Goal/Purpose

Credit Statements:

Nursing Credit
The Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

This activity provides 2.5 contact hours.

Other Healthcare Professionals
This educational activity has been planned and implemented following the administrative and educational design criteria required for certification of healthcare professions continuing education credits. Registrants attending this activity may submit their certificate along with a copy of the course content to their professional organizations or state licensing agencies for recognition for 2.5 hours.

This education is developed “in partnership with ANA.”  Grateful acknowledgement is given to the American Nurses Association for their contributions of an unrestricted educational grant in support of this education activity. 

Launch Date:  November 30, 2010
Termination Date:  November 29, 2012

Questions about content, please contact Rich Greenaway at rich@ecbt.org.  

Questions about the programming or systems issues, please contact Lorraine Pickrell at CFMC via email at lpickrell@cfmc.org.

The purpose of the webinar is to increase immunization competency among nurses by offering practical knowledge and skills on vaccine safety and patient communication.

Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this enduring material online web course, participants will be able to:

• Discuss scientific findings regarding the safety of vaccines.
• Outline systems in place to ensure ongoing safety of vaccines and adverse event reporting requirements.
• Identify commonly expressed concerns over vaccine safety and appropriate responses to alleviate parental reluctance.
• Discuss methods to eliminate spread of vaccine-preventable diseases, such as influenza and pertussis, including vaccination of adults and, in particular, healthcare workers.

Faculty:
Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PNP-BC, CPNP
Katie Brewer, MSN, RN

Advisory Panel:
Every Child By Two and the American Nurses Association would like to thank the Advisory Panel including Mary Beth Koslap-Petraco DNP, PNP-BC, CPNP; Katie Brewer, MSN, RN; Mark Sawyer, MD; William Atkinson, MD, MPH; Lorraine Pickrell, CFMC Director of Education;  Nancy Borgstadt, RN, MS, CNS, CFMC lead Nurse Planner; and the project staff at Every Child By Two, Rich Greenaway and Dena Penner, for their dedication to this project and their valuable insight on the topics covered.

Financial Disclosures:

The following faculty members have disclosed that they have the following financial relationships:

Mary Koslap-Petraco, DNP, PNP-BC, CPNP - Speakers Bureau - Glaxo - SmithKline

All other members of the faculty and planning team have nothing to disclose nor do they have any vested interests or affiliations. It is the policy of Every Child by Two and Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) that the faculty discloses real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of the educational activity, and also discloses discussions of off label uses of drugs and devices before their presentation(s).