This 1-hour webinar will help professionals in primary care understand how to identify and respond to concerns of suspected child abuse or neglect keeping a trauma focused approach. There will also be a thorough review of the process of making a report and services provided at a child advocacy center.

Objectives

• Recognize the purpose of a Child Advocacy Center
• Provide basics of state reporting laws
• Determine how to report child abuse and neglect and what information is important to obtain and document
• Discuss what happens when a report is made
• Discuss documentation of trauma disclosure and factors to consider with documentation

Presented by: Jessica Tippery, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC, SANE-P, SANE-A

Jessica Tippery is an Advanced Practice Nurse and the Medical Program Manager at Project Harmony. She has been a nurse for over 12 years primarily serving the pediatric population in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. For the past 5 years Jessica has been practicing as an advanced practice nurse, assessing children for suspected child abuse and neglect. She is a board certified pediatric and adult/adolescent Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) through the International Association of Forensic Nurses. Jessica is also a graduate of UNMC with a Master of Science in Nursing and board certified as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She has a passion for serving youth who are at risk for trafficking and in educating the community on child abuse related topics.

ACCREDITED CONTINUING EDUCATION

In support of improving patient care, University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. This activity has been approved for 1.0 credit hour of continuing education credit.