Demystifying Psychiatric Problems: Providing Compassionate and
Effective Care to People with Mental Illness
The course is designed to prepare nurses in all clinical settings to
provide safe and effective care for people with psychiatric illnesses.
Psychiatric symptoms and behaviors present challenges for every
nurse in every setting.
During this course, you will actively participate in case scenarios
which will provide an enriching learning experience.
After attending this course, you can expect to have more confidence
in preventing and helping people in crisis.
Skills you can expect to gain during this course:
- Communication & crisis intervention
- Connecting
signs and symptoms to mental illness
- Behavior management
and behavioral charting
- Suicide & violence
prevention
- Psychiatric medications
- Managing distress
& resistance to care
Program Objectives
- Distinguish between balancing factors that are keys to the
successful management of behavioral crises.
- Demonstrate
therapeutic approaches to support patients with challenging
behaviors related to confusion, dementia, psychosis, agitation,
depression, and mania.
- Identify warning signs for
suicide.
- Describe best practices for the prevention and safe
management of aggressive behavior that can occur in the
hospital.
- Describe the safe administration of psychiatric
medications for mood and psychotic disorders.
- Explain
situations in which distress tolerance skills may be helpful to a
patient.
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NOTE: Each registered participant will receive email
notification of access privileges to course material. Access
privileges will remain available for 3 months following the
event date.
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No
representations or warranties are made for outside use.
Not for
outside reproductions or publications without permission from faculty.
Due to copyright regulations and protecting Patient Health
Information (PHI), some of the slides may not contain the pictures
as seen in class.
