ANA's COVID-19 Video Education Series
A FREE, On-Demand Series for ALL Nurses
ANA offers a variety of ways for you to learn about COVID-19, including long-form videos (60-minute webinars) and short-form videos (5-15 minute videos). Click the button below to register for all the webinars in the COVID-19 series or pick the ones most relevant to you. Click “Learn more” on any topic below to watch the Quick Videos on that topic.
All ANA COVID-19 Videos are FREE for both ANA members and non-members. ANA has focused our video education series on COVID-19 topics covering different aspects of this crisis and providing information that can be applied immediately in your care of COVID-19 patients. Join the more than 200,000 nurses who have already accessed this valuable information!
The topic areas in the ANA COVID-19 series are:
8 Things You Need to Know About the Covid-19 Boosters
COVID-19 booster doses were recently authorized by the FDA for all authorized COVID-19 vaccines. Learn the answers to eight commonly asked questions about COVID-19 booster doses to educate your patients and the communities you serve. Learn more.
Managing Patients with Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Most people who have had COVID-19 recover completely within a few weeks. But too many people continue to experience symptoms and negative impact after their initial recovery. These people have been called "long haulers.” This includes a variety of possible symptoms, including cognitive impairment, fatigue, headaches, shortness of breath, and kidney dysfunction and many others. Learn more.
Boosting Vaccine Confidence in Minority Populations
COVID-19 Vaccine engagement and education in Minority populations, especially Black nurses and patients, significantly trails the overall population. In this webinar, you will learn about the leading indicators affecting COVID-19 rates in racial and ethnic minority communities, current data on vaccination rates, on access, and on distribution, the social determinants of vaccine acceptance, and key elements of conversations with patients that will boost confidence in vaccination. Learn more.
Vaccines
Vaccines play a significant role in preventing the spread of infectious diseases and in saving millions of lives worldwide every year. Now, faced with the global spread of COVID-19, an unprecedented effort is underway to quickly develop an effective and safe vaccine. Nurses will be early recipients of any approved vaccines. Now is the time to learn what you need to know about these vaccines – information that is critical to the well-being of you and your patients. Learn more
Mental Health: COVID-19 and Your Mental Health
COVID-19 is challenging nurses in new and unique ways. These videos will help you understand the impact of the pandemic on your mental health. In these videos, you will learn how to assess your mental health needs during this pandemic, understand the magnitude of challenges you are facing, and determine how to identify mental health support resources. Learn more
Mental Health: Effective Self-Care Tools
COVID-19 impacts every nurse. Nurses are in great need of effective tools to improve their self-care. In these videos, you will learn of resources available to help nurses deal with mental health challenges and the stress from COVID-19, including self-compassion techniques, building resiliency, mindfulness meditation and suicide prevention. Learn more
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
ANA is partnering with the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) to bring you this PPE Education. PPE has been and continues to be an area of significant concern for nurses in the care of COVID-19 patients. These videos cover how to implement critical infection control standards to minimize spread and maintain health care worker protection. Discover best practices for optimal protection while hearing how to maximize - limited supplies of PPE during this time of patient surge. Learn more
Disease Progression
While there is still much to learn about COVID-19, experts now better understand the progression of this disease and nursing care that promotes optimal patient outcomes. These videos educate nurses on COVID-19 clinical presentation, care goals, innovative nursing interventions as well as assessment, monitoring and diagnostics strategies. Learn more
Reducing COVID-19 Racial Disparities
Black Americans and Native Americans represent a disproportional amount of COVID-19 deaths. Nurses are in the key position to have a direct and lifesaving impact on the recognition, care and treatment, and recovery from COVID-19 in these vulnerable populations. Learn how to recognize when there might be implicit bias and advocate for your patients. Learn more
Ethical Challenges and Moral Distress
These videos provide insights and tools for coping with the difficult ethical aspects of the pandemic. Topics include: How to manage the transition in standards of care from conventional to contingency or crisis standards; Strategies for managing scarce resources; Managing moral distress -- how to survive the darkest days of the pandemic. Learn more
Ambulatory Care: APRNs on the Frontlines
Learn from experienced nurse practitioners who are caring for COVID-19 patients on the frontlines of ambulatory care. Nurses working in all settings will be challenged to recognize and manage COVID-19 patients quickly and effectively. These videos bring new perspectives from outside the hospital setting that will be valuable for not only ambulatory care nurses but also for nurses in all facilities caring for COVID-19 patients. Learn more
Ventilator Management for Non-ICU Nurses
ANA partnered with the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to present key skills needed when caring for a seriously ill COVID-19 patient on a ventilator These videos present ventilator management in an easy-to-understand – and use – manner, allowing non-ICU nurses to be better prepared to be an effective part of a team caring for critically ill patients on a ventilator. Learn more
Click the button below to register for all webinars in the COVID-19 Series or pick the ones most relevant to you. Click “Learn more” under any topic above to access video education on that topic.
Made possible by the generosity of the American Nurses Foundation.
These programs are informational only; no contact hours will be awarded.