Product Theater Breakfast | No Contact Hours Provided
7:15AM – 8:45AM Eastern
Sponsored by Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Beyond the Baseline: A Comprehensive Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia
Presenter: Desiree M. Matthews, PMHNP-BC
Keynote Presentation | 1 Contact Hour
9:00AM – 10:00AM Eastern
8:00AM CT | 6:00AM PT
The Extraordinary Power of Connection – RN APRN
In this timely presentation, award-winning author Johann Hari will share what he discovered about the power of connection through his experience with depression and anxiety. With an authentic and accessible approach, he will discuss the influence of disconnection on the ability to experience hope and achieve well-being. Hari weaves in the perspectives of more than 200 of the world’s leading experts on anxiety and depression and proposes a variety of ways to reconnect as an essential mental health strategy.
Presenter: Johann Hari
Available to virtual livestream attendees.
Poster Presentations Open | Up to 4 Contact Hours
10:00AM – 3:00PM Eastern
Earn up to 4 contact hours for time spent viewing and evaluating the poster presentations Thursday – Friday.
Online poster gallery available to virtual livestream attendees.
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00AM – 1:00PM Eastern
Get information from and engage with industry stakeholders in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Meet the Poster Presenters
10:30AM – 11:30AM Eastern
Meet the bright minds behind this year’s poster presentations. Presenters will be standing with their posters during this period, ready to answer questions and discuss their topics.
Product Theater Lunch
12:00PM-1:30PM Eastern
Sponsored by Axsome
Mini Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
1:45PM – 2:30PM Eastern
12:45PM CT | 11:45AM PT
3011: Addictions
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
Smoking Cessation for People Experiencing Homelessness – RN APRN
This presentation discusses a DNP project to help persons experiencing homelessness quit smoking. It explores readiness to change and strategies for cessation amongst a historically treatment-resistant population. With application beyond persons experiencing homelessness, it highlights the importance of human connection and community in addiction treatment.
Presenter: Erin Crosbie, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC
Tobacco Treatment Engagement and Delivery within Assertive Community Treatment Services: Connecting Providers’ and Consumers’ Perspectives – RN APRN
People with serious mental illnesses (PSMI) continue to experience tobacco-use related disparities. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services are important settings to provide wrap-around care for PSMI, which should include tobacco treatment. Our presentation provides the survey results of ACT service consumers’ and providers’ perspectives on delivering and engaging in tobacco-treatment.
Presenter: Heather Robertson, MPA, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, PhD, MPH, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NCTTP, FAAN; Bassema M. Abufarsakh, PhD, MSN, RN, NCTTP
3012: Resilience
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
High Stakes Conversations: Preparation Tips for Before, During, and After to Reduce Negative Effects – RN APRN
A model for high-stakes conversations will be presented and integrated with practical advice to improve the dialogue and after-effects of these important discussions.
Presenters: Julie Murphy, PhD, CRNP, PMHNP-BC
Reducing Burnout in Nursing: How Leaders Can Make the Difference – RN APRN
Burnout is a public health problem. This presentation summarizes national advisories and consensus guidelines for addressing burnout with a focus on leader actions and policy. Programs often focus too narrowly by highlighting the importance of individual self-care but ignore systemic drivers.
Presenter: Christine Tebaldi, MSN, CNP, PMHNP-BC
Available to virtual livestream attendees.
3013: Integrated Care
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
The Effect of Telehealth Service Expansion on Beneficiaries with Mental and Behavioral Health Challenges – RN APRN
In 2018, Kentucky increased accessibility to mental health services by authorizing the use of telehealth services and preventing health plans from prohibiting telehealth coverage. Our presentation will discuss the impact of and perspectives towards tele-mental health services among Medicaid beneficiaries.
Presenter: Sarret Seng, RN, BSN, BA
Integration of Problem-Solving Therapy to Address Mental Health Needs of Family Medicine Patients – RN APRN
This interactive presentation will introduce an efficient way to decrease depression scores on the PHQ-9 questionnaire as well as help bridge the gap between family medicine and mental health through integrated care. This also opens the door for psych providers to be on-site for integrated care with primary care.
