Here’s what’s happening this month, along with some resources for your learning and professional development.

Healthcare Observances

National Immunization Awareness Month
#Ivax2Protect

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2024 Childhood Immunization Schedules and Guidance
• Travel medicine updates for the NP

Psoriasis Action Month
#ThisIsPsoriasis

• Guidelines for Management of Psoriasis: Screening for Comorbidities
• Dermatology Nursing Resources 

National Breastfeeding Month 
Theme: Nourish, Sustain, Thrive
World Breastfeeding Week
8/1-8/7/24
Theme: Closing the Gap: Breastfeeding Support for All
#WBW2024 

• Online resources for National Breastfeeding Month
• Every drop counts: Providing lactation support to breastfeeding surgical patients
• Guidance for Breastfeeding and HIV

 Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

• Preventing Wrong Route Errors: Eye and Ear Drops
• Frequent Eye Examinations Urged for Children with Type 2 Diabetes

National Health Center Week                 
8/4-8/10/24
Theme: Powering Communities Through Caring Connections

• Improving Outcomes by Caring for Communities PODCAST 
• Faith Community Nursing: Impacting Community-Based Care CE
•  A Qualitative Study of A Health Center-Based Mobile Produce Market

International Overdose Awareness Day
8/31/24             
Theme: Together We Can
#TogetherWeCan #IOAD2024 #EndOverdose

• In the News: Overdose Deaths Drop in the United States
• Nursing and the Opioid Epidemic

Events

• ARN's 2024 Rehabilitation Nursing Conference  
• International Academy of Nursing Editors
• 2024 International Conference on Forensic Nursing Science and Practice

See our full Events Calendar here! 

Anything missing? Please let us know in the comments!
Have a good month!