1. American Psychiatric Nurses Association Illinois Chapter Conference “Psychiatric Nursing in a Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment” Saturday, March 5, 2016 Earn 8.0 contact hours including 2.0 pharmacology hours Space is limited RegisterRegister TODAY! This activity is Jointly Provided by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Illinois Chapter and Northwestern Medicine /Northwestern Memorial HealthCare – NM Academy

2. Conference schedule 8:00 Registration, light breakfast, Poster presentation Welcome remarks 8:30-9:30 “Psychiatric Nurses as Everyday Leaders” Mary Ann Nihart, MA, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC President of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 9:30-10:30 ”When not to prescribe Benzodiazepines: You’re getting nervous already, aren’t you?”* Alan Tony Amberg, MS, MSN, APN, PMHNP-BC Lauren Prazek, MSN, APN PMHNP-BC 10:45-11:45 “The Illinois Legislative Landscape: Nursing Making Strides in Springfield” P Panel – Hon. State Senator Heather Steans, Hon. State Representative. Sara Feigenholtz Susan Swart, MS, RN, CAE -Executive Director Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing Moderator –Julie Carbray, PhD, APRN, BC 11:45-12:30 Business Meeting, Lunch, Poster Presentation Sponsor Exhibit 12:30-1:30 “Practice Models, the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Workforce and Illinois Demand: The Road to Directing our Future” Kathleen Delaney, PHD, PMH-NP, RN 2015 APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year 1:30-2:30 “Opiate Addiction Nursing Interventions from Detox to Remission”* Doris Van Byssum Psy D, APN, PMHNP-BC and Joseph Lyon, MSN, RN, APN, FNP-BC 2:45-3:30 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing in a Detention Setting: A Collaborative Model for Creating and Sustaining Meaningful Change” Nancy C. Fowler MSN, PMHNP, CCHP 3:30-4:30 NAMI Consumers Panel: In our Own Voices Moderator - Michelle Gehring DHA, MSN, RN 4:30 -6:30 Reception/Networking event/Poster viewing (Beer, wine and hors d’oeuvre) * Denotes Pharmacological CE

3. Conference Location: Northwestern Memorial Hospital Prentice Pavilion, 3rd Floor, Conference Room L 250 E. Superior, Chicago, Illinois 60611 Psychiatric Nursing in a Rapidly Changing Health Care Environment Hotel Accommodations: Discounted rate March 5 th and 6 th, 2016 Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown Magnificent mile 160 E. Huron St., Chicago Phone: 312-706-0888 Additional Hotels near the conference can be found at http://www.cme.northwestern.edu/about/directions.htm http://www.cme.northwestern.edu/about/directions.htm Conference fee APNA members $50 Non-members $75 Register at www.apna.org/APNAILRegisterwww.apna.org/APNAILRegister *First 100 registered paying attendees will receive a $10 certificate to Beatrix restaurant Presentation Handouts: Handouts will be delivered via email to all registrants prior to the conference date. Registrants are encouraged to print handouts or store them on an electronic device. You will receive a paper and pen upon check-in for your note-taking needs. Cancellation Policy: Cancellations require written notification to Richard Ray at rray@nmh.org. All refund requests must be received by February 27, 2015. A $25 processing fee will be charged. No-shows will not be granted a refund.rray@nmh.org Parking: Free parking for early bird registration before February 27 at 259 E. Erie Parking garage (located in the Hospital) Vouchers will be provided at the end of the last session of the conference. Objectives: 1)Identify the many paths each of us can choose for professional leadership as a psychiatric mental health nurse 2)Identify at least one psychiatric nursing best practice recommendation to integrate into my own clinical practice 3)Describe changes in clinical practice due to new legislation and rules concerning substance use treatment. This conference is sponsored by the following : Key Sponsor: American Addiction Centers Breakfast Sponsor: Chicago Lakeshore Hospital Lunch Sponsor: Timberline Knolls Networking Event Sponsor: Wexford Health Source Major Contributing Sponsors: Rosecrance Linden Oakes Behavioral Health Alkermes Pharmaceuticals Contributing sponsors: Sunovion Takeda Alliance & Lundbeck Astra Zeneca Assurex Health (Genesight) Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. University of St. Francis School of Nursing Midwest Center for Youth and Families Michiana Behavioral Health

4. Northwestern Medicine/ Northwestern Memorial HealthCare – NM Academy (OH-375, 2/1/2017) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity has been given 8 contact hours, which includes 2 Pharmacology contact hours. For General Questions Please Contact: Richard Ray, RN, MS, PMH-BC at e-mail rray@nmh.orgrray@nmh.org Patricia Roberts, MSN, RN, PMHCNS-BC, NE-BC at e-mail proberts@nmh.org.proberts@nmh.org