This half-day virtual conference is an opportunity for pediatric nurses, pediatricians, social workers, community health workers, and other professionals interested in child health to learn from experts on topical issues impacting children and families.
Bringing Environmental Health into Healthcare for Children With Khalil Savary, MD and Perry Sheffield, MD, MPH
This session will include both, Drs. Savary and Sheffield, who have extensive experience in children’s environmental health. They will be presenting on their clinical expertise, sub specialty training, research, and program development in this topic area.
Anticipatory Guidance for Racism: How to Speak with Patients About Racism With Tyree Winters, DO, FACOP
This session will prepare healthcare professionals on how to discuss racism with pediatric populations and provide universal anticipatory guidance to pediatric patients and their families.
How Respiratory Viruses in the Pediatric Patient and the Effect on Those with Co-Morbidities With Nadia Hamdi, APN, RN, MSc
This session will discuss respiratory tract infections due to viruses. The etiology, presentation, treatment, and prevention, especially in those with comorbidities, will be explored. The focus for treatment will be
community-based and will not involve hospital admissions. The current guidelines and recommendations for treating and managing respiratory tract infections will also be reviewed.
Registration fee is $25.
FREE for eligible registrants* with the code pmch12
*Eligible registrants include Partnership member hospitals, NJ Department of Health staff, NJ Department of Children and Families staff, and staff at northern New Jersey-based community non-profit organizations (Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union, and Warren counties only).Free registration code is available only to those who work for qualifying organizations. Registrants who do not qualify for the free code can contact Tyeisha James at [email protected] to inquire about scholarship opportunities.
Target Audience: Nurses, Pediatricians, Social Workers, Community Health Workers, and other healthcare professionals.
Disclosure/Commercial Support: The planners and speakers do not have any conflicts of interest to report for this activity. There is no
commercial support for this activity.Continuing Nursing Education
Contact Hours: The maximum number of contact hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 3.5 contact hours. Each hour of attendance is equivalent to 1.0 contact hours. The Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the New Jersey State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. P194- 3/2024 Approval status does not imply endorsement by the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey, NJSNA or by ANCC of any commercial products discussed/displayed in conjunction with the educational activity.
Successful Completion: To receive contact hours for this program, the registrant must log in to the webinar, attend at least one complete session of the presentation, and complete and submit an evaluation. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity within two weeks of the live event.
Unable to Attend the Live Event? Registrants will receive an email with a link to access the webinar recording from December 13, 2023, until January 12, 2024.
Successful Completion: To receive contact hours for viewing the recorded continuing education program, the registrant must log in with the link received via email after the live event, attend at least 60 minutes of the presentation, and complete and submit an evaluation. Attendees will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity within four weeks of receipt of the completed evaluation.
Please note – registration is required to receive the link to the recording.