Navigating Mental Health and Tuberculosis: Soft Landing Please!

Webinar Date: November 9, 2023 

Webinar Time: 12:00 - 1:30pm Pacific Time
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Cost: There is no fee for this training.

Credit: This training is approved for up to 1.50 nursing continuing education hours (see below). Certificates will be available approximately 12 weeks after the training.

Target Audience: This webinar is intended for public health nurses, nurse case managers, and other healthcare personnel to promote TB care for patients with mental health needs. This training opportunity is available to a national audience.

Description: This presentation will cover important TB case management considerations for patients with TB and mental health diagnoses along with tools and tips for supporting care. This webinar is part of a collaborative Nurse Education Series. The 4 Tuberculosis Centers of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COEs)  have partnered with the National Tuberculosis Nursing Coalition (NTNC) to offer a tuberculosis nurse case conference series.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the training, participants will be able to:

• describe several strategies to identify underlying mental illness during an intake/admission assessment
• conduct a medication history and assess for potential drug-drug interactions between commonly prescribed tuberculosis and psychoactive medications
• describe 3 common stressors for patients with a mental health disorder when diagnosed with tuberculosis
• identify 2 community resource partners to assist in management of mental illness
• apply knowledge gained to support and improve outcomes of patients with tuberculosis and mental health diagnoses

Training Format: resource discussion, case study, and Q&A/discussion

Presenters:

Rocio Agraz-Lara, MSN, RN, PHN
 Nurse Manager, Tuberculosis Clinic
 Population Health Division
 San Francisco Department of Public Health
 San Francisco, CA

Shannon F. Brown, RN, BSN, MHA, CCM
 TB Case Manager
  Texas Center for Infectious Diseases
  Texas Department of State Health Services
  San Antonio, TX

Joanne Huang, PharmD
  Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist
  Medicine Valley Medical Center
  University of Washington
  Renton, WA

Janice Louie, MD, MPH
  Medical Director
  Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program
  San Francisco Department of Public Health
  San Francisco, CA

Ma Khine Min Naing, RN, BSN
  Public Health Nurse
  Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Program
  San Francisco Department of Public Health
  San Francisco, CA

Sergio Orozco, PhD
  Clinical Psychologist III
  Texas Center for Infectious Diseases
  Texas Department of State Health Services
  San Antonio, TX

Anthony Palomo, MS, LCDC, LPC
  Substance Abuse Counselor
  Texas Department of State Health Services
  San Antonio, TX
 

Facilitator:

 Ann Raftery, RN, PHN, MS
  Associate Medical Director
  Curry International Tuberculosis Center
  University of California, San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is approved as a provider of continuing education by the California State Board of Registered Nurses, Provider Number CEP 12308. This training is approved for up to 1.50 continuing education hours. Board requirements prevent us from offering CE credit to people who arrive more than 15 minutes after the start of the training, or leave the training early. Therefore, partial credit will not be awarded.

The Curry International Tuberculosis Center is designated as a Tuberculosis Center of Excellence for Training, Education, and Medical Consultation (TB COE) via a funded cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Curry International Tuberculosis Center prioritizes learners from the western region of the United States which consists of seventeen jurisdictions: Alaska, Arizona, California (including Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco), Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and the U.S. Pacific Island Territories.