KNA mandatory CE courses are available now "24/7" on the KNA On Demand Portal!

The Kentucky Nurses Association now offers one-time mandatory CEs on the KNA On Demand Portal. To save lives and meet KBN licensure requirements, all nurses must complete these courses by Saturday, July 1, 2023. The fee to access and take each class is $5.00. 

Nurse Suicide Prevention Course

Access this course on the KNA On Demand Portal. At the end of this program, participants will be able to:
 

• Recognize how chronic toxic stress and secondary traumatic stress may increase nurse suicide incidence;
• Describe a confidential, standardized, and comprehensive pathway for nurses at risk for suicide;
• Identify systems of care, evidence-informed approaches, and best practices to reduce suicide rates;
• Underline and use ethical and legal considerations of caring for patients and nurses who are suicidal and
• Acquire and apply suicide prevention training.

 

Speakers:
Julie Marfell DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, president, Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition and associate professor, University of Kentucky College of Nursing

Paul Norrod DrPH, M.Div., MA-C, RN, principal extension specialist for rural and farm stress and suicide prevention in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and community and public health nursing Instructor for the UK College of Nursing

Lee Anne Walmsley, PhD, EdS, MSN, RN, assistant professor, director of work-life and student wellness and military & veteran student liaison at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing

 

KBN# 1-0001-12-22-122
2.4 Contact Hours

Implicit Bias in Healthcare Course

Access this course on the KNA On Demand Portal. At the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Define and identify structural racism and its impact on the health providers;
• Recognize the history of racism in healthcare;
• Distinguish overt and covert racist attitudes including micro and macro aggressions;
• Define unconscious bias and implicit bias and tools to recognize and measure;
• Identify and explain the role implicit bias plays in the delivery of healthcare;
• Evaluate the personal role of health care providers to identify bias how it impacts the delivery of nursing care and patient outcomes and
• Describe strategies that will assist in reducing the influence of personal bias in healthcare delivery including introduction of concept in nursing curriculums.

Speakers:

Arica Brandford, PhD, JD, MSN, RN, treasurer, Kentucky Nurses Association

Delanor Manson, MA, BSN, RN, chief executive officer, Kentucky Nurses Association, Kentucky Nurses Foundation and Kentucky Nurses Action Coalition

KBN#1-0001-12-22-121
Contact Hours: 1.5

Attendees must complete each program to be awarded contact hours for continuing nursing education, provide license number upon registration and complete an evaluation for the program. Partial credit will not be awarded for any session. We reserve the right to cancel or alter the program if unanticipated circumstances necessitate changes. The Kentucky Nurses Association is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). The KBN approval of an individual nursing continuing education provider does not constitute endorsement.