Kids First: School Nurse Competency Fair and Conference

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Kids First: School Nurse Competency Fair and Conference

Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: NUR 1.106 & NUR 1.112UT Austin School of Nursing | 1710 Red River, Austin, TX

Admission: $90 (Light breakfast and Lunch is included)

Registration: Registration for August 7th Kids First event has closed.

Contact: If you have any questions, please email DeAnna Baker, Technical Project Supervisor, at dbaker@nursing.utexas.edu.


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Payment

  • Credit Card: Use the above registration link for payment via credit card.
  • Purchase Order: Contact DeAnna Baker at dbaker@nursing.utexas.edu for payment via purchase order. 

Overview

Kids First is a collaborative initiative to ensure that school children receive the health care they need by providing leading-edge training for you on basic and complex health skills and knowledge. To help you be successful as you work with our children, making sure they get the care they require, we have customized this training to meet some of the many challenges you face every day.

Planned Topics for CE:

  • Childhood Skin Conditions: Identification and Management
  • Pediatric Medication Updates: CBD, Intranasal Midazolam, Epidiolex, and More
  • Stabilization of Pediatric Traumatic Injuries
  • Identification and treatment of Childhood Diseases We Thought Were Gone
  • Sugar Surfing: Dynamic Management of Diabetes
  • Human Trafficking
  • Tuberculosis Management
  • Suicide Prevention

Skills Review:

  • Clean Catheter - Male/Female
  • G-Tube Care and Feedings: Medication Administration
  • Trach – Suctioning and Emergency Airway Management
  • Ostomy Management

Agenda

Time Room Presentation
7:15 - 7:45 am Lobby Registration
7:45 - 8:00 am 1.112 Breakfast and Welcome Video
8:00 - 8:45 am 1.112 Sugar Surfing: Dynamic Management of Diabetes (PDF) - Lisa Sumlin PhD, RN, ACNS-BC
9:00 - 10:00 am 1.112 It’s TIME to Eradicate TB!–School Nurses on the Front Line (PDF) - Lori Eitelbach, BSN, RN
10:15 - 11:00 am 1.108 Bridge to Safety: The School Nurse’s Role in Suicide Prevention (PDF) - Darleen Cameron, BSN, RN
10:15 - 11:00 am 1.112 Keep Calm and School Nurse On – Medic Tips on Common School-Related Injuries (PDF) - Michelle Cartwright Oestrick, BS, EMT-P
11:15 am - 12:15 pm 1.112 New Medications in the Treatment of Pediatric Seizure Disorders (PDF) - Samantha Vogel, PharmD
12:15 - 1:00 pm 1.106 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm 1.108 Medical Interventions in the Lives of Modern-Day Slaves - Kirsta Melton, JD
1:00 - 2:00 pm 1.112 Vaccine Preventable Childhood Diseases: Early Identification and Management for the School Nurse (PDF) - Dr. Caroline Hilbert, MD, MPH and Nancy Napolitano, BSN, RN
2:00 - 3:00 pm   Nursing 101 (PDF)
2:00 - 5:00 pm   Skills
  4.102 Tube Care, Feedings & Medication Management
  4.106 Review of Major Pathology – SAMs, Pedi SAM, and OtoSim
  4.108 Tracheostomy Care, Emergency Management of Airway
  4.118 Ostomy Management
  4.120 I&O Catheterization Male and Female

Vendors - First Foor Hallway

  • Epilepsy Foundation
  • Health Start
  • Medtronic Insulin pumps
  • Simple Sparrow Care Farm: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Williamson County and Cities Health District – TB Management: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Texas Nurses Association - Approver, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Date and Time
Aug. 7, 2019, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location
NUR 1.106
Event tags
Conference
Training