Free Continuing Nursing Education
Free APNA CE | Free APNA CE for APNA Members
SMIAdviser Free CE | Free ANA CE for APNA Members | Free CE from Outside Organizations
Free APNA Continuing Education / Nursing Continuing Professional Development
- Psychiatric Nurses' Knowledge of Misused and Diverted Medications – 0.5 Contact Hours
- Healthcare Workers and Substance Use Disorder: One Nurse’s Story – 0.5 Contact Hours
- Substance Use Disorders and Co-Occurring Disorders: Essential Curricular Thread for Nursing Education – 0.25 Contact Hours
- The Acute Care Nurse’s Role in Harm Reduction for Persons with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) – 0.25 Contact Hours
- An Interprofessional Approach to Training Students in Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder – 0.25 Contact Hours
1.0 Contact Hours
Strategies to care for your own mental health and well-being so that you can provide the best possible care to those you serve.
0.5 Contact Hours
A panel discussion on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical practice and strategies for providing care to patients during this time.
1.5 Contact Hours
Strengthen and access your 'best self' through body-based approaches to reduce the impact of stress and trauma.
Educating and Empowering Nurses During an Epidemic
For All Registered Nurses
1.5 Contact Hours
For Advanced Practice Nurses
3.5 Contact Hours (2.0 in pharmacology)
3.0 Contact Hours
Learn best practices for motivational interviewing and how best to apply it to the care you provide to your patients in this three-part presentation.
APNA Annual Conference Podcast
President's Address: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: The Whole Health Connection
0.5 Contact Hours
Free APNA Continuing Education for APNA Members
These four sessions are free for APNA members through April 30, 2021.
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Reducing Workplace Violence: A Hospital Wide Initiative to Increase Safety
0.5 Contact Hours | In Memory of Marlene Nadler-Moodie - Turning Down the Heat: Psychopharmacologic Management of Irritability through Aggression
1.75 Contact Hours in Pharmacology - Explore How an Acute Care Medical Facility Defied the Traditional Practices of Standardized Healthcare by Creating a Patient Centered Unit to Meet the Physical and Emotional Needs of More Complex Medical Patients
0.75 Contact Hours - The Ins and Outs of Teaching Selected Essential Graduate Psychotherapy Content
2.0 Contact Hours
0.75 Contact Hours
Recovery Support Specialist Nanette Larson, BA, CRSS shares her story of recovery and strategies to connect with individuals on their journey to whole health.
Earn continuing education from articles in JAPNA - new issues available bi-monthly! Here's how to access the current CE article available to you:
- Click the button below and use your APNA account info to log in.
- Click on the Current Issue button.
- Scroll through the articles to find the Free CE icon which indicates that the article is 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". Note: For the March/April 2021 article, the NCPD information is available only in the pdf version of the article.
- 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!
SMIAdviser Free Continuing Education
Integrating Equity and Diversity in Digital Mental Health Interventions for Depression
October 15, 2020, 3:00pm - 4:00pm ET
1.0 contact hours
DSM-5 Outline for Cultural Formulation and Cultural Formulation Interview: Tools for Culturally Competent Care
1.0 contact hours
Free CE for APNA Members as a part of Digital Membership with ANA
Navigate Nursing Webinar Series
Each month, earn continuing education contact hours while learning about challenges all nurses face.
PCSS Training & Education
Training and education focused on evidence-based clinical practices in prevention and treatment of opioid use disorders. pcssnow.org
Engaging the Nursing Community in Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
0.25 Contact Hours
National Institute on Drug Abuse
SMI Adviser
A collection of resources to support evidence-based care for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI).
Case Studies & Conundrums: Practical Management of Tardive Dyskinesia for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses
Creative Educational Concepts
1.25 Contact Hours
Binge-Eating Disorder: Developing a Treatment Plan for Binge-Eating Disorder When First-Line Options Fail
1.5 Contact Hours
College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) webinar
Designed for health care professionals seeking information on urine drug screens, their interpretation, and cross reactivity of different substances.
1.0 Contact Hours
2.5 contact hours
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Applying the Latest Genetics Findings to Your Practice
0.75 contact hours
American Society of Human Genetic Global Virtual Meeting
Child Welfare Online Tutorials
4.5 contact hours
National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
Major Depressive Disorder: Using the Components of Shared Decision Making in Treatment Planning
ACPE Contact Hours: 2.25
The College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
SMI Adviser
Calendar of upcoming events including webinars from support system for serious mental illness (SMI).
Association for Nursing Professional Development
Promoting Resilience Webinar Series
1 contact hour each
May 20 - 22, 11am CT each day.

*Funding for this initiative was made possible (in part) by grant no. 6H79TI080816 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.
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