Presenter: Robert Sutter, DNP, PMHNP-BC, MPA
3014: Depression
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
The Beauty of Nature, the Power of Wonder, and Their Connection to Human and Planetary Well-Being: The Results of an International Study and Implications for Fighting Depression and Finding Joy for Patients, Providers, and Communities – APRN
This presentation will share the results of an international study which investigated the constructs of happiness and subjective well-being. More specifically, it will discuss humans’ innate connection with nature, the important but under-valued emotion of wonder, and offer new approaches for fighting depression and supporting well-being in individuals and communities.
Presenter: Pamela A. Stephens Lehenbauer, PhD, MBA, MSN, PMHNP -BC
Social and Clinical Determinants of Postpartum Depression Among Women Within Six Months of Childbirth in New Jersey: Evidence from the New Jersey Pregnancy Risk Monitoring System (PRAMS) Survey 2017-2021 – RN APRN
Postpartum depression is a key population health challenge throughout New Jersey with significant variations across counties/regions and diverse populations. Depression is often under-diagnosed, particularly among marginalized women affecting their health and well-being. This project analyzed the relationships between social and clinical determinants and depression within six months of childbirth in NJ.
Presenter: Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri, PhD, DNP, RN, APN, FNP-BC, CPN
3015: Wellness
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
Academic Well-Being Through a Relaxation Room – RN APRN
This interactive presentation presents the opportunity to discuss and develop steps to create a healthy workplace environment in the academic setting through incorporation of a relaxation room.
Presenter: Jennifer Graber, EdD, PMHAPRN, CS, BC
Nurse-Faculty Work-Life Balance: Setting Boundaries to Combat Burnout – RN APRN
The purpose of this presentation is to showcase strategies used by nursing faculty to address the need for a work-life balance. This is done through educational sessions for educators surrounding healthy boundaries for self, colleagues, and students.
Presenter: Jacque Williams, MSN, RN, NC-BC
3016: Violence Prevention
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
Stop the Violence! Applying Trauma-Informed Care to Create Safe Spaces – RN APRN
This presentation introduces a strategy for training and implementing trauma-informed care (TIC) to mitigate workplace violence in an inpatient psychiatric setting. The intervention aims to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and respond to trauma-related triggers and behaviors effectively, and promote a culture of safety, empathy, and empowerment.
Presenter: Kelly Kearney, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
Implementing a Violence Risk Assessment Tool in an Inpatient Mental Health Unit – RN
This presentation introduces workplace violence in the mental health unit and introduces the PMH nurses to the Dynamic Appraisal of Situation Aggression (DASA) violent risk assessment tool to the inpatient setting. This lively presentation presents the opportunity to discuss and explore treatment planning when the DASA score is greater than four.
Presenter: Maira Rodriguez, DNP, MS, RN, PMH-BC
3017: Simulation
1:45pm – 2:30pm Eastern
Unlocking Competence, Cultivating Connections: Adapting Escape Rooms for Graduate Nursing Education – RN APRN
This interactive presentation offers an example of an innovative teaching activity for psychiatric mental health graduate nursing education that allows for competency assessment of necessary clinical skills while fostering connection and promoting engagement and collaboration. Participants will leave with the skills necessary to incorporate experiential learning into the graduate curriculum.
Presenters: Holly Stith, DNP, PMHNP-BC; Andrew Makowski, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC; Julie Perry, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC
Beyond the Veil: A Simulated Conversation with a Departed Patient who Died by Suicide – RN APRN
This interactive, engaging presentation introduces a suicide simulation to prepare nursing students for professional practice. It allows the student to interact with a patient’s ghost who died by suicide and process any emotional responses. The next steps for the PMHNP provider will also be discussed,
Presenters: Jamison Lord, DNP, MSN, RNC, APRN-PMHNP-BC; Lemuel Scott, DNP, RNC, PMHNP-BC; Kristin Smith, MSN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC
Available to virtual livestream attendees.
