The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) is hosting the inaugural Psychiatric Nursing Workforce Summit from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 at the Scott Conference Center, 6550 Pine St., Omaha.
The conference, titled “Strengthening the Psychiatric Mental Health Workforce: Practice, Education and Policy Considerations,” is open to nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other health professionals or students who are interested in mental/behavioral health. Presentations will focus on the current landscape of the psychiatric nursing workforce in Nebraska and address the practice, education and policy considerations needed to fulfill the current needs and plan for workforce growth.
“Developing Nebraska’s psychiatric nursing workforce is of critical importance in our state, and we couldn’t be more pleased to bring together leaders from academia, the clinical setting and state government to develop the foundation of this discussion,” said BHECN Director Howard Liu, M.D. “BHECN has made a three-year commitment to host this annual summit.”
The keynote presenter, Gail Stuart, Ph.D., dean of the College of Nursing at the Medical University of South Carolina, is a leader in the field of psychiatric nursing with clinical and research interest involving the study of depression, anxiety disorders, clinical outcomes and mental health delivery systems.
More details and the agenda can be viewed here.
Registration is $45, and the deadline is Sept.25 at 5 p.m. Register online here.
The UNMC College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is provided for 5.5 contact hours.
This will be a really amazing event! You don't have to be a psych nurse to attend; this topic is relevant to primary care as well.