Concurrent Sessions
12:30PM – 1:15PM Pacific
2:30PM CT | 3:30PM ET
0.75 Contact Hours
4031: Psychotherapy
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
Supportive Psychotherapy: Practical Applications for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse – APRN
This presentation will provide an overview of supportive psychotherapy including indications, basic principles, techniques, and goals. Participants will learn documentation tips for billing and regulatory requirements and identify differences between CPT supportive psychotherapy services and E/M services.
Presenters: Amanda L. Schuh, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC; Sarah Jacobs, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
4032: Substance Use
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
Helping Older Adults with Opioid Use Disorders Stay Healthy and in Recovery – RN, APRN
This presentation will describe the demographics and the most common co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorders in older adults with opioid use disorders in FQHC clinics in lower New York state. Older adults with OUD have complex health care needs that require a compassionate multidisciplinary approach.
Presenter: Steven L. Baumann, PhD, GNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC
4033: Graduate Education
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
The Price of Gambling: Examining Gambling Disorders – RN, APRN
This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of gambling disorder.
Presenters: Deborah A. Salani, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, NE-BC; Deana Goldin, PhD, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC
4034: Patient Advocacy
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
Examining Unit Rules/Expectations to Improve Unit Safety and Enhance Patient Experience in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit: Keep, Omit, Re-frame, and Educate – RN, APRN
This presentation highlights how PMH nurses investigated unit rules/expectations as a quality improvement initiative, showing positive outcomes in unit safety, satisfaction, and engagement. The presentation provides insight into nurse empowerment, trauma-informed care, and nurse/patient relationships. Nurses will gain thought-provoking information that decreases barriers to practice change and transforms the patient experience.
Presenters: Danielle Michalak, MSN, RN, PMH-BC; Kristin Phillips-Marcum, MSN, RN, PMH-BC; Elizabeth Barwick, BSN, RN; Claire Kidwell, MSN, RN, PMH-BC; Georgia Rosenblatt, MS, APRN, PMHCNS-BC
4035: Undergraduate Education
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
Stress Support Groups for Nursing Students – RN, APRN
This presentation describes the development, evolution, and evaluation of online stress support groups for nursing students run by trained PMHNP students. An overview of the support group purpose, facilitator role/training, session components, and future implications for addressing the impact of stress and providing support for nursing students will be discussed.
Presenters: Kerry Peterson, PhD, DNP, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, RN
4036: Research
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
Improving Firefighters’ Mental Health through Education: An Evidence-based, Non-traditional Approach – RN, APRN
This presentation will discuss one evidence-based approach to addressing firefighters’ risk for mental health problems. We will outline the development of a mental health education program implemented in Arkansas’ largest fire department. After one year, results showed improved knowledge, awareness, and attitudes regarding mental health, as well as help-seeking behaviors.
Presenter: Sara Jones, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC
4037: Special Populations
12:30pm – 1:15pm Pacific
Demographic Characteristics and Practice Profiles of the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Workforce – RN, APRN
This presentation reports on the APNA Workforce Task Force’s survey of the psychiatric -mental health nursing workforce conducted late 2020-May 2021. We report the demographic, education, and employment characteristics, including earnings, of respondents which included 4,088 who completed the RN survey and 5,158 who completed the APRN survey.
Presenter: Kathleen R. Delaney, PhD, APRN, PMH-NP, FAAN
Product Theater Lunch
1:15pm – 2:45pm Pacific
Perspectives in Adult ADHD
Presenter: Jennifer A. Ganem, MS, APRN
Sponsored by Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Annual Meeting & Town Hall
3:00pm – 4:00pm Pacific
Hear about APNA’s past year, present status, and future goals. During the Town Hall, take advantage of the exclusive opportunity to speak directly to the APNA Board of Directors to help inform the direction of your organization and ensure that APNA meets your needs.
APNA reserves the right to make program changes as necessary and the right to cancel sessions if minimum enrollment has not been met or events occur beyond reasonable control of APNA.