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APNA Suicide Prevention Certificate Program

Contact Hours: 5

A structured, evidence-based program to help you apply the essential competencies for nurse assessment and management of suicide risk to your practice, plus focused supplemental courses.

Acquiring Resourcefulness Skills: Formal versus Informal Training

This study provides evidence that caregivers may learn to be resourceful on their own.

Implementing Standardized Suicide Assessment and Intervention at a Mental Health Clinic for People Experiencing Homelessness

This poster presentation will invite viewers to learn about a suicide risk assessment and management tool implemented as part of a quality improvement pilot project.

Mitigating Medication Errors within the Inpatient Psychiatric Setting: Synthesizing the Evidence

This presentation addresses contributing factors to medication administration errors among novice nurses.

Reduction of Nursing Turnover through Effective Onboarding

This presentation introduces research related to contributing factors to RN turnover in the behavioral health field and shares insights into what an organization has done to address this issue by

Implementing a Structured PMHNP Student Clinical Training Program: One Approach

This presentation addresses one approach to setting up a structured and professional clinical training for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) students.

Triangulation of Qualitative and Quantitative Data to Understand Early Signs and Symptoms of Relapse in Opioid Use Disorder

This presentation introduces an exemplary example of methodological triangulation, discussing the qualitative and quantitative data and techniques related to early signs and symptoms of relapse among adults receiving medication for

Championing the “Me” in Treatment: A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Individual Patient Participation in Treatment Planning

The presentation addresses the pervasive myth that inpatient behavioral health patients cannot effectively participate in shared decision-making and treatment planning while providing a clinical nurse specialist-driven real world

Practical Nursing Strategies in Suicide Prevention

Contact Hours: 1.5

This course provides practical skills to nurses in non-mental health settings, providing an alogithm to screen and provide life-saving interventions for individuals at risk for suicide.

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