This is a two-part, in-person CE Class from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (6 hours of CE credits). If you're a UC nurse, an extra hour will be available from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Participants must be in attendance all day to receive the full 6 CEU CE credits, even if they have taken one of the classes prior to the sign-up date.

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Part 1: Nursing Practice in Our Current Moment: Threats, Challenges, and Opportunities

Description

This continuing education course examines the relationship between federal decision-making and the science-driven practice of nursing. Participants will explore how regulatory agencies, such as the CDC, CMS, OSHA, FDA, and others, provide essential services and uphold science-based standards that guide nursing care and protect patient safety. This course provides foundational context on how regulatory bodies function, why they matter to nursing practice, and how changes within these institutions shape the conditions under which nurses provide patient care. Through case studies and scientific analysis, participants will investigate how efforts to limit, restructure, or override regulatory authority can jeopardize patient safety. Participants will consider how deregulatory agendas can threaten evidence dissemination, public trust, workplace safety, and patient outcomes.

Designed for nurses committed to safeguarding professional standards and science-based practices, this course integrates policy literacy with practical implications for the nursing workforce. Learners will engage in reflective discussions about how nurses can resist changes that directly impede their livelihoods and their patients’ well-being, as well as how nurses can advocate for an equitable future. By the end of the course, participants will have a deeper understanding of how national policy trajectories intersect with the daily realities of nursing, and strategies nurses can employ to uphold scientific integrity and advocate for safer patient care conditions. 

Learning Objectives

• Explain how decisions from key federal regulatory agencies can impact nursing practice and patient safety.
• Evaluate case studies and documented policy changes to determine how disruptions or alterations in regulatory authority can influence clinical decision-making, hinder evidence dissemination, and worsen patient outcomes.
• Develop and refine strategies that nurses can use to advocate for safer patient care conditions.

Instructors

Jonlyn Miller and/or Jane Thomason and/or Sarah Swinnerton and/or Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto and/or Rocelyn de Leon-Minch and/or Stephen Frum

Part 2: Some Cuts Don’t Heal: Protecting the Right to Care

Description

This course will examine how nurses can continue to fight for our patients and profession in the wake of recent federal funding cuts to Medicaid and other vital health care and public health programs.

We will analyze how these dramatic cuts could accelerate the hospital closure epidemic, significantly increase health care costs, and create further barriers to care. We will investigate how hospitals may respond to these potential changes and how that response could affect patient care. This course will conclude by exploring how nurses can use the tools of public policy and collective action to protect our patients and heal our broken health care system.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand how recent economic and social policy changes may worsen health care disparities, further disrupt patient care and jeopardize public health.
• Examine how our for-profit health care system has made patients and hospitals more vulnerable the destructive consequences of these policy changes.
• Identify how nurses can respond to these challenges, protect our patients and reshape the future of the hospital industry.

Instructor

Omid Mohamadi

Course Information

FOR DIRECT-CARE AND STAFF RNs — Provided by California Nurses Association. Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP754 for 6 contact hours. Participants must be in attendance all day to receive the full 6 CEU CE credits.

Please note: CNA/NNU is taking all necessary precautions to ensure the safety and health of nurses, our patients, and our communities during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. All attendees must affirm they are vaccinated or qualify for an exemption pursuant to the EEOC guidelines. Attendees who test positive for Covid-19 within 10 days of the CE class or who are experiencing any Covid-19 symptoms cannot attend.