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Your Contact Hours

You can earn up to 115+ total contact hours with your APNA 37th Annual Conference registration. Please note that not all sessions and activities are awarded contact hours.

During the Live Event

Earn up to 23.75 contact hours for attending and evaluating sessions and for time spent viewing and evaluating the poster presentations.

  • Nursing continuing professional development contact hours are earned based on the
    number of sessions attended and evaluations completed.
  • Contact hours are calculated on 60-minutes of educational instruction/content.
  • To receive full credit for a session, you must attend the entire session, complete an
    online evaluation, and generate your certificate by November 14.

Up to 4 Contact Hours with posters: Posters are listed on the APNA evaluations site in order of poster number. Attest that you have reviewed the poster prior to evaluating and claiming NCPD contact hours. The site will calculate the contact hours you earn based on the number of posters you evaluate:

  • 6-8 posters = 1.0 contact hour
  • 9-11 posters = 1.5 contact hours
  • 12-14 posters = 2.0 contact hours
  • 15-17 posters = 2.5 contact hours
  • 18-20 posters = 3.0 contact hours
  • 21-23 posters = 3.5 contact hours
  • 24+ posters = 4.0 contact hours

Earn up to 4 contact hours for attending symposia during their scheduled times. Evaluations and contact hours are provided by symposia sponsors and are not on the APNA evaluations site.

After the Conference

Starting in November/December: Earn up to 90+ more contact hours at no additional cost with session recordings. Using the APNA eLearning Center, access handouts, presentations, and earn NCPD contact hours for the sessions you missed. APNA will email you as sessions become available with instructions on how to access them at no cost.

Contact Hours Summary

Contact Hours Breakdown

Sessions
Posters
Symposia
On-Demand
Up to 19.75 Contact Hours Up to 4 Contact Hours
Up to 4 Contact Hours
Up to 90+ Contact Hours
Evaluations &  certificates on APNA evaluations site by November 14 Evaluations & certificates on APNA evaluations site by November 14 Evaluations & certificates provided
by symposia
sponsors
Evaluations &
certificates
on APNA eLearning Center

Contact Hours Certificates

Registration Type Certificates Contact Hours
Full Conference 5 Certificates
1 certificate for APNA sessions Thurs-Sat + Posters (up to 15.75)
1 certificate for each symposium (up to 4)
Up to 19.75 Total
Contact Hours
Full Conference + Pre-Conferences 5 Certificates
1 certificate for APNA Sessions Wed-Sat + Posters (up to 23.75)

1 certificate for each symposium (up to 4)
Up to 27.25 Total
Contact Hours

Pharmacology Contact Hours

The following sessions may be eligible for pharmacology contact hours:

  • Wednesday Pre-Conference Sessions (Additional Fee):
    • 1012: Practice (2)
    • 1017: Psychopharmacology (2)
    • 1027: Psychopharmacology (1 of 2 total)
    • 1037: Psychopharmacology (2)
    • 1047: Psychopharmacology (2)
  • Thursday Concurrent Sessions:
    • 2011: Treatment Approaches (0.75)
    • 2021: Treatment Approaches (0.5 of 0.75)
  • Friday Concurrent Sessions:
    • 3045: Substance Use (0.75)
    • 3055: Substance Use (0.75)
  • Saturday Concurrent Sessions:
    • 4021: Psychopharmacology Perspectives (0.75)
    • 4031: Psychopharmacology Perspectives (0.75)

Overall Conference Learning Outcomes

This conference program has been developed through a call for abstracts and peer review process informed by the conference theme and learning outcomes below. By the end of the conference, the learner will be able to:

  • Identify strategies to integrate Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Access, and de-Stigmatization (IDEAS) in mental health and substance use disorder settings.
  • Advance psychiatric-mental health nursing by applying Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Access, and de-Stigmatization across administration, education, practice, and research