NOVA Webinars

Nancy Claflin DNP MS RN NEA-BC CENP CNEcl CCRN CPHQ FNAHQ

Chair, NOVA Education Committee

              NOVA provides live webinars every month and the webinars are available on the NOVA website after the presentation.  The webinars provide information on veteran healthcare topics to help VA nurses care for veterans, and to help NOVA nurses with professional advancement.  They are especially helpful for new nursing graduates and nurses new to the VA.  These webinars should be included in all 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 12:30pm ET. On February 25, Nancy Claflin DNP MS RN NEA-BC CENP CNEcl CCRN CPHQ FNAHQ will present “Evaluating Your Self-Assessment for promotion to Nurse III.” On March 25, Rachel Sprunger BA MSW LCSW will present “Anxiety.”   On April 22, Julie McLendon DNP RN will present “Clozapine Initiation Protocol.”  These webinars will be on the NOVA website after the presentation, and can be presented as in-service programs in your facility.  As a NOVA member, you can register for the 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.  Have people sign an attendance sheet, and send it to nova@vanurse.org after the webinar so people who attend can receive an evaluation and a continuing education 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 https://www.vanurse.org/page/memberonlywebinars.  Webinars currently available include:  Advocacy:  Congress 101-Who and What You Need to Know to Advocate Successfully, 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; Caregiver Support Program; Caring for Veterans with Rehabilitative Needs; Eligibility for VA Care, Compensation, and Pension; Empowering Seamless Transitions:  Enhancing Care Coordination Through the VA Consult Toolbox; Evaluating Your Self-Assessment for Promotion to Nurse II with Educational Waiver, Gulf War Illness; Guarding the Frontline:  A Powerful Approach to Preventing Workplace Violence; Hospice and Palliative Care; Managing Holiday Stress; Military Sexual Trauma/Intimate Partner Violence; Nurse Safety Proactive Personal Protection; Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation; Phototherapy; Primary Care Virtual Diabetes Clinic; Providing Equitable Healthcare for LGBTQ+ Veterans; SAAs, SAPs, and Cash Awards; Safe Patient Handling; Substance Use Disorders; Suicide Prevention Strategies; The Power of Advocacy – NOVA Caring for Veterans and Fighting for VA Nurses for 45 Years; Understanding Depression:  Recognizing, Treating, and Supporting; VA Community Care Quality Improvement Program Train the Trainer:  Veteran Specific Population; Veterans Justice Outreach; Visually Impaired and Blind Veterans and Blind Rehabilitation Services; Waking  Up to New Science on Why You Can’t Sleep and What You Can Do About it; What is PTSD and How Do You Address it with Veterans?; Whole Health; and Wound Care.