1044-18: Integrating Mental Health into Pediatric Primary Care and School-based Settings: Brief Evidence-based Interventions that Work!

This interactive workshop will provide practical examples of PMH APRNs leading inter-professional teams in integrating evidence-based MH care into busy primary care clinics and schools. Participants will have an opportunity to explore and discuss the exciting possibilities for full scope of PMHNP practice in primary care - psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and leadership.

Presenters:  Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP-PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN; Pamela Lusk, DNP, RN, FAANP

Disclosures:  The speaker has indicated a significant financial interest or other affiliation with cope2thrive. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation. The activity planners have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

Session Length:  1 Hour 23 minutes

Target Audience:  APRN

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

• Describe how PMH APRNs can lead the integration of MH care and provide timely, effective, brief evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents in pediatric, primary care and school based-settings.

Keywords:  Integrated Care, Child/Adolescent, Brief Interventions

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 with distinction 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:  December 31, 2020