1043-18:  Educational Revolution: Integrating Concept Based Curriculum and Active Learning for Students in a Psychiatric Nursing Course

This interactive presentation discusses a psychiatric nursing course employing concept based, integrative learning. Specific case studies, audio-visual, testing, and clinical resources will be discussed and examples provided. The nurse educator will leave with innovative, creative ideas to apply in their own psychiatric nursing course.

Presenters:  Alison M. Romanowski, MS, APRN, PHMNP-BC; Patricia Allen, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC; April Martin, PhD, RN, NHA

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 41 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Identify 2 active learning techniques which can be synthesized for integration into a mental health nursing course.

Keywords:  Education, Undergraduate, Integrative Learning

Continuing Nursing Education:
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 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