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Governor Newsom Deploys California National Guard to Help Distribute Food

Published: March 22, 2020

Published: Mar 20, 2020 Governor Newsom Deploys California National Guard to Help Distribute Food at Food Banks & Protect California’s Most Vulnerable Food banks are seeing a shortage in volunteers and experiencing greater need due to COVID-19 Governor calls for California food bank volunteers & launches partnership Neighbor-to-Neighbor campaign with Nextdoor.com & California Volunteers to safely…

California Department of Public Health AFL (Updated April 21, 2020)

Published: March 20, 2020

CDPH COVID-19 and All Facilities Letters COVID-19 Updates All Facilities Letters - 2020 Executive Order N-27-20 April 23, 2020 AFL 20-47 Suspension of Regulatory Enforcement of Hospice Requirements April 21, 2020 AFL 20-46 Requests for Urgent Staffing Resources for COVID-19 April 20, 2020 AFL 20-40 Hotels for Healthcare Workers April 15, 2020 AFL 20-25.2 Preparing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in California Skilled Nursing…

Personal Protective Equipment Supply Request (Updated March 28, 2020)

Published: March 20, 2020

PLEASE SHARE WITH PROGRAM DEANS AND DIRECTORS ADULT ED PROGRAMS INVENTORY LINK ppe.strongworkforce.net COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAMS INVENTORY LINK PPE INVENTORY LINK Email Request: 3/20/2020 The California Community College Chancellor's Office with the state Office of Emergency Services (OES) and the Operations Center coordinating the COVID-19 response has asked that the California Community Colleges conduct an inventory of…

Online and Virtual Simulation Resources

Published: March 18, 2020

Virtual Simulation Resources FREE SOURCE Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (updated 4/21/2020) offering additional small-group discussions https://asccc.org/covid-19-faculty-resources California Simulation Alliance (CSA) (updated 3/28/2020) The SCA has opened there scenarios and tools The scenarios listed below are scenarios that have been developed, validated, and tested by CSA subject matter experts. QSEN and TeamSTEPPS competencies have been integrated into all scenarios…

Telehealth Training Resources

Published: March 18, 2020

TELEHEALTH TRAINING RESOURCES Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Telehealth Resources for Patients and Providers website: Website home page: Patient and Provider information regarding Telehealth https://telehealth.hhs.gov/ Telehealth Provider information: Planning Telehealth workflow, Preparing Patients for Telehealth, Policy Changes for COVID 19 for telehealth, Billing/reimbursement, Legal considerations. Great for online curriculum support for student activities…

Biotech and Virtual Teaching Resource (updated 3/19/2020)

Published: March 18, 2020

Biotech and Virtual Teaching Resource Links March 19, 2020 ASCLS is pulling together helping each other and our communities. We at the University of Minnesota use a digital slide database of hematology slides for teaching and have expanded the database to include somebody's fluid slides, as well as gram stains and a few parasitology…

CNA Southern Regional Testing Center Testing suspended

Published: March 17, 2020

CNA Southern Regional Testing Center In accordance with the CDC guidelines regarding Covid-19 Golden West College was closed today to all students, faculty, employees, and public until March 30th. This closure caused the Southern Regional Testing Center office to close as well. We will not have access to any registration applications and…

National Council of State Boards of Nursing (Updated March 27, 2020)

Published: March 17, 2020

March 27, 2020 States Response to COVID-19 Changes in Education Requirements for Nursing Programs During COVID-19 Policy Brief: U.S. Nursing Leadership Supports Practice/Academic Partnerships to Assist the Nursing Workforce during the COVID-19 Crisis March 25, 2020 NCLEX Exams to Resume in Limited Capacity NCLEX-RN and NCLEX-PN Examinations testing will resume on a limited basis at 60 Pearson…

Transitioning to remote work and teaching online

Published: March 16, 2020

Transitioning to remote work and teaching online Access to LinkedIn Learning Catalog: Resource: Guide to Sharing Content- designed to help any learner (no need to be an admin) leverage the content with others. Resource: Article with tips for those new to Remote Work Resource: Common HED Content Mapping Requests- you can request additional mappings through your LinkedIn account team. Course…

Caring for you: Mental Health resources

Published: March 16, 2020

Caring for you As we are all understandably going through a time of anxiety and stress, we at HWI would like to provide you with some resources to help you. Here are a few links for resources for you to care for yourself during this time. Always remember to breathe. Mental Health Resources National…