The goal of this conference is to enhance the health care professional's understanding of current management techniques in providing care to the high-risk infant. Program brochure is available here with all the details!

Topics

• Proactive Sepsis Management: Identifying and Addressing Early Symptoms
  
• Providing Specialized Care for Substance-Exposed Infants
  
• Optimizing Feeding Strategies for High-Risk Newborns
  
• Building Resilience: Supporting Nurses in Managing Stress and Trauma

Credit

• 4.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
• 4.0 Nursing Contact Hours

Northwest AHEC is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Registration fee for the program will be $80 for Individual Rate and $70 for Group Rate (3 or more), please click here to register.

Two options for Basic Fetal Monitoring - In Person in the Fall or Live Webinar in the Spring. These programs will introduce basic fetal monitoring principles to the new perinatal nurse.

Online Self-paced Learning and In-Person Skills Day

The 42nd Annual Perinatal Conference: Gravidas at Risk brought together over 140 healthcare professionals including nurses, care managers, providers, and educators eager to expand their knowledge in perinatal care. The conference, held over two days at the Hickory Metro Convention Center,  served as a platform for education and collaboration among those dedicated to improving maternal and neonatal outcomes.

As we continue to celebrate the unique role and essential service of nursing in rural healthcare, the NC AHEC Nurse Council welcomes you to join us for the 7th Annual NC AHEC Celebration of Rural Nursing Conference in honor of National Rural Health Day. This year we will address statewide healthcare network resources and pathways to improve access to care for your patients and families.

Our expert speaker faculty and panel members will be diverse in offering a variety of community health agencies and interprofessional service providers whose focus is prevention, primary care, improving public health and rural access.

Join us for a transformative retreat designed specifically for healthcare professionals who devote themselves to caring for others. Nurturing the Nurturers: A Retreat for Sustaining Healthcare Well-Being is an opportunity to pause, recharge, and prioritize your own well-being.

Join us for the 2024 LPN Symposium on October 4th, dynamic hybrid event that promises to engage and inspire!

Come join us on October 9 at Wake Forest Biotech Place in Winston-Salem for an informative session on Basic Fetal Monitoring. This in-person activity will introduce basic fetal monitoring principles to the new perinatal nurse. 

At the start of January 2024, Northwest AHEC launched the opening day of the 2024 North Carolina Lactation Educator Training Program, a longstanding initiative dating back to 1996.