# Event Details - **Event Name**: Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am – Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 01:00 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: Learn how social media affects children and teens and gain practical tools to promote safety and well-being.About this EventClaim your seat today!Nearly every school-age child and adolescent is online, and most are there constantly. This two-hour program will equip nurses to address what that means clinically. This educational program will examine what current evidence says about social media's effect on the developing brain, sleep, and mental health; the mechanisms behind problematic and addictive use; and the escalating safety threats facing young patients, including cyberbullying, online enticement, and trafficking recruitment. The session also covers the legal landscape nurses must navigate, from mandatory reporting obligations around exploitative imagery to the rapidly shifting landscape of state and federal laws restricting minors' platform access. Participants will leave with validated screening tools, practical red flags, and concrete language for counseling adolescents and families about safer digital habits.Target AudienceRegistered nurses and other interested healthcare professionalsObjectivesAt the conclusion of the educational activity, participants will be able to:1. Describe the effects of social media use on pediatric neurodevelopment, sleep, and mental health.2. Identify online safety threats to pediatric patients, such as cyberbullying, trafficking recruitment, and AI-generated exploitative imagery, and the clinical red flags associated with each.3. Summarize current federal and state legislation restricting minors' social media access along with its anticipated clinical and public health outcomes4. Apply validated screening tools and a structured counseling framework to assess problematic social media use and counsel adolescent patients and their caregivers.Participants can earn 2.0 contact hours of nursing continuing professional development credit. Each nursing participant must be present for the entire session and must complete an evaluation of the session to receive credit.PresenterMelissa Nunn, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, CNE, NEA-BC, CNEclLocationAccessible via Zoom.DisclosuresNo relevant financial relationships were identified for any individual who can control this activity’s content. The presenter and activity planners for this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/b6abc110-a7b3-11f1-a4a1-eb59356bc08b-rimg-w1200-h206-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/b6bd4d40-a7b3-11f1-a4a1-eb59356bc08b-rimg-w1200-h381-dc486848-gmir.png - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-orleans/behind-the-screen-what-nurses-need-to-know-about-youth-social-media-use/100001999312076240 - **Event Categories**: health-wellness, nonprofit, mental-health - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 1 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New Orleans - **state**: LA - **country**: United States - **location**: LSUHSC School of Nursing - via Zoom - **lat**: 29.9564234 - **long**: -90.0825687 - **full address**: LSUHSC School of Nursing - via Zoom, 1900 Gravier Street, New Orleans, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/e796ad4ad60aa765937229d086db202bafe89d355447102a30d412b870b1b9a0-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg?v=1788452587 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use being held? - **A:** Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use takes place on Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am to Thu, 15 Oct, 2026 at 01:00 pm at LSUHSC School of Nursing - via Zoom, 1900 Gravier Street, New Orleans, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use? - **A:** Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use is organized by LSUHNO SON - Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD). ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Behind the Screen: What Nurses Need to Know About Youth Social Media Use", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/e796ad4ad60aa765937229d086db202bafe89d355447102a30d412b870b1b9a0-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg?v=1788452587", "startDate": "2026-10-15T11:00:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-10-15T13:00:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-orleans/behind-the-screen-what-nurses-need-to-know-about-youth-social-media-use/100001999312076240", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "LSUHSC School of Nursing - via Zoom", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1900 Gravier Street", "postalCode": "70112", "addressLocality": "New Orleans", "addressRegion": "LA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "29.9564234", "longitude": "-90.0825687" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Learn how social media affects children and teens and gain practical tools to promote safety and well-being.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-03", "availabilityEnds": "2026-10-15T13:00:00-05:00", "validFrom": "2026-09-03", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-orleans/behind-the-screen-what-nurses-need-to-know-about-youth-social-media-use/100001999312076240" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-09-03", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-09-03", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-orleans/behind-the-screen-what-nurses-need-to-know-about-youth-social-media-use/100001999312076240", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "LSUHNO SON - Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD)", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/lsuhno-son-nursing-continuing-professional-development-ncpd/22543396", "description": "Nursing Continuing Professional Development is an integral part of the mission of the LSU Health New Orleans School of Nursing. 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