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1041-23: Assessment and Diagnosis Process for People with Cognitive and Neurological Differences

People with cognitive and neurological differences must access health care services in their community. This presentation offers a mental health assessment and diagnosis framework for nurses who encounter this often marginalized population. We will explore a thoughtful and wholistic approach using people’s stories.

Presenter:  Ginny Focht-New, RN, PhD, PMHCNS, BCB, NADD-CC, BCN

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:  1 hour 30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Apply a wholistic assessment and diagnosis framework to mental health situations involving people with cognitive and neurological differences.

Keywords:  Neurocognitive Differences, Assessment of Mental Health Conditions, Diagnostic Process

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.5 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 37th Annual Conference
Lake Buena Vista, FL

Access to this course will end:  November 1, 2026

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