Why Attend?
CPI is planned for nurses by nurses…
Timely
The APNA Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute (CPI) presents a state-of-the-science understanding of psychopharmacologic and non-psychopharmacologic approaches for nursing practice across the lifespan. The Institute focuses on complex clinical issues, addressing the most current practices and insights in clinical psychopharmacology.
Unique
The complexity of unique illness states or populations requires unique approaches that are more personal and consider the context and environments of persons you serve. CPI is unique in that it is a tailored specifically for psychiatric-mental health nurses by those who know their needs best – psychiatric-mental health nurses themselves.
Clinically Usable
The program goes beyond presenting medication algorithms and instead offers the scientific base from which treatment decisions are made, while also addressing aspects informing the context of care within the nurse/consumer/family relationship.
“The speakers were top notch & the information was relevant & helpful to my patient population. The takeaway points will lead to improved practice by myself & others who attended!”
– 2024 CPI attendee
You will benefit from…
- Up to 22 contact hours in pharmacology
- Access to online session recordings for a full year. Earn contact hours for what you did not attend! (Available 1-2 months afterwards)
- Opportunities to chat and connect with peers
- Digital session handouts with resources and references to explore
- Access to industry stakeholders who value the work of PMH nurses
You will get in-depth education on…
- The “recovering brain” and restoration of dopamine pathways when harmful substances are reduced
- Medications for Schizophrenia, including Clozapine
- Best practices for prescribing benzodiazepines
- Interactions between gender-affirming hormone treatments and common psychotropic medications
- How Ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA work in the brain
- Prescribing and deprescribing antidepressants for children and adolescents
