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Nurse Leadership in a Global Economy

The process of globalization is rapidly transforming the delivery and provisioning of healthcare in the United States and around the world. In order to be highly effective patient advocates at home and abroad, nurse leaders need a common and concise understanding of the new global economy and of the international institutions, policies, and agreements that shape healthcare in every region of the world.

This class will examine the meaning, history, and impact of globalization in the United States and internationally. Using this knowledge base, we will specify the impacts of globalization on healthcare by investigating: the policies of the World Health Organization, international lending institutions, and the World Trade Organization; how these policies shape healthcare in the United States and in several other countries; and the consequences of these policies for health. The class culminates with a detailed study of the international response to globalization among nurse leaders, women’s movements for health, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working to sustain and build quality healthcare around the world. International participation of RNs in the fight for economic policy that affords a more just distribution of resources is a powerful instance of the significant engagement of nurses in shaping the global economy.

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  • Stockton | March 13
  • Vallejo | March 16
  • Monterey | March 29
  • Roseville | April 2
  • Sacramento | April 4
  • Burlingame | April 10
  • San Mateo | April 13
  • Newark | April 17 Class full!
  • San Diego | April 20
  • West Los Angeles | April 24 Class full!
  • Arcadia/Monrovia | April 26
  • Oakland | May 30 Class full!
  • Garden Grove | June 5 Class full!
  • Long Beach | June 7
  • Escondido | June 12
  • Santa Rosa | June 19 Class full!
  • San Luis Obispo | June 22
  • Santa Clara | June 26
  • Walnut Creek | June 29
  • Register Online | PDF brochure

 

STAFFING STANDARDS BY SCOPE, RATIOS AND ACUITY - How to Promote Safe Patient Care Assignments:

This class examines CNA-sponsored uniform safe staffing standards, which mandates staffing by individual patient acuity with the RN ratios as the minimum and identifies strategies that ensure safe patient care standards including safe staffing assignments.

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HIPAA - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

What RNs need to know about privacy rules and protected electronic health information

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  • Arcadia/Monrovia | June 1
  • West Los Angeles | June 6
  • San Diego | June 8
  • Oakland | June 11
  • Burlinggame | June 15
  • Sacramento | June 19
  • Santa Clara | June 21
  • Garden Grove | June 26
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This course provides a review of pertinent HIPAA definitions, the legislative history and intent of relevant privacy rules and regulations as they relate to the collection, use, and disclosure of protected, individually identifiable electronic health information. It describes the appropriate safeguards that RNs must follow to protect the privacy of patients’ health information and discusses the rationale and strategies for protecting RN professional practice and credibility with the public. In addition, a selected review of publicly reported HIPAA violations and penalties are included to increase awareness and help RNs avoid the risk of discipline by the employer, their professional licensing board, or the imposition of penalties and fines imposed by civil or criminal courts.

 

Cut to the Quick: Casualties of the 1%

RNs care for patients, not merely because employers pay them to do so, but because RNs recognize a more fundamental obligation. Care in times of illness is necessary to human life and dignity; it is a duty we owe each other in recognition of our shared humanity. Our economic system, however, recognizes only quantifiable contractual obligations. Its golden rule is that certain monetary debts must be paid regardless of lending practices, whether those who must suffer to pay the debts incurred them, or the magnitude of that suffering. In an era widely characterized by substantial private and public debt, a strict accounting increasingly dictates that care and other basic necessities be denied. Globally, politicians are trying to harness public condemnation of debt to their own political agendas, devastating healthcare systems and whole societies in the name of austerity. This class will explore the relationship between consumer and government debt and the ongoing economic crisis and examine impacts of austerity policies on patients and health workers. The class will help equip RNs for the struggle to build a society with responsible fiscal policy to meet human needs.

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  • June 18 | Vallejo
  • June 20 | Roseville
  • June 22 | Stockton
  • June 26 | Palmdale
  • June 27 | West Los Angeles
  • June 29 | Newark
  • July 3 | Burlingame
  • July 6 | San Francisco
  • July 10 | San Mateo
  • July 11 | Oakland
  • July 13 | Santa Clara
  • July 18 | San Diego
  • July 20 | Walnut Creek
  • July 24 | San Luis Obispo
  • July 27 | Monterey
  • August 1 | Long Beach
  • August 2 | Garden Grove
  • Register Online | PDF brochure

 

PATIENT ADVOCACY SERIES:

RNs as the Last Line of Defense: Patient Advocacy in a Changing Healthcare Industry

This course provides a review of pertinent HIPAA definitions, the legislative history and intent of relevant privacy rules and regulations as they relate to the collection, use, and disclosure of protected, individually identifiable electronic health information. It describes the appropriate safeguards that RNs must follow to protect the privacy of patients’ health information and discusses the rationale and strategies for protecting RN professional practice and credibility with the public. In addition, a selected review of publicly reported HIPAA violations and penalties are included to increase awareness and help RNs avoid the risk of discipline by the employer, their professional licensing board, or the imposition of penalties and fines imposed by civil or criminal courts. (6 CEHs).

SILVERSPRING, MD