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APNA Utah Chapter Conference 2021 (Virtual): Psychiatric Care: A Year in Review
March 12, 2021
9:15am - 3:15pm Mountain

Nurses and advanced practice providers will discuss current legislative issues, strategies to help person experiencing domestic violence, implementing telehealth as a treatment strategies and cultural competency awareness.


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

1. Discuss advances in psychiatric mental health nursing that will assist in caring for persons with a diagnosis of a mental health condition.
2. Implement network strategies with other psychiatric nurses across the region.

Presenters:  Trudy Bearden, PA-C, MPAS; Diane Forster-Burke, MS, RN; Kathleen Franchek-Roa, MD; Teresa Garrett, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC; Marc-Aurel Martial, PhD, MPH, RN; Nichole Perisho, RN, BSN; Zoe Robbins, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC  

Disclosures:  The presenters and planners has no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose related to the topics of this presentation. Off label use of medications will not be discussed during this presentation. 

Session Length:  6 hours

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Price: $15 APNA Member / $20 Non-member / $15 Non-APNA Student / FREE APNA Student

Registration: You will register for the conference one time, under one account, using one email address. This account will be used to access the conference and complete the post-training evaluation. You will be prompted to login or create a free APNA account. If you already have an APNA account and do not remember the username and password, contact APNA at 855-863-APNA (2762). Do not create a new account. New users will establish a username and password at time of registration.

Step 1: Prior to the Live Virtual Conference:

• Register for APNA Utah Chapter Conference 2021 (Virtual) : Psychiatric Care: A Year in Review. There is no on-site registration for this conference.

Step 2: Attend the Live Virtual Conference: Psychiatric Care: A Year in Review

• Arrive on time for the Live Conference via the link found on the Contents tab in order to be admitted.
• Attend the entire Live Conference.  No partial credit can be awarded.

Step 3: After the Conference:

• Complete the required online Evaluation and Honor Statement. 
• Your nursing continuing professional development certificate will be generated online and available for immediate printing after the completion of the online components.
• All steps MUST be completed prior to Friday, March 26, 2021.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:

4.0 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: attend to the entire live virtual conference, complete all required online components-evaluation and honor statement. Once you have completed the evaluation and honor statement, your nursing continuing professional development certificate will be generated online and available for immediate printing. Credit cannot be earned unless all components of the program are completed. No partial credit can be awarded.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

You must complete the evaluation no later than Friday, March 26, 2021 in order to earn your nursing continuing professional development contact hours and certificate. 

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