Presenter: Deborah L. Strouse, MEd, MSN, CNP, NCSN, FNP-C
Registration opens at 7:30 am
Lunch Provided by Protect Education
Cost $70.00 SWOSNA member/ $90.00 for Non-members (includes participation materials)
CEs earned – 5.25*
LEARNING OUTCOMES :
Upon completion of this presentation, school nurses will be able to:
- Describe the importance of preventative training for disaster planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising and evaluating and taking corrective action prior to a school Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) event.
- Lists skills and characteristics a school nurse would need to be an effective leader in mass casualty response in schools.
- Apply knowledge to develop basic disaster prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery plans for health service providers in schools.
- Identify issues unique to the school setting that can impact the sustainability and effectiveness of disaster preparedness measures.
- Discuss regional considerations related to disaster preparedness training with local and national resources.
- Demonstrate how to use the START/JumpSTART algorithms to perform mass casualty triage.
- Identify and list the principles and methods used to perform triage and response to school-based MCI events.
- Identify strategies to engage school Emergency/Disaster Preparedness Team volunteers and administrative support.
- Describe how the Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice ™ is applicable to Emergency/Disaster Preparedness.
National Association of School Nurses is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
*Attendance at the entire program and completion of an evaluation
Sponsors: School Care, Protect Education