CE: 1.0

Note: This is a pre-recorded bonus session. You can earn credit for this session by going to the Continuing Education tab, completing the session evaluation, and downloading your certificate.
Nurses responded to the COVID-19 pandemic during uncertain circumstances of disease severity and transmission. Many hospitals were unable to supply proper PPE, normal standards for infection protocols changed based on the availability of supplies and not on evidence; some hospitals hid patients' positive COVID-19 status from nurses, exposing them to illness. Many nurses who secured their own PPE were told not to use them or were penalized and even fired. Some nurses were fired for speaking out about unsafe conditions as their colleagues became ill. In this session, an ethicist and an attorney will explore nurses' legal and ethical obligations in the face of inadequate workplace safety conditions amid a public health emergency.

Learning Outcomes/Objectives:

• Define and explain the limitations of charitable and sovereign immunity.
• List the elements required for a patient abandonment charge and what nurses can do to avoid a charge of employer abandonment.
• Discuss the nurse's obligation to incur risk versus society's duty to protect nurses

CE: 1.0

Note: This is a pre-recorded bonus session. You can earn credit for this session by going to the Continuing Education tab, completing the session evaluation, and downloading your certificate.
It has been almost 18 months since severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2 started spreading across the world, causing a global pandemic. While infectious disease specialists warned us about this type of event, healthcare systems across the world were caught off guard. This webinar will discuss lessons learned in managing patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), from improving workforce efficiency and agility and decreasing viral transmission, to caring for patients with the multisystem effects of COVID-19 in the acute stage and those with long-term effects.

Learning Outcomes/Objectives:

• Define the etiology, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation of COVID-19 and identify how to protect yourself and others from transmitting and acquiring COVID-19.
• Identify the current pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment modalities, including strategies to optimize oxygenation, ventilation, and perfusion, and manage systemic effects and complications of COVID-19.
• Summarize how COVID-19 has transformed the care environment, the nursing workforce, and nursing education, and how it will continue to impact the future of healthcare.

CE: 1.0

Note:This is a pre-recorded bonus session. You can earn credit for this session by going to the Continuing Education tab, completing the session evaluation, and downloading your certificate.
According to a poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation in December, more than 25% of respondents overall say that it's likely they will not get the COVID-19 vaccine. Also, 33% of essential workers and 29% of those who work in healthcare delivery express hesitancy as well. Worries about safety and misinformation about side effects, lack of trust because of political influence or the race to development seem to be the primary reasons given. This webinar will provide the facts about the current vaccines and a discussion by a panel on their experiences and work with communities in providing public health information.

Learning Outcomes/Objectives:

• Identify the science behind the development, effectiveness, and safety of the COVID-19 vaccines.
• Describe reasons why individuals and communities may have hesitancy and mistrust.
• Explain best practices in providing accurate information to communities.

CE: 1.0

Note:This is a pre-recorded bonus session. You can earn credit for this session by going to the Continuing Education tab, completing the session evaluation, and downloading your certificate.
As the country confronts the systemic racism that pervades our society, nursing is called on to examine racism in its own history and in the profession and practice today. What role has racism played in nursing? What is the impact of systemic racism on nursing today? And most importantly, where do we go from here? Join AJN Editor-in-Chief Maureen Shawn Kennedy, MA, RN, FAAN, and a distinguished group of presenters to explore these urgent questions.

Learning Outcomes/Objectives:

• Identify what structural racism is and how it prevents health equity.
• Recognize how structural racism may manifest in nursing organizations, in practice and in academic settings.
• Describe what activities and actions a nurse can take to change or influence change toward achieving an equitable system.