Solutions to Today’s PMH Nurse Concerns
Rising acuity. Paradigm shifts in education. New weight-management drugs. Addressing youth suicide. The landscape of psychiatric-mental health nursing is ever-changing! The APNA 38th Annual Conference offers a unique venue to explore the full depth and breadth of what’s out there to help you address the issues you’re navigating now.
Concern: Rising acuity on inpatient units
Solution: Integrate trauma-informed care (TIC) principles into your rounding to help build a culture of safety and a more therapeutic milieu. Learn more in Rounding with a Twist: How Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) Rounding Promoted Safety in Behavioral Health Units of a Safety Net Hospital at 11:15am on Thursday, October 10.
Concern: Transforming curricula to prepare students for practice
Solution: Connecting students to practices and resources for well-being, professional engagement, and leadership skills helps prepare them for practice. Get help weaving competency-based exemplars from Domain 10 of the AACN Essentials into your curriculum in Let’s Connect on Competency Based Education: Entry and Advanced Level Exemplars for the New Essentials Domain 10 at 6:00pm on Friday, October 11.
Concern: Psychotropic-related weight gain
Solution: Update your toolbox with the currently available variety of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods for managing and preventing psychotropic-related weight gain. Narrow in on the best options for individuals in your care in What’s in Your Toolbox for the Management of Increased Body Mass Index in Patients Taking Psychotropic Medications? at 12:00pm on Wednesday, October 12.
Concern: Worrying rates of youth suicide
Solution: Risk factors, assessment methods, and interventions tailored to the youth population are a key piece to preventing youth suicide. Hear subject matter experts summarize the current state of the science and how you can address gaps in practice in American Psychiatric Nurses Association’s Youth Suicide Prevention Position Paper at 4:00pm on Friday, October 11.
These sessions are available both in-person in Louisville this October 9-12 and online via livestream. Explore the full program and then register to get access to 115+ contact hours’ worth of sessions live AND on-demand.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Published September 2024
