UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust
What is the UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust?
The UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust is a non-profit, labor-management partnership founded in 2004 by the RI Hospital UNAP and RI Hospital to sponsor and provide continuing education and job training programs for health care workers.
Our Mission
The mission of the UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust is to develop high quality education and training initiatives that support healthcare employees to provide excellence in patient care through a labor management partnership.
We will accomplish this by:
- Offering on-going education programs that enhance job skills and competencies.
- Creating career ladders for skilled positions and entry-level employees to reach their full potential.
- Building a diverse workforce within a culturally competent environment.
- Supporting job satisfaction, career and economic growth.
Our Vision
The UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust will set the standard for innovative and effective education, training and workforce development initiatives for healthcare employees. We will attract and retain highly engaged, diverse employees by fostering an organizational culture that advances job satisfaction, continuous learning and professional development in all areas of healthcare.
For more information regarding the Education Trust please contact Aime Brissette at 831-3647 or abrissette@steppingupri.org.
CEU Programs
Our next continuing education program:
Dificult Decisions / Difficult Conversations
Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:30 - 2:30 & 4:00 - 6:00 PM
George Auditorium • RI Hospital
Previous CEU programs offered by the UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 -- The Beat Goes On: What's new in cardiac surgery
March 18, 2010 --White Caps: Navigating Legal Risk in the Nursing Profession
February, 23, 2010 -- Are Workarounds Ethical? Thinking critically about clinical practice
November 5, 2009 -- Difficult Patients & Dysfunctional Families: Strategies for optimizing communication
September 17, 2009 -- Cutting Edge Cancer Treatments at RI Hospital
May 28, 2009 -- Pesky, Problematic Pathogens!
March 26, 2009 -- Silver Tsunami hits RI - Nursing stragegies for hospitalized elders
January 29, 2009 -- Coping with Compassion Fatigue
November 5, 2008 -- Pain Management: Rules to use and rules to lose
September 24, 2008 -- Caring for a Culturally-Diverse Patient Population
July 24, 2008 -- Ethical Issues in Organ Donation
May 23, 2008 -- Sick and tired: Shift work, excessive hours, and sleep disorders
March 26, 2008 -- Learning from Tragedy: Preventing medical errors by creating a culture of safety & quality
January 31, 2008 -- The Doctor Can See You Now: An inside look at the world of Diagnostic Imaging
September 27, 2007 -- Lateral Violence in the Workplace
May 11, 2007 -- Changing the Odds for Nurses & Their Patients
March 28, 2007 - Strategies to Avoid the Courtroom (click here to view PowerPoint presentation)
January 24, 2007 -- The Greening of Hospitals
October 4, 2006 -- Urology Health Forum
September 27, 2006 --Prevention of Catheter-Related Infections and Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia
July 27, 2006 -- Taking the Mystery Out of Research
April 13, 2006 -- HIPAA: What you don't know can hurt you!
March 29, 2006 -- Avian Flu: A guide to planning and pandemics
January 26, 2006 -- Recognizing the Signs and Symptoms of Violence
November, 2005 -- Beyond Lifting: The ergonomics revolution in patient care
September, 2005 -- Hot Topics in Infectious Disease
July, 2005 -- Liability, licensure, and lawsuits: Practical tips for health professionals
May, 2005 -- End-of-Life: The role of advance directives post-Schiavo
April, 2005 -- Minority Health Disparities in Rhode Island
Mentors Work
Become a mentor for Stepping Up!
Now there is a new way that you can put your professional knowledge and expertise to good use!
Stepping Up is looking for Registered Nurses, Diagnostic Imaging Techs, Respiratory Therapists and other UNAP members who have what it takes to become a mentor to a co-worker who is trying to get ahead in their job and their education.
Stepping Up mentors:
- will receive training to be an effective mentor
- will meet regularly with a current or future nursing, rad tech, or allied health student
- will receive a stipend (courtesy of a grant from the RI Foundation)
For further information about being a mentor, click here.
To sign up or ask questions, contact Naveed Irshad at 413-0897 or nirshad@steppingupri.org.
Stepping Up
Click on the logo above to go to the Stepping Up website.
What is Stepping Up?
Stepping Up is an innovative career ladders program that provides training, education, career coaching, and support services for entry-level workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Women & Infants Hospital and for low-income Providence residents.
Who is Stepping Up?
Stepping Up is a partnership between the UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust and Women & Infants Hospital. Other partners include United Nurses & Allied Professionals, Teamsters Local 251, Community College of RI, Institute for Labor Studies, District 1199 SEIU, Lifespan Learning Institute, Dorcas Place, Genesis Center, United Way of RI, City of Providence, and Making Connections-Providence.
Stepping Up goals
- Provide workers and residents with the tools and supports they need to create or advance in a health care career
- Meet employer workforce shortage needs, particularly in the area of credentialed occupations with significant current and projected vacancies
- Create a pipeline from the surrounding neighborhoods into health care jobs that enables neighborhood residents to access entry-level jobs and then to move up over time
- Develop innovative practices that enhance the capacity of employers and workforce organizations to meet the needs of employees and low-income residents
Newsletter - Dec., 2007