Continuing Education

 

Duquesne University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. 

The below are current or upcoming offerings:

• 16th Annual McGinley-Rice Symposium: The Face of the Person Who Has Been Abused
  (October 2025)
• Carol Carfang Nursing & Healthcare Ethics Conference
  (February 2027)
• Genomic Competencies for Nurses: An Online Course*
  (offered twice each year)
  Contact hours will be offered upon completion.
• Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program
  (offered three times each year)
  The complete number of contact hours for SANE courses, include:
  
  • SANE Clinical Preceptor Course – Review Course (up to 6 contact hours)
    
  • SANE Quarterly Review Session (1.5 contact hours per session; two sessions per semester)
    
  • SANE Monthly Education Session (1 contact hour per session; several sessions per semester)
  • SANE Didactic Course** (up to 55 contact hours)
    
  • SANE DOJ Campus Module (up to 6 contact hours)
    
  • DOJ Monthly Education Sessions (1 contact hour per session; several sessions per semester)

*This professional development opportunity is offered through Duquesne University School of Nursing and funded by National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health. This material is based upon work supported by the National Institutes of Health under Grant No. (R25HG011228). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health.

**This program is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,469,650 with no financing by nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.