Messenger - Vol. 2, No. 2, Page 11 Winter 1993 On Campus Area nurses can recertify with HEN video courses Area nurses may soon be spelling relief H.E.N., for the University of Delaware's new Health Education Network. The debut of H.E.N. in April will make it possible for nurses, who need 30 continuing education units (CEUs) every two years to renew their licenses, to earn some of those credits at home. "This is an inexpensive way to provide quality continuing education to nurses at a time and location convenient to them," says Betty Paulanka, dean of the University's College of Nursing. The network is the brainchild of Paulanka and Laura Terrill, the Medical Center of Delaware's director of education. They were aided by Assistant Professor Madeline Lambrecht, who has received national recognition for her part in developing video and computer programs on dealing with death. H.E.N., a partnership between the University's College of Nursing and the Medical Center, in cooperation with the Delaware Nurses Association, will present on-campus seminars on a variety of topics. The Medical Center will work with the college on content and presentation and provide accreditation. "The Medical Center has the people and medical equipment we don't have, and we have the teaching components they don't have. It will be a good match of existing resources," Paulanka says. Seminars will be offered to nurses at a cost of $29.95 for video and $19.95 for audiotape, with an additional $10 processing fee for the pre- and post-tests that are part of the coursework. Five seminars, now in the preparation stages, will focus on legal issues in nursing, laser technology, suicide, maternity nursing and HIV/AIDS. The network will be administered by the University's Division of Continuing Education, where a detailed brochure is available. -Barbara Garrison