FORMAT: Online Webinar
DATE: Session 2, May 31, 2024
This will be a 2-part mini-series, 4 hours each session.
To register for the All Sessions or Session 1, click the option of your choice below:
- All Sessions: May 30 & 31, 2024
- Session 1: May 30, 2024
Course Description
Do you feel ill-equipped to handle the realities of long-term patient cases? Eager to develop confidence in leading a behavioral health group therapy? Unsure how to fully support LGBTQ and adolescent behavioral health needs? What cultural considerations need to be included when caring for native American health? Do you feel confident advocating for your mental health at work? The seminar hopes to discuss professional practice gaps and increase knowledge of behavioral health practice to improve patient safety and patient outcomes.
Target Audience
All registered nurses, graduate nurses, and mental health workers and other healthcare professionals working in a behavioral healthcare setting.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, participants will have increased knowledge and skills to:
- Demonstrate an increase in knowledge in current behavioral health practices.
- Apply evidence-based behavioral health practices to improve safe patient care and quality outcomes.
Program Schedule
Schedule Behavioral Health Series 2024 | Session 2
| ZOOM – May 31st, 2024 | ||
| Time | Topics | Speaker(s) |
| 8:00 – 9:00 AM | LBGTQ and Mental Health Challenges Update | Kate Bautch, MA, EdD |
| 9:10 – 10:10 AM | Initiation of Medication-Assisted Therapy in the ER (Rx) | Bridget O'Connor, DNP, RN
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| 10: 20 – 11:20 AM | Challenging Behaviors in Patients with Intellectual Disability: A Special Look through the Lens of Prader Willi Syndrome | Julia Mitzel, ARNP
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| 11: 30 – 12:30 PM | How to Lead a Behavioral Health Group Therapy | Koriann B Cox, PhD |
| 4 CE | ||
FORMAT: Webinar
DATE: Friday | June 21, 2024
LOCATION: ZOOM
Conference Description
Advance your leadership abilities with this transformative webinar, crafted to enhance the leadership skills of nursing professionals at every career stage. Whether you’re a newly appointed manager striving to inspire your team, an executive looking to further hone your abilities, or a healthcare provider aiming to maximize your influence – this is the program for you.
Through interactive learning methods like breakout groups, discussions, and case studies, you’ll gain confidence in handling conflicts, leveraging emotional intelligence for clear communication, building high-performing teams, and making impactful leadership decisions.
Target Audience
Staff nurses, clinical nurse specialists, nurse managers, preceptors, and healthcare providers in all clinical and academic settings involved in any leadership role.
Learning Outcomes
After this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate increased emotional intelligence in everyday clinical practice & leadership decision making.
- Recognize psychological safety within a workplace with emotionally intelligent leaders.
Schedule
Schedule
TIME TOPIC
8:00 Welcome and Overview
8:15 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Assessment: Part I
9:15 Break
9:25 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Assessment: Part II
10:25 Break
10:35 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Assessment: Part III
11:35 Lunch
12:20 Leadership Style: Determining the Type of Leader You Are
1:50 Break
2:00 Effective Communication: Conflict Management
3:00 Break
3:10 Effective Communication: Delivering Feedback
4:10 Wrap Up
4:30 Evaluation and Adjourn
Required Reading
PLEASE NOTE, in order to fully participate in this course, you will need to acquire two books in advance:
1. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves.
The instructors for this course will be referencing this book, as well as the Emotional Intelligence Assessment that is included with the book. We have deducted the cost of the book from the registration fee to accommodate for the purchasing of this e-book.
2. The 8 Dimensions of Leadership. Sugarman, J., Scullard, M., & Wilhelm, E. (2011). The 8 dimensions of leadership. San Francisco. ISBN-13: 978-1605099552
Speaker
Amy Howells, PhD, ARNP, CPNP-AC/PC
Amy Howells, PhD, CPNP-AC/PC | School of Nursing (uw.edu)
Associate Teaching Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Department, UW School of Nursing; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Department, Seattle Children’s Hospital
FORMAT: Webinar
DATE: Friday | June 7, 2024
LOCATION: ZOOM
Conference Description
Advance your leadership abilities with this transformative webinar, crafted to enhance the leadership skills of nursing professionals at every career stage. Whether you’re a newly appointed manager striving to inspire your team, an executive looking to further hone your abilities, or a healthcare provider aiming to maximize your influence – this is the program for you.
Through interactive learning methods like breakout groups, discussions, and case studies, you’ll gain confidence in handling conflicts, leveraging emotional intelligence for clear communication, building high-performing teams, and making impactful leadership decisions.
Target Audience
Staff nurses, clinical nurse specialists, nurse managers, preceptors, and healthcare providers in all clinical and academic settings involved in any leadership role.
Learning Outcomes
After this course participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate increased emotional intelligence in everyday clinical practice & leadership decision making.
- Recognize psychological safety within a workplace with emotionally intelligent leaders.
Schedule
Schedule
TIME TOPIC
8:00 Welcome and Overview
8:15 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Assessment: Part I
9:15 Break
9:25 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Assessment: Part II
10:25 Break
10:35 Introduction to Emotional Intelligence and Assessment: Part III
11:35 Lunch
12:20 Leadership Style: Determining the Type of Leader You Are
1:50 Break
2:00 Effective Communication: Conflict Management
3:00 Break
3:10 Effective Communication: Delivering Feedback
4:10 Wrap Up
4:30 Evaluation and Adjourn
Required Reading
PLEASE NOTE, in order to fully participate in this course, you will need to acquire two books in advance:
1. Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves.
You must complete the assessment at the end of this book before the start of the course. The instructors for this course will be referencing this book, as well as the Emotional Intelligence Assessment that is included with the book. We have deducted the cost of the book from the registration fee to accommodate for the purchasing of this e-book.
OPTIONAL: The 8 Dimensions of Leadership. Sugarman, J., Scullard, M., & Wilhelm, E. (2011). The 8 dimensions of leadership. San Francisco. ISBN-13: 978-1605099552
Speaker
Amy Howells, PhD, ARNP, CPNP-AC/PC
Amy Howells, PhD, CPNP-AC/PC | School of Nursing (uw.edu)
Associate Teaching Professor, Child, Family, and Population Health Department, UW School of Nursing; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Department, Seattle Children’s Hospital