PURPOSE
This program will enable the school nurse to develop and implement
strategies to improve safety in daily practice. Sessions focus on the
impact of drugs and gangs on the school environment and strategies to
promote personal safety. Through facilitated discussion, participants will
develop an action plan to ensure safety in their daily school nurse
practice.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Registered nurses in the school setting
OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this workshop, the learner will be able to:
Drugs in Eastern NC: Impact on School Environment ● Recognize current
pharmaceutical drug diversion trends in Eastern North Carolina ● Discuss
the impact of the current drug diversion trends on the school environment
NERSNA Meeting & Program
Drugs, Gangs and School Nurse Safety
Friday, November 14, 2014
Business Meeting: 9:00am - 9:45am (Members only)
Education Program Registration - 9:30am - 9:55am
Education Program: 9:55am - 2:00 pm
Edwin W. Monroe AHEC Conference Center
Venture Tower Drive, Greenville
Provided by:
Eastern AHEC
Department of Nursing Education
Co-Provided by:
Northeast Region
School Nurse Association of NC
Ensuring Personal Safety in the School Nurse Environment ● Recognize
student behaviors that can trigger violence ● Recognize gang-related behavior at school or school sponsored activities
What This Means to Me - A Facilitated Discussion ● Develop an action
plan to ensure safety in daily school nurse practice
CREDIT
Nurses: 3.25 CNE contact hours
Eastern AHEC Department of Nursing Education is an approved provider of
continuing nursing education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an
accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Participants must attend the entire program in order to earn contact hour credit.
Verification of participant will be noted by check-in at the start of program and
initial-out at conclusion of the program.
Certificates of completion will be awarded after the participant completes
the evaluation.
Drugs, Gangs and School Nurse Safety
FACULTY
AGENDA
9:00 am
Northeast Region, SNANC Business Meeting (Members Only)
9:30 am
Program Registration
9:55 am
Welcome and Program Introduction
Gena Byrd, RN, NCSN
Special Agent Joe Smith
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
NC State Bureau of Investigations
Diversion and Environmental
Crimes Unit
Sgt. Cam Coburn
Personnel Manager
Pitt County Sherriff’s Department
Adjunct Professor - Continuing Education
Pitt Community College
10:00 am
Drugs in Eastern NC: Impact on School Environment
Special Agent Joe Smith
Terri L. Joyner, MSN, RN, NCSN
Manager, School Health Program
Vidant Medical Center
11:00 am
Ensuring Personal Safety in the School Nurse Work
Environment
Sgt. Cam Coburn
PLANNING COMMITTEE
12:30 pm
1:15 pm
1:45 pm
2:00 pm
Lunch (provided)
What This Means to Me - A Facilitated Discussion
Terri L. Joyner, MSN, RN, NCSN
Summary and Evaluation
Gena Byrd, RN, NCSN
Adjourn
HANDOUTS AND EVALUATIONS
Handouts will be available online only. A link to the location on our website where you can view or print the handouts will be sent with your confirmation email one week prior to the program. Please make sure that we
have a valid email address to send your confirmation and link to the
handouts.
Cindy Edwards, BSN, RN, NCSN
Chairperson
Beaufort County Schools
Terri L. Joyner, MSN, RN, NCSN
School Health Program
Vidant Medical Center
Elizabeth Hartford, BSN, RN, NCSN Kathy Dail, RN, BSN, BC
Lenoir County Schools
Greene County Schools
Claire Mills, MPH, BSN, RN, FACHE Bailey Sasser, BSN, RN, NCSN
Eastern AHEC
Lenoir County Schools
Nicole Sugg, BS, RN
Lenoir County Schools
We recommend that you dress in layers or bring a
sweater with you, as it is difficult to maintain a
temperature that is comfortable for everyone.
Drugs, Gangs and School Nurse Safety
NERSNA Meeting & Program
Drugs, Gangs and School Nurse Safety
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Register online at http://eahec.ecu.edu
Registration is available online at http://eahec.ecu.edu
Last Name ____________________________________________________________________
Registration Fee
Members (received by November 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $15.00
Non-Members (received by November 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.00
Members (received after November 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30.00
Non-Members (received after November 7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45.00
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The registration fee includes program materials, credit and lunch. If you
register early and must subsequently cancel, a full refund will be made
through November 7, 2014. No refunds will be made thereafter, but
substitutions are welcome. NOTE: If you register, do not attend, and do
not cancel by the November 7 deadline, you will be billed for the full
amount.
Participants who pay with a credit card may elect to fax their completed
registration form to (252)744-5229. Those paying with check (made payable to Eastern AHEC) should mail the completed registration form and
check to:
Eastern AHEC, Attn: Registration
PO Box 7224
Greenville, NC 27835-7224
For more information, contact Eastern AHEC Department of Nursing
Education at (252) 744-3087.
PARTICIPANTS REQUIRING SPECIAL
ASSISTANCE
Individuals with disabilities, requesting accommodations
under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), should
contact the Department of Disability Support Services at least
one week prior to the event at (252) 737-1016 (V/TTY) .
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