2307-21:  Top 10 Risks When Providing Outpatient Behavioral Healthcare 

Today, more than ever, people are seeking outpatient behavioral healthcare. With an increase in behavioral health visits comes an increase in the potential for board complaints, claims and litigation. APRNs need to recognize other vulnerable risk areas when providing outptatient behavioral health care.

Presenters:  Allison Funicelli, MPA, CCLA, ARM, CPHRM, FASHRM; Gloria Umali, BSN, RN, MS, MPA, CPHRM

Disclosures:  The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label use of medications will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  40 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Identify the types of risks associated with outpatient behavioral healthcare.

Keywords:  Outpatient Care, Risk Mitigation, Litigation Avoidance

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.75 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 nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 35th Annual Conference

The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2024