1005-17: Telepsychiatry: Connecting and Prescribing from a Distance

This session will provide a comprehensive overview of telemedicine/telepsychiatry, including how it works and best practices regarding medication management and therapy via technology.

Presenter: Joy A. Lauerer, DNP, PMHCNS-BC, RN

Disclosures: The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length: 46 minutes

Target Audience: RN, APRN 

Session Objectives:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

1. Describe how telepsychiatry has increased access to behavioral health care services.
2. Discuss strategies to effectively engage patients at a distance.
3. Summarize telepsychiatry practice parameters and important practice guidelines.

Keywords: Telemedicine, Practice

Continuing Nursing Education
0.75 contact hours.  * 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 continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 15th Annual Clinical Psychopharmacology Institute
Hyatt Regency Baltimore on the Inner Harbor
Friday, June 9, 2017
1:45pm - 3:15pm

The contact hours for this session expire: July 1, 2019