1042-17: Recovery Practice Implementation on Adult/Geriatric Acute Psychiatric Units

This session will explore the application of Trauma Informed Care and other interventions that incorporate the recovery model are to address violence or assault on a psychiatric inpatient unit while promoting a healing and therapeutic environment.

Presenters:  Mary Perez, MSN, RN-C; Kristen Yawea, DNPc, MBA, RN-C

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:  1 Hour 14 minutes

Target Audience:  RN

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

1. Identify two examples of adverse childhood experiences.
2. Categorize three signs and symptoms a person may experience with a history of trauma.
3. List two neurobiological effects of trauma.

Keywords:  Trauma Informed Care, ACE Study, Recovery

Continuing Nursing Education:
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 continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 31st Annual Conference
Phoenix, Arizona
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
4:15pm - 6:15pm

The contact hours for this session expire:  January 1, 2021