Psychological First Aid (PFA)

Location:
OCCHD Northeast Regional Health & Wellness Center
2600 NE 63rd St.
Oklahoma City , OK

Date/Time:
May 20, 2022
0830 to 1630

Hours Credit:
6

Class Limit:
60 students (38 seats left)

Description:
Psychological First Aid is the "acute intervention of choice" when responding to the psychosocial needs of children, adults, and families affected by disaster and terrorism. Developed by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network and the National Center for PTSD, with contributions from other individuals involved in coordinating and participating in disaster response, Psychological First Aid is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping.

Additional Information:

Registration will be from 0830 to 0900.  Training will begin at 0900.  Lunch will be on your own from 12 - 1 pm.

You may enter the building using the door on the right. Signs will be posted to help you locate the room.

Parking is free. 

This training is approved for continuing education for nurses.  This training is provided by an Oklahoma State entity and should meet the LPC continuing education requirements. This training meets the continuing education requirements for Clinical Psychologists. 

This offering has been approved for 6 contact hours by OU Medicine, Inc.  OU Medicine, Inc. is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This CNE activity is being jointly provided by Medical Reserve Corp, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing, and OU Health.

For accommodations, please contact us at (405) 271-2062 or email at NursingCE@ouhsc.edu. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo

OKMRC volunteers may register by clicking on the button below.

If you are NOT an OKMRC volunteer, you may register using this link: OKMRC: Psychological First Aid (PFA) (signupgenius.com)