Kids First: School Nurse Competency Fair and Conference

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Event Status
Scheduled
Nurses participating at the Kids First Conference

Date: Monday, January 7th, 2019

Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: The University of Texas School of Nursing | 1710 Red River, Austin, TX

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

Registration: Registration for this event has closed. 

Parking:

If arriving by bus: For parking in lot 118 (next to the Erwin Center), contact Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) at 512-471-7275 for instructions and payment.

If arriving separately, self parking is available for a fee in Trinity Garage (TRG) and Health Center Garage (HCG).

Payment: If payment is being made through the school district, an invoice will be provided for payment via purchase order. Individual payment can be made by cash or check prior to or day of conference. 

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

If you need accommodation to participate in this event, please contact DeAnna Baker at dbaker@nursing.utexas.edu no later than five (5) business days prior to the event.


Overview

Kids First is a new 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’ve customized this training to meet some of the many challenges you face every day.

Planned Topics for CE:

  • Nursing Peer Review: Documentation Standards for School Nurses
  • Stress and Coping in Children and Adolescents: Implications for School Nursing
  • Recognition and Response to Opioid Use and Overdose in the School Setting
  • Medical Evaluation of Child Physical Abuse
  • Work Place Violence

Skills Review:

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

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
Jan. 7, 2019, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location
NUR 1.106
Event tags
Conference
Training