Psychopharmacology for Clinical Practice - Pediatric Edition
A Review of Psychotropic Medications
for Used In the Care of Children
Registration Fee
- Early Registration Fee: $145 postmarked by or on April 25, 2012
- Regular Registration Fee: $165 postmarked after April 25, 2012
Includes tuition, course materials, light continental breakfast and lunch.
Who Should Attend
Providers who prescribe or administer psychotropics or providers who work
with clients who are receiving psychotropics:
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians
- Registered Nurses who work in primary or acute care
- Social Workers
- Case Managers
- Psychologists
- Occupational Therapists
- School Nurses
Note: In order to receive contact hours, participants must
attend the entire session and complete an evaluation.
Faculty
Janet A. Sobczak,
Ph.D., PMHCNS-BC, RN,
Associate Professor and Coordinator
Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner Program
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Dr. Sobczak obtained her BSN from Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, MA, her MSN in Psychiatric
Mental Health Nursing from the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville, her PhD from the Medical College of
Georgia, a post doctoral fellowship at the University of
Washington’s Department of Psychosocial and
Community Health Nursing, and a Post Master’s
Certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse
Practitioner at SUNY Stonybrook. She is ANCC certified
as a Family Psychiatric Mental Health NP as well
as an Adult Psychiatric Mental Health CNS. In addition
to coordinating the Family Psychiatric Mental
Health Nurse Practitioner Program at Upstate Medical
University College of Nursing, Dr. Sobczak maintains a
private practice in North Syracuse.
Course Objectives
Following this program the participant will be able to:
- Correlate neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
with psychopharmacology and psychotropic drugs.
- Discuss the general principles of prescribing
psychotropic medications to adult clients, including
related ethical and legal issues.
- Describe indications, targeted effects, drug
interactions, side effects and potential adverse
effects of common psychotropics, including:
- Antipsychotics
- Antidepressants
- Mood stabilizing agents
- Anxiolytics
- Cognitive enhancers
- Explain current protocols for the treatment of common mental health conditions
such as mood disorders, anxiety disorders and disorders of impulse control.
Accreditation & Nursing Contact Hours
Contact Hours: 6.25
The SUNY Upstate Medical University Institute for
Continuing Nursing Education (ICNE) is an approved
provider of continuing nursing education by the New
York State Nurses Association, an accredited
approver by the American Nurses’ Credentialing
Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
ICNE wishes to disclose that no commercial support
was received for this program.
It has been assigned Provider Code 8GAL2B-PRV-11
For more information, please contact Barbara
Black, MA, MSN, ANP, RN, Director, Center for Continuing Nursing Education,
315-464-4276.
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