2021-2022 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Please view all video recordings from the 2021 and 2022 workshops.

2022
Mental Health | Strategies for Resiliency

Humility in Health Care: A Model

Held Wednesday, May 4, 2022

SPEAKER
Nora Zinan, DNP, MSPH, AHN-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford, CT
 
Nora holds degrees in Nursing and Public Health and a certification as an Advanced Holistic Nurse. She is author of several articles including “Humility in Health Care: A Model”.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Objectives of the Workshop are to Identify: 

• structures of humility that can be practiced in health care settings; 
• ways that the structures can be operationalized on the personal/interpersonal, leadership, systems and policy levels of decision-making in health care settings; 
• benefits of practicing humility behaviors, the forces that favor humility in health care and the barriers to including it in health care settings; and
• research needs related to humility in healthcare 

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The Warning Signs of Suicide:  Question, Persuade & Refer (QPR)

Held Wednesday, February 22, 2022

SPEAKER
Robert C. Havens, MSHS, GC-C

This workshop was facilitated by Robert C. Havens, MSHS, GC-C, Certified QPR (Suicide Awareness Trainer), Certified Grief Counselor, and Resilience Grows Here (RGH) Board Secretary.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Attendees will learned how to ask about suicidal intent and know how to listen and persuade someone to get help.  QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer –

• 3 simple steps that anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide
• Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade and refer someone to help
• Each year thousands of Americans participate in this Course and say, YES, to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, student, or neighbor

 

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2021
Let’s Start a Culture of Sharing Series

Exploring the Right Doctoral Program for YOU

Held Thursday, April 15, 2021

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
Hear from our esteemed panel of CT nursing leaders who will share their insights related to how they selected their specific pathway to attain their Doctoral Degree.

SPEAKERS

 Highlighting Doctoral Programs in CT

Held Wednesday, May 12, 2021

This is a follow-up to our April 15th webinar where we highlighted the various Doctoral Degree options in Connecticut - PhD, DNP and EdD.
 
Hear from these schools:

• Fairfield University Egan School of Nursing & Health Sciences
• Quinnipiac University
• Sacred Heart University -Davis & Henley College of Nursing
• Southern CT State University/Western CT State University
• University of Connecticut
• University of Hartford
• University of Saint Joseph
• Yale School of Nursing
  

Strategies for Virtual Teaching

Held Wednesday, February 24, 2021

This workshop focused on expanding your toolbox of effective strategies for virtual teaching and was facilitated by Jillian Zupan, MSN, RN and Carrie Michalski, JD, MSN, RN, CNE.

Jillian focused on strategies to engage the student while teaching theory in the virtual environment.  She shared:

• Share a master template with attendees so YOU can design and implement multiple med/surg topics within the virtual classroom; and
• Demonstrate a live example of how she fosters student engagement in the virtual classroom using this master template


Carrie focused on how to virtually teach and assess Vital Sign competency.  She will:

• Share strategies to assess cognitive and psycho-motor competency in a virtual vital signs lab, and
• Provide tips and resources for educators which will enable learners to obtain this important skill as a supplement or when on-ground is unavailable

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