Building Colorado’s Health Professions Workforce
The Colorado Trust and the Colorado AHEC System announce the health professions scholarship with focus on rural and under-served practice/ provider development, as one of the multiple approaches, to build colorado’s health professions.
See the application online only @ http://www2.uchsc.edu/ahec. The next deadline is late 2010 call Kris Wenzel 303-724-0335 or Dan Navarro at 303-724-0753 with questions. Brochure | FAQ Sheet | Information Document
Fundamentals in Home Health On-Line Instructor Lead Course- Under Construction June 2009 - October 2009
Fundamentals In Home Health the Online Course for Nurses and HC Personnel is available Anytime, Anywhere. Designed to meet the needs of a Health Care Provider transitioning or refreshing in Home Health Care. Gain self-confidence to support your Home Care Knowledge and Skills as you enter or refresh.
Talk with your agency about using this program to enhance your orientation to home care nursing or take it in preparation for home care employment. Offered by the Home Care Association of CO and Central CO Area Health Education Center. [More information]
Colorado Guidelines for Nursing Refresher Courses
The Colorado Council of Nurse Educators and the Colorado State Board of Nursing acknowledge these guidelines as of March 2, 2007, to be used for nursing refresher courses in Colorado.
RN Refresher Course
This course has been designed and developed as an "online" refresher course for the RN who wishes to return to active nursing practice. It is an "anytime, anywhere" program where the individual student directs and controls his/her own learning environment. The theory is offered through the Central Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC) on Web CT that can be accessed from any computer. This course meets the requirements of the Colorado State Board of Nursing Policy: 10-17 “Continuing Competency Requirements for RN, LPN".
Click here for more information on the RN Refresher course.
LPN/LVN Refresher Course
This course has been designed and developed as an "online" refresher course for the LPN or LVN who needs to activate their nursing license or for those who wish to return to active nursing practice. It is an "anytime, anywhere" program where the individual student directs and controls his/her own learning environment. The theory is offered through the Central Colorado Area Health Education Center (AHEC) on Web CT that can be accessed from any computer. This course meets the requirements of the Colorado State Board of Nursing Policy: 10-17 “Continuing Competency Requirements for RN, LPN”.
Click here for more information on the LPN Refresher Course
Health Professionals
The citizens of Colorado have been impacted through the unique collaborative efforts of the University of Colorado Denver, the five regional AHEC's, and the many community organizations that act as preceptor sites for students, while delivering health care services to the medically under-served, uninsured, immigrant or working poor in both urban and rural Colorado. The schools of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Physician Assistant and Physical Therapy from the campus of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, as well as schools from across the state diligently provide the educational environment.
Partnering with the community health care agencies of all types they support the clinical practice and experience to develop competent providers, researchers and educators. Over 900 students are supported in the special rotations offered through the AHEC system in rural and under-served populations in Colorado annually. By coordinating efforts across the state, we have provided the most efficient and cost-effective housing, travel and preceptor connection for the health care students.
Please contact Gloria Nussbaum at 303-724-2614 for more information or send email to Gloria@centralcoahec.org
HIPAA Training
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects patient health information. This training helps prepare participants how to protect this information.
To take the HIPAA training please follow these steps:
- Create a folder in your My Documents called HIPPA.
- Download the on-line presentation and save it to the HIPAA folder you just created.
- Open the Zip file (hippa.zip) and save the files into the HIPAA folder. To open the zip file you can right click on it and select Open With...Compressed Folders (or Win Zip)
- Double click on the file called hipaa.exe.
- Go through the tutorial entering your name and giving yourself a password.
- Take the HIPAA quiz. Download the HIPAA quiz or find it in the HIPAA folder you created above.
Nursing Articulation Models
The Colorado Nursing Articulation Model is the first voluntary statewide model of its kind in the nation. Through it, all public, private and proprietary nursing programs in the state of Colorado are enabling nurses to advance their education more easily. Under the model, initiated and developed by the Colorado Council on Nursing Education (CCNE), nurses are able to progress in the following ways. [download model]
Nurse refresher courses seeking Colorado Council of Nurse Educators (CCNE) approval process - download the PDF.
The Colorado Nursing Articulation Model: 2001-2005 - Accepted/update 2007 by CCNE and CO SBON 3/2007 - download the PDF
Loan Repayment Programs
Loan repayment programs are available for students in a variety of health professions. For For more information please review information at the National Institute of Health.
For more information please contact:
Dan Navarro
Colorado AHEC
dan.navarro@ucdenver.edu
303-724-0753
NHSC Program
The Health Care Safety Net Amendments reauthorize the NHSC also authorized a demonstration pilot project to allow for participation of pharmacists and chiropractors in the NHSC/LRP in 2003.
Click here for Colorado counties with NHSC Providers
Articles of Interest
The following articles are provided for health professionals. Please check this site for continuing publication of articles of interest.