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Managing Inappropriate Patient Behaviors


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Categories:
Behavioral Health
Speaker:
Lisa Kongable, MA, ARNP, PMH-CNS, CNE
Program Type:
Continuing Education
Duration:
1 Hour
License:
Expires 35 day(s) after program date.

Dates


Overview

Target Audience

RN, CNS, LPN/LVN, NP


Course Description

This Nursing Grand Rounds webinar will provide nursing personnel with an overview about managing inappropriate pa-tient behaviors exhibited by patients experiencing mental illness. Various types of inappropriate behavior that are com-monly displayed in in the inpatient psychiatric care setting will be described. Evidence-based-practice nursing interven-tions and strategies for managing inappropriate patient behaviors will be highlighted. The key role that nurses play on the multidisciplinary mental-healthcare team in managing inappropriate patient behaviors in the inpatient-psychiatric-care setting will be emphasized.

Program Learning Outcomes

This program prepares the learner to:

  • Self-report at an 80% rate an increase in knowledge, skill and confidence related to critical thinking to problem solve for caring of patients in the inpatient-psychiatric setting.

Contact Hours


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Contact Hours: 1 

 

MED-ED, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

MED-ED, Inc. is an approved provider by the following State Boards of Nursing: Florida/FBN 50-1286 and California #CEP10453.



Course Materials

Speaker

Lisa Kongable, MA, ARNP, PMH-CNS, CNE's Profile

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Lisa is an associate professor and the associate director of the baccalaureate nursing program at Iowa Wesleyan University in Mount Pleasant. For 20 years, she has taught psychiatric-mental health nursing, focusing on both the theory and clinical aspects of coursework. She has been a psychiatric staff nurse for over 30 years at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, where she has been awarded for nursing education excellence. In this setting, she is involved in leadership committees and the nurse residency program, achieving gold level status for its professional nursing recognition program. Lisa has also functioned in the ARNP role at Optimae LifeServices in Mount Pleasant for nearly 20 years. In addition, she has served as president and board member for the Iowa chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) and has presented on its behalf at the state and national levels.


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