The Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska (BHECN) and the UNMC College of Nursing are hosting the second annual Psychiatric Nursing Workforce Summit from 8 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 1 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.
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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.
Julia Houfek, Ph.D., professor of nursing at UNMC, said, “This year’s summit builds on the momentum generated at our first event. The summit provides an exciting opportunity to bring nurses together to consider and discuss important issues and topics that impact psychiatric mental health nursing practice and education as well as the current and future psychiatric nursing workforce in Nebraska.”
“Developing Nebraska’s psychiatric nursing workforce is of critical importance in addressing behavioral health workforce shortages in our state,” said BHECN Director Howard Liu, M.D. “We look forward to sharing strategies and new ideas to advance workforce development in this area.”
View more details and the agenda.
Register online before 5 p.m. on Oct. 25. The cost is $50. The course ID is 17CE066.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is provided for 4.75 contact hours under ANCC criteria.