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Hannah Copley completed a BLS certification course through the Red Cross and observed three court hearings at Pima County Juvenile Court as part of her training to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate. The BLS course covered CPR techniques for adults, children, and infants, as well as choking response and Narcan administration. Over three half-day sessions, she observed a pre-court conference, initial hearing, dependency review, and family drug court. Copley found value in refreshing her CPR skills and gaining perspective on the social challenges faced by families in the dependency system. She believes these experiences will help her provide more compassionate care to patients, especially in her intended field of labor and delivery

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Hannah Copley completed a BLS certification course through the Red Cross and observed three court hearings at Pima County Juvenile Court as part of her training to become a Court Appointed Special Advocate. The BLS course covered CPR techniques for adults, children, and infants, as well as choking response and Narcan administration. Over three half-day sessions, she observed a pre-court conference, initial hearing, dependency review, and family drug court. Copley found value in refreshing her CPR skills and gaining perspective on the social challenges faced by families in the dependency system. She believes these experiences will help her provide more compassionate care to patients, especially in her intended field of labor and delivery

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N479 Professional Activity Evaluation Form

Your Name: Hannah Copley Date of Activity: 10/10, 10/28-30 Faculty name: Rajni

Describe the community service/professional activity/s you attended or participated with (be
specific about the purpose and your role):

For my professional activities, I completed a BLS course through the Red Cross. This course
covered single and multiple provider CPR for adults, children and infants, how to deal with
choking, and administration of Narcan. My role was practicing and learning the information.

I also observed three court hearings at Pima County Juvenile court as a part of my training to
become a court appointed special advocate for foster children. My role was to observe the
hearings and debrief with my trainer following them. I saw a pre-court conference and the initial
hearing in a case on my first day. My second day I witnessed a dependency review and on my
third day I saw family drug court.

Where was this held and what was was program/activity length?

The BLS course I took was partially online and partially in person. I spent about two and a half
hours completing the online material and three hours on the in-person portion at the Red Cross.

My court observations were three and a half hours over three days at the Pima County Juvenile
Court Center.

Discuss the value of this experience to you (be specific).

I was grateful for the opportunity to brush up on CPR skills. During my clinical experience in
nursing school, I have had the opportunity to perform CPR on an adult patient and perform
simulations with an adult mannikin, but I hadn’t brushed up on infant CPR in a while. I was glad
to have the chance to practice with infant mannikins.

For my court observations, I think the opportunity to witness these social determinants of health
play out in real time was valuable. Children and families involved in DPS experience a lot of
trauma in their journey through the system alone.

How would you continue to use this experience throughout your nursing career?

While the hope is to never need to use CPR, the chances of me having to resuscitate a patient are
high. Knowing how to effectively administer CPR is an important part of being a nurse.

I want to work in Labor and Delivery and encountering women and families with a history or
current involvement with DPS an inevitability. Being familiar with the process gives me a
greater ability to relate to and sympathize with these women. It can be challenging to provide
compassionate care to women who have harmed their children in one way or another but
understanding what they go through has given me a better perspective.

Would you recommend this specific communnity/professional experience in the future; why or
why not? (Describe)

BLS is required for nursing school. The Red Cross’s BLS course was excellent. The mannikins
were great and my instructor was a great teacher. I would recommend BLS through the red cross.

I would highly recommend the CASA program. Most of us will encounter folks in the system in
some way or another: children who are victims of abuse, women who are victims of abuse,
parents involved in DPS, substance-dependent folks, and more. Learning more about the system
and the opportunity to make a difference in it is incredibly empowering. I believe I will be a
better nurse because of this program.

Brochure or proof of attendance obtained if applicable? Yes for BLS

Signature on validation of clinical hours form obtained? Yes for all

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