4011-18: Up the Behavior Change River without any OARS?: Applying the Spirit of Motivational Interviewing and Listening Skills for Challenging Clinical Problems

Got patients who can’t stop smoking no matter what? Who take their medications sporadically at best? Having trouble establishing therapeutic and effective communication? Feeling dissatisfied? Let’s explore common challenges and solutions together. Bring your most vexing clinical conundrum and learn directly applicable intervention skills in this practical, interactive session.

Presenters:  Susan W. Blaakman, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC; Carol A. Essenmacher, PMHCNS-BC, DNP, CTTS

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

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

• Utilize the spirit of Motivational Interviewing and reflective listening skills in case scenario role-plays geared to support health behavior change.

Keywords:  Motivation, Behavior Change, Counseling

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 32nd Annual Conference
Columbus, Ohio
Saturday, October 27, 2018
10:15am - 11:00am

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