Fundamentals in Home Health Nursing
This online course was developed and designed for the first time home health care RN who is crossing over from an acute care or other health care setting into home health nursing. It was written to build on information, knowledge and skills already acquired by an RN and to serve as a bridge into the home health environment. Click here for more information on the Fundamentals in Home Health Nursing course.
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 UCHSC, 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.
Promise Of Nursing Scholarship Opportunities Through The FNSNA
Undergraduates and RN's: If you are in need of financial assistance to support your education, then we’ve got great news for you! Scholarship applications are now available for undergraduate nursing students and for registered nurses wishing to pursue a career in nursing education. Go to National Student Nurses' Association website.
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]
Loan Repayment Programs
Loan repayment programs are available for students in a variety of health professions. Click here for information on loan repayment programs available. For a map of counties eligible for loan repayment of nursing education please click here. You can get more information regarding loan repayment and the nursing workforce at CANDO Colorado Alliance of Nursing workforce Development Opportunities. Click here for a brochure on loan repayment opportunities through Colorado AHEC.
There is also an interactive decision-tree for determining eligibility for Loan Repayment programs at the Colorado AHEC site.
For more information please contact:
Dan Navarro
Colorado AHEC
dan.navarro@uchsc.edu
303-724-0753
Also...NHSC Demonstration Pilot 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.
Click here for Colorado counties with NHSC
Providers
The NHSC is planning to implement this demonstration pilot in FY 03.
In order to do this we must quickly identify sites that wish to participate.
The legislation
requires that a health professional licensed to prescribe drugs must
provide NHSC obligated service at a site concurrently as the chiropractor/
pharmacist
who would participate in the pilot. However, nothing in this section
should be construed to 1) require such health professionals to supervise
the chiropractor
or pharmacist or 2) to supercede State licensure laws.
Please forward to Ssalter@hrsa.gov, contact information for any sites that currently have NHSC clinicians licensed to prescribe drugs, and who have a desire to recruit or retain a pharmacist or chiropractor using the NHSC LRP. Additional information on these pilots will be sent as it becomes available.
For further local information contact Kitty Stevens with the Primary Care office (303-692-2582) or Mr. Monte Roulier, Region VIII NHSC Representative, at 970-663-6200
Articles of Interest
The following articles are provided for health professionals. Please check this site for continuing publication of articles of interest.