Nancy Claflin DNP MS RN NEA-BC CENP CNEcl CCRN CPHQ FNAHQ
Chair, NOVA Education Committee

NOVA provides live webinars every month. The webinars are available on the NOVA website after the presentation.  NOVA is in the second year of its three year "Caring for Veterans" Program.  The webinars in this program provide information on veteran healthcare topics to help VA nurses care for veterans.  These programs are especially helpful for new nursing graduates and nurses new to the VA.  They make excellent additions to nursing orientation and transition to practice programs.  

In the next few months, NOVA is presenting webinar topics specifically designed for VA nurses.  If you can’t see it live, watch it on the NOVA website.  Webinars are scheduled at 12:30 pm ET.   On June 17, NOVA members from NOVA Chapters in Boston, Hampton, Iowa City, and Richmond will present a webinar on “NOVA Chapters – Sharing NOVA’s Vision.”  On June 26, Kayla Atlija and Shannon Jensen will present “Guarding the Frontline: A Powerful Approach to Preventing Workplace Violence.”  On July 10, Rachel Sprunger BA MSW LCSW will present “Depression.”  On July 24, Teresa Morris BS will present “Contacting Your Congressional Representatives During August Recess.”  On August 12, Carol Ebert MA BSN RN CHES CWP will present “Exhausted No More! ‘Waking Up’ to New Science on Why You Can’t Sleep and What You Can do About it.”  On August 21, Michella Savoy-Carter MSN RN-BC CDCES will present “Primary Care Virtual Diabetes Clinic.” 

As a NOVA member, you can register for a webinar and then schedule a room in your facility to show the webinar.  You can send an email from your private email address to VA nurses with information about the webinar. You can also post flyers on bulletin boards to let people know about the webinar.  Ask people to sign an attendance sheet, and send it to nova@vanurse.org after the webinar so those who attend can receive an evaluation and a certificate as NOVA is also an accredited provider of nursing continuing development credits (NCPD).   

Remember that you can always access webinars on the NOVA website.  Clinical topic webinars currently available include:  A Look into VA Community Care; Acute Pain Management;  Adjustment Disorders; Addressing Homelessness and the HUD-VASH Program; Aromatherapy in Nursing; Breast and Cervical Screening Updates; Caring for Veterans with Rehabilitative Needs; Eligibility for VA Care, Compensation, and Pension; Empowering Seamless Transitions:  Enhancing Care Coordination Through the VA Consult Toolbox; Gulf War Illness; Hospice and Palliative Care; Military Sexual Trauma/Intimate Partner Violence; Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation; Phototherapy; Providing Equitable Healthcare for LGBTQ+ Veterans; Safe Patient Handling; Substance Use Disorders; Suicide Prevention Strategies; VA Community Care Quality Improvement Program Train the Trainer:  Veteran Specific Population; Veterans Justice Outreach; Visually Impaired and Blind Veterans and Blind Rehabilitation Services; What is PTSD and How Do You Address it with Veterans?; Whole Health, Caregiver Support Program; and Wound Care.  Professional development webinars currently available include:  Evaluating Your Self-Assessment for Promotion to Nurse II with Educational Waiver,  Evaluating Your Self-Assessment for Promotion to Nurse III, and SAAs, SAPs, Nurse Safety Proactive Personal Protection, and Cash Awards.