Region 3

Description: One of the greatest factors that can affect a nurse’s experience — with everything from nurse-practice standards and continuing education to patient safety and work satisfaction — is the state in which they are licensed. Yet, forty-one states have joined the “Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact” (NLC), which allows nurses who are licensed in one “Compact”... Read more »

Description: This program will provide nurses with the advocacy skills and communication strategies to respond when they hear, “Just do your best” when nursing judgment determines they cannot safely meet the needs of the patient. Discussion topics include patient abandonment, mandatory overtime, and assuming an assignment under duress or objection. Documentation of unsafe assignments and mandatory... Read more »

Description: This program will explain the common infectious agents affecting pregnant individuals and newborns. Strategies for preventing vertical transmission to the fetus will be discussed. Best practice standards for infection control measures during labor and delivery will be outlined. The program will conclude with a discussion of neonatal sepsis, pneumonia, and other common infections as well... Read more »