MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING: Skills to Prepare People for Change- Jan. 2024

January 19, 2024

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. 

Course summary
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.

  • 5.50 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 5.50 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
Course opens: 
11/30/2023
Course expires: 
02/29/2024
Event starts: 
01/19/2024 - 8:00am CST
Event ends: 
01/19/2024 - 4:30pm CST
Rating: 
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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 5.75 continuing professional development hours, the participant must attend the program in its entirety and complete the evaluation tool.


This offering complies with Sec.781.509 of the rules of the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners. Houston Methodist designates this activity for 5.50 CEU’s for social work. 

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.

  • 5.50 Social Work
    The program has been approved for 5.50 CE contact hours for Social Workers through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners.
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