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Emerging Threats in OUD: Critical Updates for Psychiatric Nurses

Contact Hours: 2.0
Participants will explore how changes in the drug supply impact overdose risk, symptom presentation, and treatment engagement. Special emphasis is placed on the recognition of atypical overdose presentations, including cases

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.

APNA Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute

Contact Hours: 20+ pharmacology
Earn pharmacology contact hours at this flagship event that provides a deep dive into the science and clinical application of psychopharmacology, planned for nurses, by nurses.

APNA Annual Conference

Contact Hours: 90+
Earn up contact hours live and on demand with the hundreds of presentations at the premiere event for psychiatric-mental health nursing, held each year in a new destination.

APNA Competency Based Training for Conducting the One-Hour Face-to-Face Assessment for Persons in Restraint or Seclusion

Contact Hours: 1.25
Learn the key components for assessing a patient placed in restraint or seclusion, including regulatory bodies' parameters and the four main assessment elements.

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.

Additional Strategies in Suicide Prevention: Youth

Contact Hours: 1.5
Building on the practical skills learned in the APNA Suicide Prevention Certificate Program, this course will increase your knowledge, skills, and critical thinking when providing care to youth at risk

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  • Free CE
    From monthly free on demand sessions to journal articles in the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, APNA members gain access to an incredible wealth of free contact hours.
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    APNA provides members with a free subscription to the Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
  • Bonus Points Program
    A member benefit, bonus points are used in the APNA eLearning Center to “purchase” content.
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    Mentors and mentees can find and connect with each other based upon experience, specialty, location, knowledge area, or even method of communication.