1024-22: Making a Connection: Using Simulation to Challenge Assumptions and Biases about Poverty and Health

This interactive, experiential presentation provides participants with opportunities to learn more about the experience of living in poverty. Participants will identify and seek out community resources and experience barriers and frustrations faced by families who are attempting to survive in the community.

Presenters:  Annette Gary, PhD, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC; Rebecca Geist, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, FCN; Valerie Kiper, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  76 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Identify and challenge personal attitudes/biases related to families and individuals who are living in poverty in the community.

Keywords:  Poverty, Bias Related to Poor People, Stigma in Poverty, Education

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.25 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 nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 36th Annual Conference
Long Beach, CA

The contact hours for this session expire:  October 1, 2025