On-Demand Webinars
Making Informed Decisions in Response to COVID-19
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
As the academic nursing community prepares to address the Coronavirus outbreak, AACN has consulted with experts is disaster planning on how nursing schools can maintain quality programs while keeping students, faculty, and staff safe. Please join us for the first webinar in our new series on COVID-19 featuring one of the nation’s leading experts on overcoming public health threats. The discussion will center on AACN’s newly released guidelines for schools to consider related to emergency preparedness and response.
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Webinar Resources
Register for the other COVID-19 related webinars, listed below:
- F.A.S.T: Academic Nurse Educators Respond to COVID-19
March 16, 2020 at 2:00 pm (ET) - Bridging the Gap- Implementing Technology to Deliver Course Online
March 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm (ET)
These webinars are free and open to the public. Recordings of the webinars will be available soon after the webinars air.
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Establishing Inter-Rater Reliability for Holistic Admissions Review
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
This webinar will cover models developed and implemented for establishing inter-rater reliability in holistic admissions processes. These models have shown to help admissions committees and programs at the University of Washington by providing a fair and equitable review process for undergraduate and graduate admissions, while ensuring faculty and staff workload efficiency and integrity in making decisions.
Objectives:
- Explore & discuss the importance of inter-rater reliability in holistic admissions review.
- Discuss how schools can achieve inter-rater reliability in their process.
Telehealth: Nurses Called to Action
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Overview
This webinar will explore the current telehealth landscape and examine essential telehealth components that influence nursing practice and the ability to reach patients with vital healthcare services by telehealth.
Objectives:
- Identify the available technological modalities by which patient care delivery is available and how these may drive quality outcomes and healthcare value.
- Describe the essential components of safe and responsible care by telehealth.
- Discuss how policy influences the dissemination of care delivery by telehealth.
- Describe the role and opportunity for nursing impact in advancing telehealth.
This Webinar is hosted by the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA). For more information on the GNSA, visit www.aacnnursing.org/GNSA.
A Civics Refresher: Overview of the 116th Congress and the Policy Process
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Description
Understanding civics is vital to being a thoughtful and meaningful contributor to the federal policy process. During this webinar the speaker will review the federal government structure, agenda setting, and how a bill gains support toward becoming a law. This content is important for deans, directors, and students who will represent their school in Washington, DC during AACN's 2020 Student Policy Summit.
For more information about the Student Policy Summit, visit the summit webpage.
Be sure to also attend the second informational webinar: Preparing for a Successful Student Policy Summit to be held on March 11, 2020 at 3:00 pm (ET) time.
NOTE: Only AACN Member Schools can participate in this AACN Webinar.
Objectives
- Define necessary terms that relate to policy and the legislative process.
- Discuss the legislative and rulemaking process.
- Demonstrate the need to actively participate in the policy making process.
Empowering Rwanda Women to be Gatekeepers of Community Health – A Nurse Educator’s Story
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
Webinar Details & Objectives
Join Dr. Harriet A. Fields as she describes her own path working with an Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) to facilitate the empowerment of women in Rwanda as gatekeeps of community health. Familiarize yourself with her work in the World Health Organizations (WHO) Sustainability Goals and the Nursing Now Campaign realm.
Objectives:
- Identify WHO and UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020 and define relationship to Global Health Nursing - Nursing Now & International Council of Nursing.
- Profile the Role of Professional Nursing Educators and Practitioners in meeting Women Empowered Good Health and Well-Being - a Case Study in Rwamagana, Rwanda, Africa.
- Analyze the Role of Professional Nursing Educators and Practitioners in Prevention in Primary Health Care in rural villages for Capacity Development and Sustainability.
- Summarize role of university programs in nursing globally in WHO 2020 Year of the Nurse and Primary Health Care - Prevention of Preventable Chronic Conditions.
For a primer of the WHO Sustainability Goals review this 2018 webinar: How the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Will Impact the Future of Nursing