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4037-24: The Modified Behavioral Health Care Competency Scale: A Connection Tool to Promote More Integration Between Practice, Education, and Research

In this interactive session, participants will have the opportunity to take the modified Behavioral Health Care Competency (Rutledge, et al., 2012; Tice, 2020) tool and evaluate how this reliable and validated competency tool might be used to improve connections between practice, education, and research in their settings.

Presenters:  Maria M. Tice, PhD, RN, PHN, CNE; Valerye N. Peterson, Student

Disclosures:  The APNA planners and faculty have no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Off-label uses will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  30 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Identify one evidence-based strategy or intervention to improve psychiatric mental health competencies and competence for generalist nurses working in non-psychiatric settings.

Keywords:  Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Psychiatric Illness, Competencies and Skills, Nurse, Nurses, Nursing

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.5 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to the 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.

Release Date:  December 20, 2024
Access to this course will end:  December 1, 2027

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