Mini Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
6:30PM – 7:15PM Central
4:30PM PT | 7:30PM ET
2051: Inpatient
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Take a Breath: Implementation of Box Breathing as an Evidenced-Based Intervention to Reduce PRN Anxiolytic Use for Adults in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting – RN
This presentation explores the implementation of Box Breathing, an evidence-based mindfulness technique, to reduce PRN anxiolytic use in an inpatient psychiatric unit. Learn how this non-pharmacological intervention empowers nurses, fosters patient self-regulation, and enhances care, ultimately improving anxiety management and promoting recovery in psychiatric settings.
Presenter: Kateleen Collins, BSN, RN
Paws at My Feet: Integrating Facility-Based Psychiatric Service Dogs into Nursing Practice – RN APRN
There is confusion over the roles, training, credentialing, legal standards, safety, and practice impact of having animals in the workplace. The use of world class psychiatric service dogs by educated psychiatric nurses yields benefits to the patients. More research is needed to support continued integration into nursing practice.
Presenter: Laura A. Curtis, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC
This session is available to virtual attendees.
2052: Treatment Decisions
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Uncertainty Diagnosing: Non-Cardiac Chest Pain among Psychiatric Inpatients – RN APRN
This interactive session presents the familiar scenario of non-cardiac chest pain, exploring clinician’s internal struggles during a potentially life-threatening case. Examining the latest evidence from an integrative review, learners will practice applying EBP guidelines to a case study in the psychiatric inpatient unit while self-reflecting on their own uncertainty.
Presenter: Randall Gray, DNP, PMHNP, CCRN
When the “Last Resort” is Not Enough: Transitioning from ECT – RN APRN
This presentation will discuss the importance of reframing the belief that ECT is a “last resort” treatment. Advances in TMS and ketamine therapy provide effective and safe referral options for providers and help to encourage hope to patients when ECT has to be discontinued.
Presenters: Jonathan Foley, BSN, RN; Paula Bolton, MS, CNP, ANP-BC
2053: Psychotherapy
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Competency Based Psychotherapy Training for the PMHNP: Psychotherapy, the 4th “P” – APRN
This presentation provides innovative strategies to teach psychotherapy in a PMHNP curriculum. Participants will leave with clear examples of mapping the essentials and core competencies into a CBE program for PMHNPs. Tools for simulation competency evaluation will be shared.
Presenters: Lisa Alberts, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC; Dawn Shepard, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C, AGNP-C
Preserving “The Heart” of the PMHNP Role: An Innovative and Collaborative Approach to Teaching Psychotherapy to the Advanced Practice PMHNP – APRN
This presentation will review the trajectory of the PMHNP role as it relates to psychotherapy, discuss three general models that nursing schools are using to teach psychotherapy, and describe the collaborative, interdisciplinary model used at the University of Maryland.
Presenters: Megan Rosenblatt, DPC, LCSW-C; Sara Robinson, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
This session is available to virtual attendees.
2054: Education
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Preparing Nurses to Prevent and Address Violence – RN APRN
This presentation will describe an innovative educational approach designed to prepare nursing students with critical knowledge and skills related to violence prevention and interventions. An overview of the violence prevention training, de-escalation virtual simulation, formal program evaluation data, and future directions for implementation will be discussed.
Presenters: Kerry Peterson, PhD, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FAANP; Laurra Aagaard, MA,MS
Collaborate to Care: Psychiatric Nurse Clinical Instructor’s Perception of Registered Nurse Engagement in Acute Mental Healthcare Facilities – RN APRN
This interactive presentation will examine the nature of nurse interactions with people who have mental illness from the perspective of nursing instructors. The results of a nurse engagement survey will be discussed with participants for implications and needed changes regarding the state of nurse-patient relationships in acute care treatment settings.
Presenters: Todd B. Hastings, PhD, RN, CNE; Pamela Marcus, RN, APRN/PMH-BC; Patricia Mulvaney-Roth, DNP, MSN, APRN, PMHCNS-BC; Jolie Gaudiuso, DNP, RN; Andrea Alexander, DNP, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, CNE; Islane Louis, MSN, RN, PMH-BC, NPD-BC; David Sharp, RN, MSc, PhD; Katherine Evans, DNP, RN
2055: Practice
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Changing the Culture: Using an Expert Team Approach to Teach Pediatric Clinical Staff about Prevention and De-Escalation of a Crisis – RN
This presentation will motivate psychiatric nurses to act as change agents. You will be presented with elements on how to promote system change through implementation of a pediatric de-escalation program. Elements include preventative measures, interdisciplinary team approach, and adaptability to any medical setting.
Presenters: Julianne Moloney, MSN, RN, CPN; Miranda Jackson, RN, BSN, PMH-BC
A Maiden Voyage: Creating a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Residency Program during a Time of Turbulence – RN APRN
This presentation reviews our experience and lessons learned from the development and implementation of a PMHNP Residency Program. Explore methods to improve clinical resident competence and confidence while developing PMHNP preceptors to support new graduate development, growth, and safe transition to independent practice. Evaluate program outcomes and interventions trialed.
Presenter: Kayla Cross, MSN, MA, ARNP, PMHNP-BC
2056: Women’s Health
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Improving Contraceptive Access and Use Among Women on Teratogenic Medications in a Community-Based Psychiatry Clinic – APRN
This presentation will clarify the risks of treatment with teratogenic drugs to women of childbearing potential and describe the experience of one community psychiatry clinic implementing contraceptive options to women with serious mental illness.
Presenter: Mady Stovall, PhD, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC
Postpartum Depression: Screen It! But Then Make Sure We Treat It! – APRN
This presentation introduces a quality improvement initiative in identifying the gap between postpartum depression screening and the lack of response to a positive screening utilizing a SBIRT process (Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment) for mitigating or reducing risks of mortality and morbidity for the perinatal population.
Presenter: Diane P. Greenberg, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, PMH-C
2057: Research
6:30pm – 7:15pm Central
Empowering Innovative Access to Mental Healthcare: Factors Associated with the Intentions to Deliver and Use Tele-Mental Health among Medicaid Providers and Beneficiaries – RN APRN
We present factors that empower the use and delivery of tele-mental health services among Medicaid beneficiaries and providers. As providers, psychiatric-mental health nurses can collaborate to support provider and beneficiary intrinsic motivations to engage with tele-mental health services for improved care access among Medicaid beneficiaries living with mental health challenges.
Presenters: Sarret Seng, BA, BSN, RN; Zainab Almogheer, PhD, MSN, BSN
Addressing mTBI Recovery: Early Life Adversity, Mental Health, and Accessible Treatment Solutions with Mobile Health Intervention – RN APRN
This presentation examines the impact of early life adversity on post-mTBI recovery and evaluates a mobile dual-task exercise intervention. Findings highlight cognitive, psychosocial, and neurobiological effects, emphasizing trauma-informed care and digital rehabilitation strategies. Psychiatric-mental health nurses will explore personalized, community-based approaches to reduce health disparities in mTBI recovery.
Presenter: Hyunhwa “Henna” Lee, PhD, MSN, APRN, FAAN
Big Easy Bash
7:30pm – 9:30pm Central
When in NOLA, let the good times roll! Savor Cajun bites and connect with peers in a vibrant atmosphere filled with festive energy and Southern charm. Come enjoy the spirit of the Big Easy!