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1027-23:  All I Want is a Good Night’s Sleep!: Understanding Sleep and Common Sleep Disorders

This presentation reviews the biology of sleep and common sleep disorders seen in BH practice and explores medications, therapies, and tools and techniques available to nurses to improve sleep assessment and treatment.

Presenter:  Joseph M. Holshoe, BSN, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  2 hours

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify common sleep disorders and their treatments.

Keywords:  Sleep Disorder, Psychopharmacology, Melatonin

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
2.0 contact hours (1.0 of which is in pharmacology).  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

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.

Originally Presented
APNA 37th Annual Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL

Access to this course will end:  November 30, 2025

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