Health Careers & Workforce Diversity hosted the 1st annual statewide Emerging Leaders in Healthcare Conference for AHEC Scholars from February 16-18, 2024. This event, tailored for Scholars in Cohorts 5 and 6, drew approximately 169 AHEC Scholars to the Piedmont AHEC region for 20 hours of vital didactic education as part of a new statewide enrichment model complementing region-specific didactic hours across AHEC centers.
This course is designed for the psychiatric-mental health nurse generalist (Registered Nurse) to enhance their knowledge base of nursing processes, relevant supportive concepts, and theoretical interventions that apply in caring for patients and families who experience common mental, behavioral, and emotional health problems across the life span.
Research has demonstrated that one of the most important aspects of effective therapeutic work is engaging a client and building positive rapport and trust in the therapeutic relationship. In establishing and maintaining a positive relationship with children and adolescents, clinicians must find creative and innovative ways to make therapeutic work engaging and interactive. It is through this interactivity that children and adolescents are often most comfortable in expressing their thoughts and feelings in a way that feels natural and affirming for them.
The 2024 Aging Well Conference is focused on healthy aging for the older adult. It is important for health professionals to meet the needs of our aging society.
The 38th Annual Respiratory Care Conference was held on February 21-22, 2024. This year, we saw a record turnout for the conference, with a remarkable 122 attendees joining us from all corners of North Carolina and beyond! The diverse crowd represented six different states (FL, IA, NC, SC, TN, VA) and included representation from 49 counties in NC.
Many practicing Otolaryngologists are not aware of newer technologies or the indications for new devices and which academic centers offer these for many different ENT pathologies. The Otolaryngology Update 2024 is a conference that is meant to help general and sub-specialist Otolaryngologists learn more about new unique technologies and devices so that they can either use them themselves or learn when to refer to a center that uses such devices in order to expand options to patients.
The nation’s Area Health Education Centers (AHECs) will celebrate National AHEC Week March 25-29. During the week, the National AHEC Organization will highlight AHECs’ work strengthening the healthcare workforce and improving access to quality healthcare.
NWAHEC wanted to share this recently article featured in the Wilkes Journal Patriot about our upcoming Camp Med Summer Program. Learn more about Camp Med on our website!
Camp Med, a program offered at no charge to students in Wilkes County interested in learning about careers in the medical field, is available again this summer.
Check out this Think Cultural Health nursing continuing education nursing activity - "Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Nursing". It is a no cost activity!
The vast majority of clinical supervisors have long learned skills that may inspire cultural competence in supervisees. In order to foster personal and professional growth, in both supervisor and supervisee, the infusion of culturally sensitive and responsive practices and intentional activities into clinical supervision is an integral next step. Join us!
