Webinar Series

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 3.0

This 3-part webinar series will provide participants with an understanding and foundation of knowledge to utilize social media and Web 2.0 effectively, and offer guidance, implementation strategies, and best practices in using social media and Web 2.0 to advance healthcare services to patients/practitioners while improving quality outcomes.

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 2.0

This two-part series will assist nurses new to the field of occupational health to define their role. They will learn basic terminology and definitions and the phases of conducting an occupational health assessment for their sites or facilities. This course is for nurses within the first 6-12 months of their practice in occupational health or those who are new in teaching others in the field.

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 10.0

Individual Webinars in Series

Webinar #1: December - National Eye Care Month: Being Eye Smart - Now Available On-Demand
Webinar #2: January - National Heart Month: Stroke: Early Recognition and Worker Education - Now Available  On-Demand
Webinar #3: February (FREE) - February 20th - Hepatitis Month: Hepatitis: Prevention, Screening and Education
Webinar #4: March -March 5th -  National Cancer Month: Cancer Prevention
Webinar #5: April (FREE) - April 9th - Employee Health and Fitness Month
Webinar #6: May - May 23rd - 2012 Hazard Communications
Webinar #7: June - June 14th - Personal/Family Emergency Preparedness Month
Webinar #8: August - August 14th - National Preparedness Month
Webinar #9: August - August 21st - Seasonal Influenza/Adult Immunizations
Webinar #10: September - September 12th - Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Domestic Violence Resources
Webinar #11: *November - Great American Smoke-Out: Legacy for Longer, Healthier Lives
Webinar #12: *December - World AIDS Day

Have you ever wished someone would identify resources for your health promotion and education calendar? For 2013, AAOHN will do exactly that. At least one month prior to the wellness theme to be celebrated, you can attend a webinar with a faculty that will discuss the most current science/research on a topic and provide you with resources you can use in your own lunch & learns, screenings or health fair.
Note: If you cannot attend the live webinar, the recording will be available, online, within 24 hours.

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 10.0

Once each month, for ten months, join Yolanda Lang, Dr.PH, MSN, CRNP, COHN, FAAOHN, NP at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center and instructor in the School of Nursing at the University of Pittsburgh to:
 Discuss the mechanism of action, indications and contraindications of medication classifications
 Discuss medication classifications effects/side effects as related to job duties/responsibilities
List examples of medications in each classifications
 

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 1.0

This 3-session live or on-demand webcast is intended for occupational and environmental health nurses in any setting, whether they are based in industry, work for or within a healthcare organization, or are self-employed. The session will provide you with a host of pragmatic strategies and tactics for moving your services into your worksite or marketplace. During Session #1 you will learn the principles of 2013 marketing techniques and the how to's of marketing services through multiple modern technologies. In Session #2, you will discuss communications and find out how to articulate service value, develop and define "win-win" relationships, and describe advanced oral and written communications skills. Session #3 will give you 40 Tips for marketing and selling your occupational health services.

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 3.0

Four internationally-known faculty will present these three webcasts and share two different worksite health promotion models that can be implemented by any small or large domestic or global organization.
Session #1: Dr. Evelyn Kortum will describe how the World Health Organization's Healthy Workplace Global Framework uses an implementation-stimulated model to adapt to the country and community with the aim of enabling organizations to develop and implement comprehensive health programs to protect and promote the health of their workers and their families.
Session #2: Dr. Anita Schill will share the NIOSH Total Worker Health Model that integrates the work environment and the overall health, safety and well-being of the workers, their families and the community.
Session# 3: Two AAOHN members will showcase their US companies that have each implemented one of the two models separately.

Course Type: Webinar
Contact Hours: 14.0

September 10, 18, 24
October 2, 8, 15, 22, 29
November 6, 12, 19, 26
December 3, 10

12:00-1:00 PM ET
11:00-12:00 PM CT

14 content hours during 14 online sessions covering the physical- assessment skills needed by occupational and environmental health nurses.Participants will study a thorough head-to-toe assessment, including:

·         Head -- Cranial Nerves, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat

         Dermatology -- Skin, Hair, Nails

·         Chest – Heart, Lungs

·         Abdominal -- Upper GI, Lower GI, Liver, Pancreas, Spleen,

·         GU, Pelvis -- Kidneys, Bladder, Gynecologic, Prostate

·         Musculoskeletal Upper

·         Musculoskeletal Lower

·         Neurologic -- Spine, Brain