Now's Your Chance to Catch Up on the Webinars You Missed!
SPN had a jam-packed 2023 filled with educational and inspiring webinars. Now is a great time to catch up on any webinars you may have missed. And with SPN’s new Leaning Center, it’s even easier to view the previous webinars and earn Nursing Continuing Professional Development Credit.
Be on the lookout for more webinars in 2024!
List of 2023 SPN Webinars:
Promoting Equitable Care and Access for Children with Special Needs and Their Families
Lizdelia Piñón, Ed.D.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 4:00 pm CT
NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
Children with special needs may require consideration and adaptation of interventions in the home, school, and hospital setting to promote equitable care and access. Please join us to learn more about ways you can promote equitable access and care. Dr. Liz Piñon, educator, and mother of four children with special needs, will share a “day-in-the-life”. Liz will describe successes and challenges experienced in the home, hospital, and school setting and suggest ways to support and connect with parents. Learn how you can be an ally advocate and promote the health and wellbeing of children with special needs and their families.
Pediatric Nurses Week Webinar: Flourish! Find Meaning and Joy in Pediatric Nursing Practice!
Instructor: Greg Durkin M.Ed., BSN, RN, NPDA-BC
Wednesday October 4, 2023, 11:00 am CT
NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
Working in pediatric healthcare is stressful on the best of days, but in a post-pandemic time of a behavioral health crisis, a nursing shortage, and increased complexity of care, it’s all too easy to feel disconnected and dissatisfied with our jobs. In this humorous and interactive presentation, participants will learn about the differences between happiness and joy at work and strategies to help nurses remember that their work is not about medications administered or timecards processed, but rather the meaning we feel from the gift of service.
Substance Use and HIV Risk Among Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Instructor: Diane Santa Maria DrPH, MSN, RN, ACRN, FSAHM, FAAN
Tuesday September 13, 2023, 9:30 am CT
NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
Approximately 1.1 million children in prekindergarten through 12th grade experienced unstable housing during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the National Center for Homeless Education. Children living in unstable housing are more likely to suffer from poor physical, mental, and sexual health outcomes, as well as commit suicide. Learn how unstable housing interrelates with substance use and HIV risk along with several promising interventions for addressing substance use and HIV risk during this webinar.
This webinar is provided by the DEI Task Force.
Responding to the Challenges Facing Pediatric Nursing
Instructor: Kathy Van Allen, MSN, RN, CPN
Tuesday July 18, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
This webinar will discuss key challenges facing the pediatric nursing profession as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation will share the current state and provide evidence based resources and exemplars to foster active engagement of attendees in finding solutions to these challenges in their practice settings.
Cultural Humility in Working with Gender Diverse Youth
Instructor: Bianca Salvetti, DNP, CNS, CPNP-PC
Friday, June 23, 2023, 2:00 pm CT
NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
In the past 5 years, the number of adolescents and young adults (AYA) who identify as gender diverse has doubled however most nurses receive minimal if any education on caring for LGBTQIA+ . Historically invisibility and discrimination of this population has contributed to significant health disparities, including suicidality, homelessness, and substance use. This session will explore best practices in working with gender diverse youth. The audience will learn basic language, medical management, and interventions to creating an affirming space.
This webinar is provided by the DEI Task Force.
COVID 19: Holistic Health Impacts on Children and their Families
Instructor: Jessica L. Peck DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, CNE, CNL, FAANP, FAAN
Thursday, May 25, 2023, 11:00 am CT
NCPD Contact Hour(s): 1.0
This webinar will provide a comprehensive, holistic look at the health impacts of COVID-19 across the pediatric care continuum while exploring direct ramifications for children and their families. Nurses will be engaged and equipped to deliver care that optimizes pediatric health.
Instructor: Susan Givens Bell, DNP, MABHA, RNC-NIC
Wednesday, April 5, 2023, 12:00 pm CT
Contact Hour(s): 1.0
This webinar will provide an overview of the principles of antibiotic stewardship through a review relevant historical perspective, exploration of current evidence on the importance of antibiotic stewardship and effective strategies to promote and apply the principles antibiotic stewards, and description of how we can employ strategies now and in the future.
Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: How to Diagnose, Ways to Treat, and When to Triage
Instructor: Kyla Bennett, LCSW, LSCSW
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
Contact Hour(s): 1.0
During 2020 -2022 there has been a rise in children and teens seen in the ER with mental health problems. This has also included a rise in eating disorders. Attend this webinar to learn about comorbidities, evidence-based treatments and strategies to assist the patients and families. Eating disorders are among the deadliest mental illnesses, second only to opioid overdose. Attend this webinar to learn strategies to identify and assist your patients with eating disorders.
The Impact of the SPN Pediatric Nursing Excellence Model on Nursing in the Future
Instructor: Rhonda Cooper MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Friday, February 24, 2023, 1:00 pm CT
Contact Hour(s): 1.0
SPN is committed to defining and delineating how pediatric nursing is different from general nursing practice. This webinar will describe the new SPN Pediatric Nursing Excellence Model, its importance, how to implement the model in your current practice as well as innovative future uses.
More Than Just Hair: Improving Hair Care Equity in Healthcare
Instructor: Surlina Asamoa, MSN, MHA, RN, CCM & Laura F. Watson, MSN, RN, CDFT
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 3:00 pm CT
Contact Hour(s): 1.0
Description: Nurse educators, hospital leaders, clinical staff, and bedside nursing will all benefit from attending this webinar. When disparities in hair care hygiene are identified in healthcare settings, there are limited resources available to guide organizations and institutions in examining their current practices and identifying opportunities to provide more equitable care. This webinar will share best practices from organizations who have successfully implemented hair care equity programs and will provide necessary resources for health care organizations and institutions to initiate this work in their facilities.
This four part webinar series was developed with collaboration of the DEI task force.