National Suicide Prevention Month & National Recovery Month

Contact Hours for Suicide Prevention & Recovery Month

FOR PMH NURSES AND FREE for APNA Members through October 5:

Engaging Clients in Recovery Through the 3R’s: Relationships, Ruptures, and Repairs
Collaborative efforts between PMH nurses and clients are necessary for successful mental health recovery. Learn how to signal relational safety and repair the ruptures in therapeutic relationships with clients. Gain greater understanding of these interpersonal strategies and increase your skills and confidence in supporting clients in recovery.
Target Audience: PMHRNs & APRNs
0.75 Contact Hours

FOR YOUR NURSE COLLEAGUES AND FREE for everyone through October 5:

Practical Nursing Strategies in Suicide Prevention
This course supports and strengthens a nurse’s care toolbox, in a non-mental health settings, providing a skillset to screen and use the Assessment, Intervention, Documentation, and Evaluation (AIDE) algorithm to initiate life-saving interventions for patients at risk for suicide.
Target Audience: Nurses in non-mental health settings
1.5 Contact Hours

Now available from APNA:

• SUICIDE PREVENTION CERTIFICATE PROGRAM: An updated, convenient, and interactive APNA Suicide Prevention Certificate Program is now available! The online, on-demand training reflects the most current evidence and best practices. This training will increase your confidence and competence in the nursing skills of suicide assessment, management, and prevention.
• MORE POPULATION FOCUSED MODELS: APNA Suicide Prevention Courses to supplement the certificate program and provide specific suicide prevention considerations and strategies.
• POSITION ON YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION: The APNA Youth Suicide Prevention Workgroup created the APNA Youth Suicide Prevention Position that holistically addresses the issue of youth suicide prevention and the role of the psychiatric-mental health nurse in it.

Build a strong foundation with these core resources:

• APNA Essential Competencies for psychiatric registered nurses working in hospital settings as a guide for practice, based on extant research literature (both qualitative and quantitative) relevant to assessment and management of hospitalized patients admitted to a psychiatric setting.
• APNA MSUD Training – 9 modules with content for nurses offering medication — including buprenorphine — for persons with substance use disorders.
• Words Matter: Recovery Oriented Language Guide includes contemporary language use, diversity inclusive language and other topics, including recovery language usage in the written word.

Timely and compelling Q&As from voices of the PMH nurse profession!

Does Smartphone Use Increase the Risk for Suicide in Adolescents? A captivating discussion on the intersection between smartphone use and risk for suicide in adolescents, with relevant content to support your suicide prevention practice with Antonella Grana, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CPNP.

Recovery in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: From a Personal Journey to What’s Next: Inform your recovery efforts with this personal journey paving the way in recovery-oriented care: from progress already made to vital next steps with Sue Brammer, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN.

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.