Motivational Interviewing: Skills to Prepare People for Change
NURSES AND SOCIAL WORKERS: “MI is a collaborative, goal-oriented style of communication with particular attention to the language of change. It is designed to strengthen personal motivation for and commitment to a specific goal by eliciting and exploring the person’s own reasons for change within an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion.” - Miller & Rollnick, 2013, p. 29, as cited by MINT
Target Audience
Registered Nurses
Social Workers
Learning Objectives
Nursing Learning Outcome:
Health care provider and leaders attending this activity will apply knowledge of Motivational Interviewing and demonstrate improved counseling and interaction skills to facilitate positive change behaviors in patients care and leadership situations.
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital
WB-Hickory; WB-Redwood; WB-Pine
Dr. Kelli Drenner
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
To be awarded 5.50 continuing professional development hours, the participant must attend the program in its entirety and complete the evaluation tool.
Available Credit
- 5.75 Attendance
- 5.75 Nursing Contact Hours
Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Houston Methodist will award 5.75 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.
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