2405-21:  Leaders in Care: Revising the Scope and Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice

Published by the ANA in collaboration with APNA and ISPN, this session will present an overview of the third edition of the Scope and Standards of Practice for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, including major updates to content and language and support for the future of Psychiatric-Mental Health (PMH) nursing practice.

Presenter:  Joyce M. Shea, DNSc, APRN, PMHCNS-BC

Disclosures:  The presenter 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:  46 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Describe the major updates incorporated into the 3rd edition of the Scope and Standards of Practice for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing.

Keywords:  Scope of Practice for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practice, Social Determinants of Health

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