Concurrent Sessions
Offered on Friday, December 4, from 3:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Session 18. Emerging Infection UpdateEddie Hedrick, BS, MT(ASCP), CIC, Emerging Infections Coordinator, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO
Get the latest information that school personnel need to know about the H1N1 flu.
Session 19. Support Your Scope of Practice With A Nursing Portfolio
Marjorie Cole, RN, MSN, State School Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO; Debra Funk, RN, MS, Practice Administrator, Missouri State Board of Nursing, Jefferson City, MO; and Barb Spaw, RN, BS, District Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO
Professional portfolios are a powerful tool with multiple purposes: documentation of professional competence, marketing or performance appraisal. The session will begin with an overview of the Missouri Nurse Practice Act, how to use the scope of practice decision-making diagram and then key components of a nursing portfolio. Examples will be displayed and sample forms suggested.
Session 20. School Wellness Policies – Year 3
Mickey Belosi, Missouri Coordinated School Health Coalition, School Wellness Policy State Consultant, Jefferson City, MO
The Missouri Coordinated School Health wellness policy consultant brings lessons learned from her work with school districts throughout the state. Learn how you can use the latest tools to help you meet the challenges of wellness policy implementation and evaluation.
Session 21. Childhood Injury Prevention: What Works and What Doesn’t
Patricia G. Schnitzer, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Learn the significance of the child injury problem, the leading causes of unintentional injuries in children and evidence-based prevention strategies.
Session 22. By Youth for Youth: Youth Approved STD/HIV Prevention Concepts and Tools
Joel Jackson, Youth Advocacy Coordinator, Project ARK/Washington University, St. Louis, MO; and Stephanie Washington, Youth Health Educator, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO
The Missouri Youth Health Initiative involves youths throughout Missouri on Youth Advisory Committees to give advice about how to better serve youths and provide STD/HIV prevention education. Participants will learn how involving youths to give meaningful input about initiatives that affect them can lead to more effective programs and an increased sense of self esteem and self efficacy for the youths.
Session 23. Tools for Schools to Use in Mental Health Promotion
Sheri Williams, RN, BSN, District Nurse Consultant, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Jefferson City, MO; and Linda Washburn, MS, Missouri Student Success Network, Jefferson City, MO
Enhance your ability to promote resilient children, strong families and healthy communities. This is a hands-on session. Participants will receive the Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health materials and a collection of tools to share with families and community partners related to age appropriate social and emotional development.