NA of CA Education

Currently our Education Library is offering 22 Courses that Provide 29 CEUs or 29 hours of Content (updated 10/25/2022)

 

The courses available in the library are being offered in either 1-hour/1-CEU, 2-hour/2-CEU or 3-hour/3-CEU options.  Each course is broken up into about 30-minute chapters so that you can take each chapter and complete each course around your busy schedule.  On this site you’ll be able to see which courses we are currently offering, keep track of the chapters and courses that you’ve completed, and get in touch with either the instructors or fellow participants.  Because we’ll be adding new course options every month, it will be important for you to visit our library regularly. Here is a list of our current courses being offered.   

2-hour/2 CEUs:

  • Safe Patient Handling Training
  • Championing Care for the LGBTQ+ Community
  • Safe Staffing Saves Lives
  • Nurse Practice Act
  • Protecting Nurses from COVID-19 and other Aerosol Transmissible Diseases
  • CERT: Community Emergency Response Team

1-hour/1 CEU:

  • NIOSH Protecting Healthcare Workers Mental Health: A Call to Action
  • Climate Emergency and Health Advocacy for Nurses
  • Partnering for Emergency Response
  • How to Overcome Unconscious Bias (Disaster Ready)
  • Diversity and Inclusion (Disaster Ready)
  • Support an Inclusive Culture (Disaster Ready)
  • Understanding and Preventing Environmental Hospital Acquired Infection (HAI) Transmission Through the Use of UV Lighting Technology
  • Vaccines and the Role of Nurses in Increasing Public Vaccination Rates
  • Wildfires and Human Health
  • Climate Change, Air Quality and Human Health
  • Demonstrating Our Power: How to Play an Active Role in Policy Change
  • SEIU 2022 Climate, Jobs and Justice Summit
  • Nursing in Correctional Settings
  • Nurses’ Hazardous Exposures in Hospitals
  • Rethink Burnout… It’s a Moral Injury! Recognize, Reconstruct and Repair

3-hour/3 CEUs:

  • NIOSH Training for Nurses on Shift Work and Long Work Hours

Please note: For purposes of receiving approved time off to attend, these courses may also include multiple surveys, quizzes, course materials and the course evaluation that may not be reflected in the time it takes to watch the recordings.  

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Course Information for VACCINE AND ROLE OF NURSES IN INCREASING PUBLIC VACCINATION RATES

This is a 1 hour course that will provide 1 CEU

 

The course is designed so that it can be viewed all at once or broken up into segments or what we call chapters.  The On-demand Education Library website features an abundance of resource material available in printable format.

Learning objectives: 

  •   Participants will learn about and be able to talk about the efficacy and safety of the COVID vaccines;
  •   Participants will learn about the role of public health nurses in improving vaccination rates and why it is important for nurses to speak to patients and the public about the value of the COVID vaccines to public health;
  •   Participants will learn about common reasons why some people are hesitant about the COVID vaccine, and how to share facts and information about the vaccine in order to persuade people who can to take the vaccine.

 

This free 1 CEU course is presented by the Nurse Alliance of SEIU California and open to all SEIU licensed nurse members. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing – CA Provider Number 3413.                                                         

For questions email: hughesk@seiunaca.org 

To register for the Education Library:  tinyurl.com/SEIUNACAregister

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Course Information for Safe Patient Handling Training

This is a 2 hour course that will provide 2 CEUs

The course is designed so that it can be viewed all at once or broken up into segments or what we call chapters.  The On-demand Education Library website features an abundance of resource material available in printable format.

Nurses will learn and understand the patient handling injury statistics, history of Safe Patient Handling (SPH) and the requirements of Cal/OSHA’s  “Health Care Worker Back and Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention,”  which became effective in 2014, and implemented as law passed in 2011. Nurses will learn about studies that have assessed the effect of the law and regulation, early successes and challenges and new challenges posed by the COVID-19 surge in health care.  

  • Applies to all general acute care hospitals, except those managed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or the California Department of Developmental Services.
  • Covered facilities need to have a written patient protection and healthcare worker back and musculoskeletal injury prevention plan in place for all patient care units at all times.
  • The plan must include procedures to identify, investigate, assess, and correct patient handling hazards, implement effective training, and communicate about the plan to employees.
  • Covered facilities must keep a variety of records that document compliance. These records are available to employees and their representatives.                                                                                                       

This free 2 CEU course is presented by the Nurse Alliance of SEIU California and open to all SEIU licensed nurse members. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing – CA Provider Number 3413.                                                         

For questions email: hughesk@seiunaca.org

To register:  tinyurl.com/SEIUNACAregister

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Course Information for LGBTQ+ Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Training

This is a 2 hour course that will provide 2 CEUs

The course is designed so that it can be viewed all at once or broken up into segments or what we call chapters.  The On-demand Education Library website features an abundance of resource material available in printable format.

Learning Objectives

  1. Explain the importance of affirmative, client-centered care for LGBTQ+ people
  2. Implement what you have learned and apply that to various workplace situations
  3. Feel comfortable addressing and working with LGBTQ+ client.
  4. Distinguish between and understand the major terminology around LGBTQ+ experience and identity; and 
  5. Identify various resources to learn more about LGBTQ+ people 

This free 2 CEU course is presented by the Nurse Alliance of SEIU California and open to all SEIU licensed nurse members. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing – CA Provider Number 3413.         

 To register for the Education Library:  tinyurl.com/SEIUNACAregister                                                 

For questions email: hughesk@seiunaca.org

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