3015-16: Psychiatric Nurses and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Partner to Support Victims of Sexual Assault with Mental Illness; Reducing Pediatric Psychiatric Hospital Re-admissions through the Innovative use of a Nurse Case Manager for Post Discharge Follow-up

This mini concurrent session includes two 20-minute presentations (described below) plus Q&A.

Psychiatric Nurses and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Partner to Support Victims of Sexual Assault with Mental Illness
This presentation informs attendees on a collaboration between psychiatric mental health nurses and sexual assault nurse examiners to expose the prevalence of mental illness in victims of sexual assault. Learn how nurses partnered to change public policy and highlight needed reforms in the care of victims. 
Presenters: Leslie Miles, DNP, APRN-BC; Linda Mabey, DNP, APRN-BC

Reducing Pediatric Psychiatric Hospital Re-admissions through the Innovative use of a Nurse Case Manager for Post Discharge Follow-up
This session explores the role of an RN Case Manager for post-discharge follow-up and how it has decreased inpatient readmissions, enhanced staff job satisfaction, improved quality care, and potentially increased financial reimbursement. 
Presenter:  Helen J. Ramsbottom, BSN, RN, LCSW; Lisa C. Farmer, BSN, RN-BC, LMSW

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: 40 minutes

Target Audience: RN, APRN

Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Understand the outcomes of the collaborative partnership between psychiatric mental health nurses and sexual assault nurse examiners.
2. Identify one intra or inter-professional collaboration effort that will improve the health of individuals with mental illness.
3. Identify risk factors for pediatric psychiatric inpatient re-admissions.  
4. Identify tools used in the Psychiatry RN Case Management program.

Keywords: Police, Sexual Assualt, SANE, Victims, Collaboration, Hospital Re-Admissions, Child and Adolescent, Case Manager, Pediatric, Readmit Predictor

Continuing Nursing Education
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 continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 30th Annual Conference
Hartford, Connecticut
Friday, October 21
12:00pm - 12:45pm

Release Date: December 8, 2016
The contact hours for this session expire: November 30, 2019