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2043-24: Decreasing Violence Risk Through Brief Intentional Grounding in Acute Psychiatric Nursing 

This presentation introduces a new mindfulness modality called Brief intentional Grounding, which emphasizes grounding, gratitude, meaning-making, and caring intention. Theoretical background and evidence-base from the sciences and wisdom traditions will be introduced as explanatory models for how mindfulness can create a psycho-social environment of safety thereby facilitating reduced violence risk.

Presenters:  William Brooke, RN-BC, PMHN-BC, HN-BC; Susanlee Wisotzkey, PhD, BA, BSN, RN, HNB-BC, NE-BC, PLNC, CIMHP

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN

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

• Perform brief intentional grounding and identify three mechanisms of how mindfulness can improve resilience and decrease violence risk. 

Keywords:  Mindfulness, Violence, Resilience, Intentional Grounding, Gratitude, Self-care, Burnout

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to the 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 nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Release Date:  December 17, 2024
Access to this course will end:  December 1, 2027

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