APNA 29th Annual Conference Session Handouts

The handouts listed below are available to download and print out before the conference. If a session you plan to attend is not listed, the presenter of that session did not submit handouts for us to make available. These handouts should be provided by the presenters on-site at the beginning of the session.

All materials at this conference are for personal educational purposes only and no further use or distribution is permitted.

Thursday Concurrent Sessions:	10:15am - 11:00am	11:15am - 12:00pm
Thursday Mini Concurrent Sessions:	4:00pm - 4:45pm
Thursday Interactive Panels:	5:00pm - 6:30pm
Friday Mini Concurrent Sessions:	11:30am - 12:15pm
Friday Concurrent Sessions:	2:15pm - 3:00pm	3:15pm - 4:00pm	4:15pm - 5:00pm
Friday Interactive Panels:	5:15pm - 6:45pm
Saturday Concurrent Sessions:	10:15am - 11:00am	11:15am - 12:00pm	12:15pm - 1:00pm

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

4001: Foundation Presentation
Speed Networking: Making the Most of Professional Encounters
Presenter: Barbara E. Wolfe, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

Concurrent Sessions
Block 1: 10:15am - 11:00am

4011: Practice Track
Predicting and Intervening Safely with Violence in the Psychiatric Pod of an Emergency Department (RN)
Presenter: Camille M. Kennedy, MSN, RN-C
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: References

4012: Safety Track
Collaborating with Patients and Families to Advance Patient Safety in Mental Health Settings (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Nicole Kirwan, RN, BSCN, MN, CPMHN(C)
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4013: Non-Pharmacologic Interventions Track
Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET): An Innovative Evidenced-Based Practice that Improves Social Cognition, Vocational Success and Physical Health (RN, APRN)
Presenters: Raymond Gonzalez, ACSW,LISW-S; Charlene McAndrews, RN, MSN
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides 1 Slides 2
Additional Handouts: References

4014: Education Track
Nursing Student Attitudes and Readiness for Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical Practice: A Quasi-Quantitative Experimental Study (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Todd B. Hastings, MS, RN, PhD(c)
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: References

4015: Military Track
How a Military Treatment Facility Progressed from Setting the Initial Goal to Sustaining a Culture of Restraint-Free Patient Care: A Collaborative Effort to Educate Military Healthcare Professionals in the Restraint-Free Management of Aggressive, Agitate (RN, APRN)
Presenters: Joseph P. Tomsic, MHPA, MN, NEA-BC, PMHNP-BC; Naomi L. Winterheld, MS, CMSRN, ACCNS-AG
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 References

4016: Research Track
Motivational Interviewing within Compliance/Adherence Therapy to Improve Outcomes of People with Severe Mental Illness: Meta-analysis (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Choochart Wong-Anuchit, PhD (Candidate)
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4017: Outpatient Track
Psychiatric Polypharmacy: Questions or Concern? (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Melissa C. Whitesell, MS, CPNP-AC, FNP-BC, PMHS-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

1000b: Psychotherapy for Advanced Practice Nurses Conference Course
New Uses of Psychotherapy: CBT, Psychodynamic and Motivational Interviewing Models in Real World Treatment Centers - Part 2 (APRN)
Additional handouts and slides will be available onsite.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

Concurrent Sessions
Block 2: 11:15am - 12:00pm

4021: Practice Track
Recovery-Based Care in a Psychiatric Emergency Department Results in a Near Restraint Free Environment for Patients: It IS Possible! (RN, APRN)
Presenters: Constance Noll, MA, MSN, PMHNP-BC; Zelda Ann Falck, MS, BSN, RN-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4022: Safety Track
Intentional Hourly Rounding in an Acute Mental Health Department (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Beckie Langenbach, MSN, RN-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4023: Non-pharmacologic Interventions Track
Neurofeedback: What Is It? How to Use It as an Integral Part of Psychiatric Nursing Practice (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Susan Parcell Bindewald, PMHCNS-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4024: Education Track
Breaking Down Stigma for the Next Generation of Nurses (APRN)
Presenter: Janet S. Merritt, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4025: Military Track
Practicing within VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of PTSD: A Case Review and Outcomes from a Civilian Provider serving Military Personnel in Europe (APRN)
Presenter: Catherine M. Stuart, APRN, CNS, FPMHNP
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: Handout 1 Handout 2 Handout 3 References

4026: Research Track
Evaluation of Motivational Interviewing to Improve Medication Adherence in Adolescents Taking Psychotropic Medication (APRN)
Presenter: Vanya L. Hamrin, DNP, PMHNP
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: References

4027: Outpatient Track
We're Not Opposing Magnets: Engaging Persons Court Ordered to Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment (APRN)
Presenter: Judith Gentz, MSN, PMHCNS-BC, NP
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: References

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

Concurrent Sessions
Block 3: 12:15pm - 1:00pm

4031: Practice Track
Understanding Non-Pharmacological PTSD Treatments (APRN)
Presenters: Susanne Fogger DNP, CRNP; Randy Moore, DNP, RN
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: References

4032: Safety Track
Safety Monitoring - One Size Does Not Fit All (RN)
Presenter: Linda Paradiso, MSN, RN, NPP, NEA-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4033: Non-pharmacologic Interventions Track
Brain Stimulation – What Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) Nurses Need to Know (RN, APRN)
Presenters: Donna J. Ecklesdafer, MSN, BSN, RN; Mary Rosedale, PhD, PMHNP-BC, NEA-BC; Paula S. Bolton MS, RN, ANP-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4034: Education Track
Reducing Stigma Among NP Students of Varying Disciplines with the use of Standardized Patient Simulation (RN, APRN)
Presenters: Ruth Milstein, DNP, PMHNP-BC, LMHC; Clare M. Conner, DNP, APRN
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

4035: Military Track
Barriers to Mental Health Care and Challenges to Veterans’ Transition from Military to Civilian Life (RN)
Presenters: Bayani Dilag, RN; Ann M. Dalter, MSEd, CCM, RN
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: Handout References

4036: Research Track
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Its Impact on Resilience in Homeless Young Adults (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Linda Grabbe, PhD, FNP-BC, PMHN-BC
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides
Additional Handouts: References

4037: Outpatient Track
Patient Satisfaction with Shared Medical Appointments for Women with Depression (RN, APRN)
Presenter: Jerilyn M. Hagan, JD, MSN, CNS
Powerpoint Handouts: Slides

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