Keynote Presentation | 1 Contact Hour
9:00am — 10:00am Eastern
8:00am CT | 6:00am PT
The Care You Give – RN APRN
Dr. Barber will discuss her story and journey to becoming the first soldier to win the prestigious title of Miss USA and how during her reign, the passing of her mother left her in a deep depression and feeling completely lost. Dr. Barber describes how changing her mindset and balancing her adversity with giving back to others as a human rights activist turned her life’s hurdles into stepping stones. She highlights the love and care the hospice nurses provided to her late mother during her mother’s last chapter of life and the significant contributions of healthcare providers to people in their most vulnerable moments. Dr. Barber discusses strategies and tips she uses as the Vice-Chair of Service Women’s Action Network, a non-profit dedicated to preventing military sexual assault and the hurdles she faces when assisting victims experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. The strategies she will share are specifically intended to help medical professionals nurture themselves while working in a field that requires them to care for others. Dr. Barber’s compelling story about life and loss leaves audiences feeling empowered, inspired, and strengthened.
Presenter: Deshauna Barber, PhD, MS
Poster Presentations Open | Up to 4 Contact Hours
Earn up to 4 contact hours for time spent viewing and evaluating the poster presentations in the online poster gallery during the conference.
Mini Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
11:45am – 12:30pm Eastern
10:45am CT | 8:45am PT
3012: Culture
11:45am – 12:30pm Eastern
How a Graduate PMHNP Program Is Making IDEAS Happen: An Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and De-Stigmatization Story –RN APRN
Examples on diversity, equity, and inclusion incorporation into a graduate-level PMHNP curriculum will be provided. Methods for how to enhance the successful matriculation of a diverse nursing student population through a graduate program will be explained. Examples of EBP projects focusing on access to care and de-stigmatization will be reviewed.
Presenters: Nicole Moret, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC; Regina Owen, DNP, PMHNP-BC; Jouhayna Bajjini-Gebara, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CNSPMH-BC
Start At The Top! Psychiatric Nursing Leadership Engages in a Unique, Interactive Educational Series to Promote Knowledge, Insights, and Skills to Cultivate an Inclusive and Adaptive Health Care Culture – RN
This presentation introduces an Adaptive Leadership framework to strengthen leadership competencies and self-reflective practices to address implicit and explicit bias. An overview of a four-part, unique educational series is provided highlighting strategies to improve leadership practices to create a more inclusive, equitable, and mutually respectful culture.
Presenters: Courtney Blackwood, MS, RN, NE-BC; Nancy Bowllan, Ed.D, MSN, RN; Kwasi Boaitey, LMSW, PCC, RYT, PH.D. Student
3015: Simulation
11:45am – 12:30pm Eastern
A Collaborative Simulation: Navigating Care and Advocacy for Diverse Patients in Crisis – RN
This presentation introduces an innovative and complex simulation-based learning experience for undergraduate mental health and pediatric nursing students that incorporates collaborative care, diversity and advocacy for a pediatric, transgender patient experiencing a psychiatric crisis. The participant will leave with strategies and a blueprint for recreating similar simulation-based learning experiences.
Presenters: Lisa Harrington, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE; Amanda Hitt, MSN, FNP-BC; Ashton Glover, DNP, FNP-C, ENP-C, SANE-A
Gamification as a Teaching-Learning Strategy for Engaging Baccalaureate Nursing Students: Psychiatric-Mental Health Escape Scenario – RN APRN
This interactive and hands-on presentation presents everything you need to know about utilizing gamification via escape rooms to enhance psychiatric-mental health didactic/clinical learning in undergraduate nursing students. Participants will have an opportunity to engage in a scenario in which they will work in a team, collaborate on clues, and escape!
Presenters: Tiffany Pressley, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE, CMSRN; Nina Russell, DNP, FNP-C, MSN-Ed., APRN; Megan Wayne, MSN-Ed, RN
Mini Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
2:30pm – 3:15pm Eastern
1:30pm CT | 11:30am PT
3021: Practice
2:30pm – 3:15pm Eastern
Facilitating Forgiveness: A Practical Intervention for Emotional Wound Healing – RN
This presentation introduces steps for nurses to help facilitate forgiveness by utilizing Dr. Robert Enright’s evidence-based forgiveness strategies. Nurses know the steps to facilitate physical wound healing, this presentation will offer practical steps to facilitate emotional wound healing.
Presenter: Tamra Rasberry, PhD, MSN, RN
Development of an Interdisciplinary Bereavement Support Group During the Pandemic and Beyond – RN APRN
This interactive presentation will share the development of a bereavement support group at a cancer center. This includes data from group cohorts, lessons learned, and best practices as well as areas for continued quality improvement. Participants will leave with a foundation for developing support groups.
