Ventilation and Tracheostomy CEU's

Passy-Muir offers free continuing education units one hour per class. Here are the 5 classes they offer.

1. Assessment and Placement	--	Begin Course
2. Dysphagia and Improving Swallowing	--	Begin Course
3. Pediatric Issues and Applications	--	Begin Course
4. Transitioning Issues	-	Begin Course
5. Ventilator Application -- Begin Course

One year later..

A year ago next week I took the boards. A little more than a year ago, I though I would have been in a very different place than here. I'm not complaining though, not at all. I think that I'm happier in school nursing. It's a job I can do until I'm 70 if I want to. It's an excellent job to have as a nurse and I'm very glad I fell into it.

The Life List

No New Year's Eve resolutions for me. I'm starting a life list. Here are a few of the things that I want to do. Probably not in the next year, but while I can and in no particular order.

Climb Mt Whitney, with or without Tom.
Visit the White House and if I can, meet the President, but I'm not sure how I'm going to do that.
See Prairie Home Companion Live and I don't care where!
Work on public policy related to health care, (maybe that's how I can meet the President).
Go on this hike.
Do something good for Sigma Theta Tau and Alpha Gamma Sigma!
Visit the historic Ape Cache in Washington before it goes away!

National Assoc of Social Workers CEU's

This organization has some great classes that I would like to take; child abuse detection, alcohol and chemical dependency, aging and long term care classes. Unfortunately, they did not renew their agreement with the CA BON because they didn't get enough nurses taking the classes to make it worth their while. If you are interested, take a look and email them that you'd like for them to renew their license so you can benefit from these great classes.

NASW-CA Chapter

1016 23rd Street

Sacramento, CA 95816

CA (800) 538-2565 x 17

(916) 442-4565 x 17

www.naswca.org

California school nurse certificate

I just got a hired as a School Nurse! Great, I have a job in my chosen field.

But this is just the beginning. For you see, I'm not a school nurse, not until I meet certain qualifications. A Certified School Nurse is a credential, like a teaching credential. I'm sure you all had friends who took the CBEST and taught for up to 5 years on what was called an emergency credential. This is similar, I've applied for a temporary-temporary credential through the County Office of Education which, if you meet the minimum qualifications, you can get right there . It's good for 1 year while the state processes a background check. Once done your temporary credential will be issued to you good for 5 years while you are in a School Nurse credential program. Since there aren't in a 100 mile radius, I found one online at Fresno State which I can apply to next March. In the meantime, I'm taking the classes I need to get a Public Health Nurse License at a local college. Y'all know I'm no slacker, I've already ordered 4 school nursing textbooks and started reviewing my pediatric notes from Semester 2.

What's next?
Public Health Nurse Certificate for ADNs