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Day 1 will be offered with a Spanish Translator.
All sessions will be recorded and available for viewing 30 days after the conference.
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by New Mexico Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This event has been approved for 16.0 Nursing CEUs, 10.0 Social Work CEUs, and 2.0 Cultural CEUs.
Continuing education approval for CHW and CERPS are in progress.
Featuring Keynote Speaker Nekisha Killings, MPH, IBCLC
Nekisha will be speaking on:
What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You and Your Patients
Nekisha Killings MPH IBCLC is an equity strategist and maternal and child health advocate who speaks, teaches, and facilitates on topics related to equity and dismantling bias across various sectors. She acts as a Director of Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and consults organizations on creating and implementing strategies to better support marginalized communities. Nekisha penned the chapter titled Cultural Humility in the latest Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care. Coined the Aha! Moment Maven, Nekisha works to wow audiences with new realizations that will impact their approach to business and life positively. Nekisha is on a mission to normalize brown breasts in health provider education, thereby better equipping providers to accurately diagnose and treat people of color. Accordingly, she founded The Melanated Mammary Atlas in 2021. Nekisha‘s work is rooted in a compassion and candor that could only have been cultivated in years of supporting new parents through their journeys during the first days of parenthood. To eager audiences, she extends her own brand of wisdom, wit, and eureka moments to shift the way they approach life and work.
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Approaching Care When You’re Barely There: Reimagining Empathy When You’ve Got Nothing Left to Give
Healthcare professionals, particularly those in the maternal child field, are known for providing care that is emotionally, physically, and mentally taxing. Providing care as lactation professionals during a pandemic has driven many to experience compassion fatigue. This phenomenon impacts one’s personal health in a myriad of ways and has a significant impact on how one provides empathetic care to families. The current communication model for providing empathetic care is steeped in the patriarchal model, which actually suppresses empathy. This presentation will help health care providers identify signs of compassion fatigue and provide tools for self-assessment. Additionally, attendees will learn how to apply a natural empathetic model to their practice to protect their personal health and promote a more supportive way to engage with their families.
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This event has been approved for 16.0 Nursing CEUs, 10.0 Social Work CEUs, and 2.0 Cultural CEUs.
Continuing education approval for CHW and CERPS are in progress.