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4044-20:  Improving Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention in Baccalaureate Nursing Education

The presentation will share strategies to include content related to "APNA Essential Competencies for Assessment and  Management of Individuals at Risk for Suicide" in a baccalaureate nursing curriculum. Included will be examples of classroom strategies, clinical practicum strategies and simulation exercises to better prepare graduates for diverse settings.

Presenters:  Claudia Denise Davis, MSN, RN

Disclosures:  The presenters 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:  47 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

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

• Describe the need for suicide risk assessment and intervention, and identify classroom, clinical, and simulation strategies/exercises to increase the ability to assess and intervene in suicide risk.

Keywords:  Suicide Risk, Nursing Education, Suicide Prevention 

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
.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 34th Annual Conference

The contact hours for this session expire:  January 31, 2024