1042-18:  Helping your Patients Achieve Whole Health through Positive Psychology

This workshop will teach participants how to engage students and patients in positive psychology skills that enhance individual wellness. Topics will include: Mindfulness, Meditation, Gratitude, Self-Compassion, Character Strengths, Forgiveness, and Positivity. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn and practice skills that can be used with patients and students.

Presenters:  Michael Thomas, MS, APRN, PMHNP-BC; Linda Mabey, DNP, APRN, CNS-BC; Leslie Miles, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC; Stacie Hunsaker, MSN, CEN, CPEN

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 42 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Identify three positive psychology skills to utilize in your clinical practice. 

Keywords:  Positive Psychology, Whole Health, Well-being

Continuing Nursing Education:
1.75 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 32nd Annual Conference
Columbus, Ohio
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
4:15pm - 6:15pm

The contact hours for this session expire:  January 1, 2022