Texas currently ranks second in the nation for reported cases of labor and sex trafficking. In 2019, Texas House Bill 2059 mandated that all direct health care providers receive continuing education on human trafficking. This presentation is a discussion of one method to educate nursing students and interprofessional health professions’ students about identifying and protecting individuals who are suspected of being trafficked for commercial sex. 

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Presenters

Heather Guest, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE 

Guest is an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing and teaches in the traditional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in Abilene, Texas. Her nursing practice includes over 25 years of nursing experience in a variety of specialties including Medical-Surgical, Intensive Care, Post-Anesthesia Care, Chemotherapy Infusion, and Breast Cancer Nurse Navigation. She is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator and a Certified Nurse Educator.

Guest serves as a member of the Big Country Human Trafficking Coalition and is on the leadership committee for the TTUHSC Human Trafficking Collaborative. She also serves on the West Texas Human Trafficking Research Collaborative under the Office of the Texas Governor, Child Sex Trafficking Team. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her Master of Science in Nursing Education from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Texas Tyler campus, focusing her research on trauma-informed care in health professions’ simulation curricula.

Donna Paris, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, CNE

Dr. Paris is an Associate Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing and teaches in the traditional undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in Abilene, Texas. Her nursing practice includes over 35 years of nursing experience in cardiovascular medicine, including the coronary care unit, transplantation, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiovascular case management, and electrophysiology. 

Dr. Paris serves as member of the Big Country Human Trafficking Coalition and is on the advisory board for Work Again, West Texas, a program designed to put the homeless to work in Abilene, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma, her Master's Degree in Nursing Education and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas.  

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The Nurse Talks Empowerment Series is designed to bring diverse groups of nurses together to engage in thoughtful conversation about important topics. Nurse Talks sessions are live webinars viewed with other nurses. After the short presentation and Q&A session, attendees will have a brief discussion with other nurses in attendance in a breakout room.

Free CNE: This activity qualifies for 1.0 contact hour.

Texas Nurses Association/Foundation Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

To receive credit for this continuing nursing education activity, the participant must:

Once successful completion is achieved, a “Certificate of Successful Completion” will be awarded for 1.0 contact hour.