Description

School nurses have growing responsibilities to manage concussions in the school setting.  Increasing public awareness and the development of state legislation regarding concussions in the school setting have created a need for school nurses to be competent in recognizing and managing concussions.

Objectives

In this course, nurses and other school professionals will learn to:

• Describe current guidelines on concussion diagnosis, treatment and prevention
• Articulate the impact of a concussion on school performance 
• Discuss the roles of school and medical professionals involved in treating concussions
• Implement the phases of the Return-to-Learn and Return-to-Play protocols

You will receive a certificate of completion for this course.

Note that Nursing Contact Hours are available - please visit https://luriechildrens.peachnewmedia.com/store/seminar/seminar.php?seminar=129751.

Disclosure

This educational activity's planners, presenters, faculty, authors and content reviewers have indicated that they have no conflicts of interest. This event has received no commercial support or sponsorship.