COVID-19 Vaccination Update: Empowering Nurses (Jan. 2021)

CE Information

1.2 CE credits

Completion Time

1 hour, 12 minutes

Posted By

Kentucky Nurses Association

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Overview

Specialties

Acute Care and Infection Control / Infectious Disease

Clinical Topics

Adult Vaccination, COVID-19, and Infectious Disease

Participants discuss the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines with a brief overview of the vaccine development process and efficacy, review the basic competencies in vaccine administration and documentation, and review answers to common questions about the vaccines.

Learning Objectives

Review the Nurse’s role in educating patients and other stakeholders about the COVID-19 and other vaccines.
Discuss the proper steps in documenting vaccine administration and reporting.
Discuss the common reasons for vaccine hesitancy and how to overcome common patient perceptions regarding vaccines .

Speakers

Ruth Carrico PhD DNP APRN FNP-C CIC FSHEA FNAP FAAN

Senior Consultant

Ruth Carrico PhD DNP APRN FNP-C CIC FSHEA FNAP FAAN is a senior consultant with Carrico & Ramirez, PLLC focused on infectious diseases, infection prevention and control, and vaccinology. She is also a Professor and Family Nurse Practitioner, gratis faculty, with the University of Louisville School Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Carrico has received training specific for healthcare epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in conjunction with the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA).

Dawn Balcom DNP APRN

CE Information

This activity offers 1.2 CE credits to attendees.

Accredited by Kentucky Board of Nursing.

KBN Approval. This offering for contact hours is provided by the Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA). Kentucky Nurses Association (KNA) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). KBN Provider Number: 1-0001. KBN CE Providership Approval through December 31, 2025. KBN approval of an individual continuing nursing education provider does not constitute endorsement of program/offering content. 50 minutes = 1.0 KBN Contact Hour.