403-26: Neurocognitive Disorders: Clinical Update

This presentation will provide attendees with an overview of updates in the diagnosis and treatment of neurocognitive disorders and their psychiatric manifestations. Conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body disease, vascular dementia, and other neurocognitive disorders will be discussed. Topics to be covered will include biomarkers and diagnostic workups, addressing psychiatric and behavioral symptoms, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Presenter:  Lyons Hardy, EdD, MSN, PMHNP

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  1 hour 30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Describe treatment options for two common neurocognitive disorders and associated psychiatric symptoms.

Keywords:  Dementia, Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's, Vascular, Lewy Body, Frontotemporal Degeneration

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
1.5 pharmacology contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete the evaluation and honor statement, and pass the post-test with a score of 80% or higher before the expiration date. Once all steps are successfully completed, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. Contact hours cannot be awarded unless all required components are completed. Partial credit will not be awarded.

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.

Release date:  July 7, 2026
Access to this course will end:  July 31, 2028

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