dr. Chris Campbell, PT, DPT, STC, CSCS, CCI discusses how primary care providers can provide a proper assessment regarding low back pain in patients. He provides an algorithm for assessment and management of low back pain in patiets.
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created: 2021-10-29 | Date Expires: 2024-10-29 |
ACUTE/PRIMARY CARE
Brandon Dionne, PharmD, BCPS-AQ ID, BCIDP, AAHIVP, presents to primary care providers the appropriate use of antibiotics in respiratory, skin, and GU illnesses. This is a recorded webinar from 2/16/21
No contact hours Cost: Free Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created: 2021-02-17 | Date Expires: 2024-02-17 |
School Based Medicaid Billing for School Nurses: Where DO I Start?
This online program for School Nurses was created from a recorded webinar on Nov. 21 and features an overview of School-Based Medicaid programs, requirements, and expansion with the Free Care Rule clarified. School Municipal Medicaid Expert Jennifer Robinson discusses experiences in states, including Massachusetts, Arizona, California, Florida, New Hampshire, and Texas.
Jennifer Robinson, School Municipal Medicaid Expert This program is a recorded webinar from November 21, 2019.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: Free Length: 60 minutes
Mrs. Angela Avramidis, BSN, RN, NCSN presented School Nurses Working Smarter not Harder on this October 10 live webinar. She walks us through using a communication application (not using your personal cell phone) so you can communicate with parents easier (but they won't have access to your personal cell phone for off work hours). She also discusses how she has utilized community resources to fund projects for her health office. Angela shows you how to use Google Docs to keep your evaluation evidence more efficiently. Created October 10, 2019.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: Free Length: 60 minutes
Judy Styer BA, BSN, RN, NCSN is the Director of Health and Wellness in the Framingham Public Schools in Massachusetts. This presentation was given at the 2019 Summer Academy in Hyannis, MA. Judy discusses what Social Emotional Learning can mean to school nursing practice. Created 9/11/19.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: Free Length: 30 minutes
Laura K. Grubb, MD, MPH presents information about tattooing, piercing and body modifications in adolescents and young adults. She discusses tattoo/piercing safety and awareness information, potential complications and infections, pre and post care information and addresses how school nurses can address these issues with students. Created 8/30/19.
Contact Hour: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created: 2019-08-30 | Date Expires: 2022-08-30 |
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This module contains 4 sessions filmed at the Human Trafficking Conference held at Northeastern University on April 27, 2019. State and national experts present on topics including an industrial engineering approach to fighting trafficking, screening tools and resources for providing services to survivors, and how law enforcement, advocates for survivors, school nurses and emergency room workers can fight against human trafficking. Created 7/24/19.Contact hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 3 hours
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| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 180 minutes |
| Date Created: 2019-07-24 | Date Expires: 2022-07-24 |
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This module contains 4 sessions from the Human Trafficking Conference held at Northeastern University on April 27, 2019. State and National experts present investigative techniques used by law enforcement, providing trauma informed care for healthcare providers, trauma informed interviewing and outreach to survivors. Created 6/4/19.Contact Hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 2.5 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 150 minutes |
| Date Created: 2019-06-04 | Date Expires: 2022-06-04 |
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This module contains 4 sessions from the Human Trafficking Conference held at Northeastern University on April 27, 2019. State and National experts present an overview of the Human Trafficking issue, including legal definitions and contexts where it occurs, how at-risk youth are impacted, and warning signs School Nurses can look out for. Created 6/3/19.Contact Hours:0 Cost: FREE Length: 2.5 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 150 minutes |
| Date Created: 2019-06-03 | Date Expires: 2022-06-03 |
Four experts of the national non-profit HealGrief share how school nurses, counselors and teachers can support children and youth who are grieving. Created 3/27/19.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 2 hours
Featured content experts: Dr. Peter C.Rowe, Pediatrician, Director, Childrens Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic at John Hopkins, and Professor of Pediatrics, and Lisa Hall, RN. Northampton Integrative Medicine, discuss an illness and disability that keeps afflicted children from attending school for months or even years at a time: ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), a disease the Centers for Disease Control calls America's hidden health crisis. Created 7/11/19.
Contact hours: 0 Cost Free Length: 3.25 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 3,25 hours |
| Date Created: 2019-07-11 | Date Expires: 2022-07-11 |
Megan Wallace, a Licensed Independent Social Worker and the Clinic Coordinator for the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center (NCVC) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), will explain the need for care coordination for children who have experienced trauma, and how behavioral telehealth can bridge the gap in access to care for these children. Created 3/19/19.