Presenters: Beth Smith, DNP, CRNP, PMHNP-BC; Sheila Amrhein, MSW, LCSW, APHSW-C
3023: Child & Adolescent
2:30pm – 3:15pm Eastern
Addressing Biased Language and Patient Aggression Through the Bradley Hospital DBT-Based Pause Program – RN APRN
The Bradley Hospital DBT-based Pause program is an evidence-based, interdisciplinary approach to therapeutically managing problematic patient behaviors on an adolescent inpatient unit while teaching and reinforcing valuable coping skills for living outside of the hospital.
Presenters: Morgan Lindberg, MEd, CAGS; Sarah Nottage, BSN, RN; Katelyn C. Affleck, PhD
Bath Salts and Beyond: Approaching Use of Novel Psychoactive Substances from Screening to Management – RN APRN
Synthetic substances/novel psychoactive substance are widely available and pose a significant risk of substance-induced psychosis and other negative consequences. Using a case study as a foundation, this presentation will review the types of available novel psychoactive substances, related symptoms, screening strategies, and management approaches.
Presenters: Christina Stoler, MSN, RN, PMHNP; Marwa Abdikarim, MSN, PMHNP
Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
3:30pm – 4:15pm Eastern
2:30pm CT | 12:30pm PT
3031: Administration
3:30pm – 4:15pm Eastern
How Can Risk Management Help You? – RN APRN
With an increase in mental health outpatient/emergency department visits and an increase in telemedicine utilization is a potential increase for claims/litigation. It is important to recognize the risks of providing behavioral health care and how to mitigate those risks. Avoiding risks alleviates the stress on health care professionals and the financial burden of defending claims.
Presenter: Gloria Umali, RN, MS, MPA, CPHRM
3035: Substance Use
3:30pm – 4:15pm Eastern
Updated Buprenorphine Prescribing Training Requirements for APRNs – RN APRN
This presentation examines the new training requirements for APRNs who wish to prescribe buprenorphine as outlined by the Consolidated Appropriations Act. This presentation will also explore the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s (ONDCP) proposed curricula for opioid use disorder treatment competency.
Presenters: Lauren Meadows, RN; Amanda Simonton, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC; Donna Rolin, PhD, APRN, PMHNCS-BC, PMHNP-BC
Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
4:30pm – 5:15pm Eastern
3:30pm CT | 1:30pm PT
3042: Suicide Prevention
4:30pm – 5:15pm Eastern
Risk Factors for Suicidal Behaviors in Black Youth at High Risk for Mood Disorders: Implications for Clinical Care – RN APRN
Suicide rates continue to rise disproportionately in Black youth. We sought to identify risk factors for suicidal behavior in Black youth. Younger age and a diagnosis of depression significantly predicted new onset suicidal behavior in Black youth. Potential racial implications impacting diagnosis and screening will be discussed.
Presenter: Jamie Zelazny, PhD, MPH, RN
3047: Special Populations
4:30pm – 5:15pm Eastern
The Kaleidoscope of ARFID: The Colorful Clinical Presentation Designs of This Novel Eating Disorder – RN APRN
Identify multiple ways avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder presents itself in clinical settings. The epidemiological data and etiology of ARFID will be presented. Evidence-based treatment considerations specific to ARFID will be differentiated, as well as needs for future care.
Presenter: Lisa Renee Kongable, MA, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC, CNE
Concurrent Sessions | 0.75 Contact Hours
5:30pm – 6:15pm Eastern
4:30pm CT | 2:30pm PT
3051: Administration
5:30pm – 6:15pm Eastern
One Psychiatric Hospital’s Head-on Approach to Addressing Patient to Staff Directed Racism. – RN APRN
This project addresses the phenomenon of racism by patients directed towards unit staff, clinicians, and providers on inpatient psychiatric units. The issue of racism towards staff has become a critical concern in our care environment. Administrators and staff struggle with approaching the issue head on while balancing patient centered care.
Presenter: Kristen Toepfer, RN
3055: Substance Use
5:30pm – 6:15pm Eastern
Buprenorphine Induction in the Era of Fentanyl: Avoiding Precipitated Withdrawal Symptoms – APRN
This presentation introduces concepts related to buprenorphine microdosing for patients using fentanyl. As fentanyl is highly potent and lipophilic, patients using fentanyl are at higher risk for precipitated withdrawal. The participant will leave with the knowledge and skills required to implement high-quality, evidence-based care for those with opioid use disorder.
Presenters: Brayden Kameg, DNP, PMHNP-BC, CARN, CNE; Gabrielle Najarian Hart, BSN, RN; Rebecca Burkart, BSN, RN
This session may be eligible for pharmacology contact hours.
Why I.D.E.A.S. matter to Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing – 
Virtual Livestream Experience