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Free Contact Hours on Your ScheduleStart earning contact hours on your schedule with free sessions for all psychiatric-mental health nurses, APNA members, and opportunities from other organizations.

APNA members get access to 4 FREE sessions every month, 200+ online continuing education sessions, the Motivational Interviewing program, and more (> 250 contact hours)! You can also use your membership bonus points to access nursing continuing professional development content at little to no cost!

 

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Free Ongoing APNA Continuing Education for APNA Members

Prescription Stimulant Misuse in Adolescents: A Developmental and Clinical Perspective for Psychiatric Nurses

Contact Hours: 2.0
This presentation equips psychiatric–mental health nurses with a developmentally informed, evidence-based approach to caring for adolescents with a stimulant use disorder diagnosis.

From Pregnancy Through Postpartum: Caring for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Contact Hours: 2.0
This presentation provides psychiatric-mental health nurses with a developmentally informed, evidence-based approach for persons with an opioid use disorder diagnosis who are pregnant.

Poster Presentations

Contact Hours: 0.25
Got a few minutes? Catch up with these quick posters presentations from the APNA Annual Conference.

Transforming Addiction Care Webinar Series

Contact Hours: 2.75
FREE! Discover how psychiatric-mental health nurses can lead the way in reshaping addiction care through education and clinical practice.

Motivational Interviewing: Practical Strategies for Nurses

Contact Hours: 3.5
FREE for APNA Members! Learn how to effectively use this foundational skillset in your practice with this 5-part program that offers practical strategies.

Video Screening Interviews: APNA Developed Alcohol, Nicotine and Opioid Resources

Contact Hours: 0.5
In this course you will observe short interviews using screening tools provided by the APNA Addictions Council.

Medications For Substance Use Disorders (MSUD) Training

Contact Hours: 8.0
FREE! This 8-hour training for nurses meets the DEA educational requirement to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder.

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (JAPNA)

Free Access to Articles & Contact Hours for APNA Members!

Earn nursing continuing professional development contact hours from articles in JAPNA – new issues available bi-monthly! Here’s how to access the current CE articles available to you:

  • Click the button below and use your APNA account info to log in.
  • Click on the Current Issue button or go to the Nursing Continuing Professional Development Collection.
  • Scroll through the articles to find the FREE CE icon to find articles eligible for continuing education.
  • Click on the article title to read it.
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the section labeled “Continuing Education.”
  • Follow the instructions to take a post-test and complete an online evaluation. You’ll then be able to print or email your CE certificate!

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Free APNA Continuing Education for Everyone

Prescription Stimulant Misuse in Adolescents: A Developmental and Clinical Perspective for Psychiatric Nurses

Contact Hours: 2.0
This presentation equips psychiatric–mental health nurses with a developmentally informed, evidence-based approach to caring for adolescents with a stimulant use disorder diagnosis.

From Pregnancy Through Postpartum: Caring for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder

Contact Hours: 2.0
This presentation provides psychiatric-mental health nurses with a developmentally informed, evidence-based approach for persons with an opioid use disorder diagnosis who are pregnant.

Poster Presentations

Contact Hours: 0.25
Got a few minutes? Catch up with these quick posters presentations from the APNA Annual Conference.

Transforming Addiction Care Webinar Series

Contact Hours: 2.75
FREE! Discover how psychiatric-mental health nurses can lead the way in reshaping addiction care through education and clinical practice.

Video Screening Interviews: APNA Developed Alcohol, Nicotine and Opioid Resources

Contact Hours: 0.5
In this course you will observe short interviews using screening tools provided by the APNA Addictions Council.

Effective Treatments for Opioid Use Disorders

Contact Hours: 1.5-3.5
FREE! Two on-demand courses each targeted to RN & APRN scope of practice to support you as you provide care to individuals with Opioid Use Disorders.

Medications For Substance Use Disorders (MSUD) Training

Contact Hours: 8.0
FREE! This 8-hour training for nurses meets the DEA educational requirement to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder.

The Providers Clinical Support System for Medications for Opioid Use Disorders (PCSS-MOUD) is a program funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is led by the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) in collaboration with a wide coalition including APNA and other national professional and healthcare organizations.

PCSS-MOUD aims to increase the knowledge and skills of healthcare and counseling professionals about available evidence-based treatment approaches for substance use disorder (SUD) with a particular focus on opioid use disorder (OUD).  PCSS-MOUD provides free training and mentoring to practitioners on the use of medications for OUD (MOUD) and the integration of these services into mainstream health care.

Funding for this initiative was made possible by cooperative agreement nos. 1H79TI086770 and 1H79TI085588 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.