Contact Hours for Nurses
AAFCN provides online, live webinars, offering contact hours accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Webinars are recorded and archived for access by AAFCN Members and Friends. Log in to view past webinars or sign up to join the Association!
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Objectives
Through each webinar, you will receive:
- Up-to-date research and practice guidelines for the FCN and other nurses
- Conversation and thought on best practices for the FCN
- Review of current trends and identification of needs in health ministry
- Shared experiences and successful strategies for ministry at the church
- Shared knowledge and growth
Upcoming Webinar
Description:
This presentation aims to explore the unique stressors that nurses face, particularly in times of political and global conflict. It will provide practical strategies to help nurses recognize, manage, and mitigate the impact of political-related stress on their well-being and professional practice.
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
- Define political stress and identify its common sources, along with its effects on mental health and overall well-being.
- Recognize the importance of self-awareness in stress management and identify early signs of burnout and secondary trauma.
- Identify the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral manifestations of political stress in both themselves and the individuals they serve.
- Describe evidence-based techniques for managing political-related stress, including mindfulness, cognitive reframing, and self-care strategies.
Continuing Education:
1.25 Contact hours for Nurses provided through Adventist HealthCare
Nurses
These webinars are jointly provided by the Adventist Association of Faith Community Nursing (Seventh-day Adventist Church, North American Division) and Adventist HealthCare: Adventist HealthCare is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity has been awarded Contact Hours. Successful completion requires attendance to the entire program, active participation, and completion of the final evaluation. This activity is jointly provided by Adventist HealthCare and North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. There are no disclosures to be made for this continuing education activity. There is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control content of this activity
Presenter:
Katara Watkins-Laws, Ph.D., is a Licensed Psychologist in the District of Columbia and currently serves as the Chief Psychologist at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia’s Child Guidance Clinic. She earned her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and M.Ed. in Community Counseling from Howard University, along with a Graduate Certificate in Working with Survivors of Trauma and Torture from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Watkins-Laws has presented at numerous professional conferences and has authored and co-authored several scientific articles, with publications in NSHA Dialog, The Journal of Negro Education, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. She is also an co-author of the Sex Trafficking Assessment Review (STAR), a screening tool designed to identify youth in the District of Columbia at high risk for commercial sexual exploitation.
With extensive experience in forensic psychology, Dr. Watkins-Laws conducts and supervises forensic evaluations, including violence risk assessments, competency to stand trial evaluations, and psychosexual assessments. She has provided training to psychology graduate students, child welfare agencies, juvenile justice practitioners, and community stakeholders on topics such as community victimization, gun violence, sexual exploitation, and the intersection of identity and mental health in special populations.
Dr. Watkins-Laws has a passion for educating and empowering community groups, helping them distinguish between common emotional responses and challenges that require targeted psychological attention. Through her work, she aims to foster greater awareness and equip individuals with the knowledge to support mental well-being in their communities.
A native of Washington, D.C., Dr. Watkins-Laws is deeply committed to her work but her greatest joy is being wife to Harold Laws, Jr, and mother to Harleigh Celine.
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