Demonstration of a human simulator at the 16th Annual Nursing Educators Conference held in Columbia.
Who are we?
Nursing Outreach and Distance Education (NODE) is the primary educational outreach arm of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing. For nearly 50 years, the fully accredited Nursing Outreach and Distance Education program has been a leader in providing high quality and affordable lifelong learning opportunities for Missouri’s registered nurses, regardless of their specialty, practice setting, affiliation, academic preparation or geographic location. Both alone, and in partnership with a number of organizations, the office provides face-to-face, Web-based and telecommunicated educational program for nurses and other health-care professionals throughout Missouri and beyond. Increasing numbers of non-nursing health care providers and out-of-state participants attend NODE activities.
Who do we serve?
In 2007 we served nurses from 81 (70 percent) of Missouri’s 114 counties and the city of St. Louis attended continuing education (CE) programs sponsored by NODE.
In addition to NODE’s own educational activities, which attracted 1,478 nurses and other healthcare providers, NODE provided CE credit to another 1,629 nurses attending CE programs offered by the School of Medicine.
Many of NODE’s programs are multidisciplinary and are offered through cooperative relationships with such groups as the MU Health Care’s Center for Education and Development, MU School of Medicine Continuing Medical Education (CME), Office of Compliance and Quality, Missouri Institute of Mental Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Center for Health Policy, and Center for Health Ethics.
Consistent with the School of Nursing’s focus on rural health care, NODE serves a predominantly rural audience. Approximately nine out of every ten Missouri nurses who attend non-credit educational programs are from outside the metropolitan St. Louis and Kansas City areas. In addition to Missouri counties, NODE attracted participants from 14 other states.
In the news
MU Leadership Development Academy for RNs in LTC
The second Leadership Development Academy is scheduled from Fall
2008 through Summer 2009.
Enrollment materials will be posted in Spring 2008, with
specific class dates.
Due to an outstanding response for our first class (2007-08), we
had to close enrollment. Individuals who were not accepted were placed
on a wait list for the 2008-2009 Academy. If you would like to be added to the
2008-09 list, please contact Todd Winterbower at 573-882-0215 or e-mail winterbowert@missouri.edu.
Continue to check this Web site for enrollment information, which will be posted
in Spring 2008.
Third Annual Women's Health Update makes the news
116 registrants from 37 Missouri counties and Kansas and
Illinois attended the conference June 7 and 8. KOMU-NBC 8 news reported on the event.
Business side of nursing
Accessible health care is a major concern in rural Missouri. MU Extension encourages nurse practitioners to open clinics in rural communities. Laura Thiem owns a health clinic in Adrian, Mo., located about 50 miles south of Kansas City.
Nurse practitioner Windows Media video
Keep in touch
Individual conference brochures containing detailed seminar
descriptions, agenda, specific locations and registration information will be
mailed prior to the conference. Get on the
list
Updated 3/12/08
Note
Participants are asked to set their cell phones on vibrate or silent and to exit the meeting room for all calls.
Participants are asked to refrain from smoking in the conference facility.
Please bring a sweater or jacket due to variations in temperature and personal preferences.
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Special dietary arrangements
Please contact the Nursing Outreach Office at nursingoutreach@missouri.edu or 573-882-0215, if you need special dietary considerations.
Commercial support
When commercial support is received for an educational activity, the conference planning committee maintains complete control over the selection of content and speakers. Acceptance of commercial support does not imply approval or endorsement of any product.
Accreditation
University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Provider Number 710-IV.
Change in contact hour definition
Effective Jan. 1, 2007, per ANCC guidelines, a contact hour will be based on 60 minutes instead of 50 minutes. This brings nursing into greater consistency with other healthcare disciplines.
CE programs
Nursing Outreach and Distance Education offers nursing contact hours for interdisciplinary CE programs sponsored by MU Continuing Medical Education.
