Local 5058 is happy to announce that we will be holding a virtual continuing education day on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 from 10:00 until 15:30.    Although we cannot meet in-person this year, we still have some exciting events and topics planned! For team members who are eligible for conference days, this can be paid as one. If you are not sure that you qualify for a conference day, please check your contract or reach out to local5058@hpae.org for clarification. Lunch will be provided to you through a gift card for a meal delivery service (such as DoorDash or UberEats). We will have a raffle for prizes and best of all, this conference is worth 4 Contact Hours. We look forward to seeing you on May, 5th!

The deadline for registering is May 3 at 5 PM.

Once you have read through the course descriptions below, click 'Send RSVP' to the right to register.

10:00 – 11:30 AM
RESPONDING TO WORKPLACE BULLYING
(1.5 Contact Hours) Ellie Barbarash, MS,CPEA

Unfortunately, bullying in healthcare is common. It erodes workplace safety and is destructive to victims, witnesses, and patients. This session will identify patterns of bullying in healthcare, including sexual harassment; discuss legal protections and explore creative strategies to systemically address and interrupt a culture of bullying in the workplace.

Outcomes:

• Learners will gain an increased confidence to identify and effectively respond to patterns of bullying.
• Learners will gain knowledge of legal protections and strategies to support or build systemic, organization strategies to minimize bullying in the healthcare workplace.

11:45 AM – 12:45 AM
LUNCH MEETING
Lunch will be provided

1:00 – 3:30 PM
MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION
(2.5 Contact Hours)
Ken A. Verni, Psy.D

Mindfulness Practice is a stress-reduction activity often defined as the process of paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, without judgment. We all have this innate capacity to be aware of what is happening within us and around us. However, this present-centered awareness is often overshadowed by our habits of judging our experience, worrying about the future or re-working the past and becoming desensitized to the body’s wisdom. This workshop will provide an experiential and conceptual framework from which to explore the use of mindfulness-based stress reduction in both professional and personal contexts.

Outcome:

• Knowledge acquired in this workshop will be useful to be applied to develop mindfulness skills to reduce stress, promote wellness and improve resilience.

ACCREDITED PROVIDER: American Federation of Teachers/Nurses and Health Professionals is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. P#0003

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: There has been no commercial support of these programs and the presenters declare there is no conflict of interest.

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION: The learner must attend 100 percent of each chosen session. After the learner has completed all of his or her chosen sessions, a certificate of attendance, program evaluation/survey must be completed and returned to the provider.

CONTACT HOURS: If applicable; contact hours awarded (100% of activity; or missing no more than 10 minutes of activity; attendee with a successful completion (noted above) will be awarded contact hours.

Joint Provided by AFT and HPAE