2001-16: Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses: Inspiring Leadership Every Day

APNA president Mary Ann Nihart celebrates nursing for its caring, ingenuity, dedication and leadership. She discusses the image of nursing as a profession. She exhorts nurses to remember how important they are to those in their care, and that as a group nurses should be a force for change. We invite you to learn more about leadership from this engaging session.

Presenter: Mary Ann Nihart, MA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC

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 1 minute

Target Audience: RN, APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the characteristics/qualities of individuals who are leaders.
2. Identify at least one nursing project or issue that ignites your passion to lead.
3. Develop networks for leadership support and development.
4. Provide two examples of everyday leadership that influenced change in nursing practice, education, research or Administration/Leadership.

Keywords: Vision, Leadership

Continuing Nursing Education
1.0 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 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Thursday, October 20
9:00am - 10:00am 

Release Date: May 30, 2017
The contact hours for this session expire: November 30, 2019