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Championing the "Me" in Treatment: A Quality Improvement Project to Increase Individual Patient Participation in Treatment Planning in an Inpatient Behavioral Health Facility

The presentation addresses the pervasive myth that inpatient behavioral health patients cannot effectively participate in shared decision-making and treatment planning while providing a clinical nurse specialist-driven real world example of how this can be practically accomplishing in an inpatient setting with opportunities for the future.

Presenter:  Erin Liebman, DNP, RN, APN, AGCNS-BC

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:  15 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome: 

Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will: 

• Identify strategies to increase patient involvement in shared decision-making and opportunities for improvement in inpatient behavioral health facilities.

Keywords:  Shared Decision Making, Self-efficacy Theory, Staff Education, Inpatient, Patient Centered Treatment, Quality Improvement Program, Clinical Practice, Patient Treatment Plans, Patient Goals, Poster Presentation

Price:  Free

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:

0.25 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: watch the video in its entirety, complete the evaluation, and submit the honor statement. Once you have completed all components, your nursing continuing professional development contact hours certificate will be generated online and available for immediate printing or downloading. Credit cannot be earned unless all 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:  May 1, 2025
Access to this presentation will end:  April 30, 2028

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