The APNA 24th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute offers up to 30.25 ANCC NCPD pharmacology contact hours live and on demand.
“The speakers were all excellent, and being able to go back and listen to the presentations again and review the handouts will enable me to improve the care that I provide to my patients.” – 2025 CPI Attendee
Earn up to 30.25 ANCC NCPD contact hours in pharmacology when you register for the pre-conference add-on session plus regular conference registration. Use your pharmacology contact hours to meet requirements for your (re)certification and licensure. Earn them on your schedule: You can attend and earn contact hours for CPI live or on-demand afterwards (up to 22.5), AND earn up to 7.75 additional pharmacology contact hours with the on-demand companion series which is available within ten days of registering for the regular conference.
| CPI Contact Hours | On-Demand Companion Series* |
| 22.5 (Includes 2 Contact Hours from Pre-Conference Add-On) |
8.75 Contact Hours (7.75 in Pharmacology) |
The On-Demand Companion Series sessions will be accessible through your account on the APNA eLearning Center where you can view the sessions, then complete the post test and evaluation in order to generate a contact hours certificate. You will receive an email within ten days of registering with instructions to access the series.
*Encore psychopharmacology presentations from the 2025 APNA Annual Conference
Educational Learning OutcomeIntegrate psychopharmacological and non-psychopharmacological advances into practice
Not only will you receive the on-demand companion series and live conference sessions with regular registration, but you will also get a full year of access to CPI session recordings from the conference.
Up to 22.5 pharmacology Contact Hours, including Pre-Conference Add-on Session
When you register for this year’s APNA Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute program, you have two options to earn contact hours:
1. Attend live and evaluate presentations via the APNA evaluations site by June 22 to claim contact hours. See below for more information.
2. Claim contact hours with APNA eLearning Center session recordings, available 1-2 months after the conference. View the sessions any time through July 31, 2027, then complete each post test and evaluation in order to generate contact hours certificates.
Up to 8.75 Contact Hours, 7.75 of which are Pharmacology
Included with regular registration, access to this package of 10 encore presentations from the APNA Annual Conference will be added to your APNA eLearning Center account within ten days of registering. You’ll receive an email when they are available. View the sessions, listen to the entire presentation, complete the reflection activity, evaluation, and honor statement, then generate your contact hours certificates for these sessions in the APNA eLearning Center any time through July 31, 2027.
Evaluations for the APNA Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute live sessions are completed online in order to earn contact hours.
Evaluation Deadline: June 22, 2026
You’ll be able to complete evaluations for sessions you attend live in real-time as you go, at the end of the day, or after the conference until June 22, 2026. You can jot down your responses as you attend sessions, then log in at your convenience to complete the evaluations online. Once you finish completing evaluations for the sessions you’ve attended, you’ll then complete the Overall Evaluation, which will unlock your NCPD Contact Hours Certificate. Press “Post Final Credits & Create Certificate”, and your Certificate will be pre-populated with your information and contact hours earned. You can have it emailed to your inbox, save a pdf version to your computer, or print it (printers will not be available at the on-site evaluations stations).
ANCC nursing continuing professional development contact hours are awarded based on number of sessions attended and evaluations completed. To receive full credit for a session, you must attend the entire session and complete an online evaluation.
The content of this NCPD activity pertains to pharmacology. Because states’ requirements may vary, contact your Board of Nursing for more information.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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