2063-18: Supervision for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses

Emphasis on clinical supervision has decreased with transition to a medical model in behavioral healthcare, and some nurses are not familiar with the purpose and benefits of CS in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Education and Practice. The benefits of CS along with solutions to potential barriers will be discussed.

Presenters:  Diane H. Esposito, PhD, ARNP, PMHCNS-BC; Shirley P. Davidson, MSN, PMHCNS

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:  38 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Develop an approach for clinical supervision in their area of education.

Keywords:  Clinical Supervision, Mental Health, Nursing Education

Continuing Nursing Education:
0.5 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
Thursday, October 25, 2018
5:00pm - 6:30pm

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