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Psychopharmacology Update for School Nurses: Working Inter-professionally within your environment
Do you feel prepared to care for students taking medication for psychiatric diagnoses? Do you have systems of collaboration established with your school interdisciplinary teams to offer high-quality care across the school setting to these students?
This course is designed to provide school health professionals (SHPs) with up-to-date information on prescribing practices for prevalent mental health conditions and describe best practices for comprehensive medication management and interprofessional collaboration in school settings
Target Audience
This program is designed and certified for the school health team:
- School nurses
- School Psychologists
- Other school health professionals
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Obtain up-to-date knowledge of medications currently being prescribed to treat psychiatric conditions in youth
- Understand the role of the school nurse in monitoring for therapeutic and adverse effects of common medications used to treat psychiatric conditions in youth
- Develop the ability to assess the quality of school/district interprofessional behavioral health team culture and collaboration efforts to support students being treated for mental health diagnoses
- Identify strategies to enhance collaboration between school professionals in student care planning and implementation
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Agenda
Time | Topic(s) | Presenter(s) |
1 minute | Welcome | Erin Sivak, MSN, BSN, RN |
33 minutes | Psychopharmacology Update for School Nurses | Susan Franchi, DNP, FNP-C, RN |
41 minutes | Working Inter-professionally within your environment | Susan Franchi, DNP, FNP-C, RN Laura Rogers, Ed. D |
Complete post-test, evaluation, and claim credit | ||
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine asks all individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. This information is disclosed to all activity participants prior to the start of the educational activity. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine has procedures to mitigate all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. In addition, faculty members are asked to disclose when any unapproved use of pharmaceuticals and devices is being discussed.
In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all relevant financial relationships that faculty, planners, authors, and anyone who may be in control of content have with ineligible companies have been mitigated.
No faculty has any financial relationships to disclose. Faculty members do not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.
Susan Franchi, DNP, FNP-C,RN
SHIELD Course Development and Nurse Training Specialist
Faculty
Laura Rogers, Ed. D
Senior Lecturer Emerita at Tufts University
Faculty
Erin Sivak, MSN, BSN, RN
SHIELD Assistant Director
Nurse Advisor
Beverly Heinze-Lacey, MPH, BSN, RN
Director, BU SHIELD
Nurse Planner
CNE Program Manager: Lesly Zapata
In support of improving patient care, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Contact Hours: 1.50 credits, of which 0.75 are eligible for pharmacology credit
IPCE Credit
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 1.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
SHIELD is a DESE-approved provider for PDPs. PDP certificates are issued for programs/series lasting 10 or more hours on a topic. CNE certificates are also issued for eligible courses. Learners may use CNE certificates toward PDPs.
Course Release Date: 05/08/2022
Material Reviewed: 4/10/2023, 3/27/2024
Course Expiration Date: 3/26/2025
Available Credit
- 1.50 ANCC
- 0.75 ANCC Pharmacology
- 1.50 Participation
Price
Note that live technical support is available on weekdays 9 am-5 pm, so plan your learning time accordingly. Please email BU SHIELD with any questions
Disclaimer
THIS CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS. THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT REPLACE YOUR HOME COUNTRY’S LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND GUIDELINES CONCERNING MEDICAL CARE AND DRUG PRESCRIPTION ACTIVITIES. IN NO EVENT SHALL BOSTON UNIVERSITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DECISION MADE OR ACTION TAKEN IN RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROGRAM. IN NO EVENT SHOULD THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE PROGRAM BE USED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL CARE. NO PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP IS BEING ESTABLISHED.
Copyright
This material is copyrighted by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH). MDPH grants permission for use of these materials for non-commercial educational use only, provided credit is given to the MDPH. Modification of content is permitted only with prior approval of the MDPH School Health Unit.
Special Services / Dietary Needs
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability, require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason please contact the BU-CCE Office at cme@bu.edu