Contact Hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created: 2019-03-19 | Date Expires: 2022-03-19 |
This program was taped from a presentation on November 6, 2018 by Robin Cogan. Robin Cogan MEd, RN, NCSN is a School Nurse Advocate NJ. She discusses the statistics of firearm violence on students in our schools and communities. Robin also discusses her story about finding her nursing advocacy voice for this public health issue. This is not a political presentation. Created 2/10/19. CHANGED TO RESOURCE 4/18/2023
Contact Hours: 0 Cost FREE Length: 1.5 hours
Dr. Gary Maestas presents a Superintendent's perspective of the importance of health services in schools positively impacting students.
No Contact Hours for this program. Created 2/4/19.
Length: 18 minutes
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Cyndi Aldrich, M.Ed., BSN, HN-BC, School Nurse and board certified Holistic Nurse, explains how school nurses can incorporate holistic nursing into their practice. Created 1/31/19.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 60 minutes
This webinar was recorded on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Carole Butze M.Ed., BSN, RN, member, Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. Created 1/31/19.
NO Contact hours Cost: Free Length: 60 minutes
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN is a New Jersey school nurse activist and blogger advocating for student health and safety. She explains how school nurses can use Twitter as a tool to advocate for student health and safety. Created 1/30/19. CHANGED TO RESOURCE 4/18/2023
Contact hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 60 minutes
This program was videotaped on November 6, 2018 at an annual MA School Nurse Conference in Marlboro, MA.
School health professionals will understand the negative effects of marijuana use for youth and adults, understand the current marijuana laws in MA, and understand how legalization of marijuana leads to increase youth use and misconceptions that marijuana is safe to use. Created 12/5/18.
Contact hours: 0 Free Length: 2 hours
Chemistry of Opioid Addiction
This webinar took place on September 25, 2018 and was recorded via BlueJeans. Randolph A. Escobar and Edwin Alfonzo, advanced PhD candidates in Chemistry at Boston University, break down the chemistry behind opioids and addiction for school health personnel. Created 10/10/18.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: Free Length: 60 minutes
Mary Rapa, RN and Lynn Power, RN are nurses who work at the Framingham Learning Center for the Deaf. They share their expertise in working with students who are deaf or have a hearing impairment.This presentation was videotaped at the 2017 Summer Academy for School Nurses in Hyannis, MA. Created 6/20/18.
Contact hours: 0 Length: 60 minutes
Karen Jarvis-Vance, MSN, RN, NCSN School Nurse Leader, Northampton Public Schools. This archived webinar features the virtual interview with the NEUSHA directors and guest Karen Jarvis-Vance, MSN, RN, NCSN about how she as a school nurse administrator engages with others in her community to address the opioid epidemic. Created 3/20/18.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: $0 Length: 60 minutes
This archived webinar is the first in our series, School Nurses and the Opioid Crisis. This webinar took place on February 22nd, 2018 and was called, School Nurses on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis, A live webinar featuring Susan B Avallone, MSN, RN, NCSN, "A Message of Collaboration and Networking". NEUSHA Directors Kathy Hassey and Jenny Gormley interviewed Susan about her experience working as a school nurse in her community to address the opioid crisis. Questions from the audience were taken. Created 3/1/18.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: Free Length: 60 minutes
In this new form of continuing nursing education, the NEUSHA team has recorded a virtual BlueJeans interview with Linda Learnard, BSN, RN, NCSN, School Nurse of Martha's Vineyard High School, and Tania Laslovitch, LAT, ATC, Athletic Trainer at Martha's Vineyard High School, about how they turned their health office paperless. Linda and Tania share their computer screen so participants can see how their digital filing system works, using a fictional student named Peter Pan. Created 1/17/18. Reviewed 6/21/21
Contact Hours: 0 Cost: FREE Length: 60 minutes
Dr. Stewart Mackie, Pediatric Cardiologist at Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, presents essential cardiac assessment and management strategies for school nurses. This program is divided into 6 segments with questions following to stimulate learning. Created 5/10/18.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: $0 Length: 2.5 hours
Anne Sheetz, MPH, RN, NEA-BC, former Director of School Health Services for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, shares her expertise and encouragement for speaking publicly and effectively about student health issues and the school nurse role. This presentation was provided at the Northeastern University School Health Academy summer conference in August 2017 in Hyannis, MA. The focus is on advocacy efforts generally with examples from Ms.Sheetz's experience with Massachusetts and several other states. Created 10/27/2017. Reviewed 10/27/2020.
| Contact Hour(s): 0.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created: 2017-10-27 | Date Expires: |
Dr. Al DeMaria presents information about Zika, Ebola, Mumps, Food Borne Illness and Antibiotic resistance. This presentation was taped at the August 2016 Summer Academy in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Created 12/30/2016.
Length: 60 minutes Contact hours:0 Cost:FREE
This program describes the prevalence, pathophysiology, and impact of anxiety on youth and the use of Emotional Freedom Technique as one emerging evidence-based method for managing student anxiety in the school setting. The content is intended for school nurses and counselors working individually with students. Created 11/18/16. Reviewed & updated 11/18/2019.
Contact hours: 0 Cost: Free Length: 1.5 hours
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