Mindfulness for the Healthcare Professional

Contact Hour(s):  

1.5 Contact Hours 

Author: 

Andrew Manke (PT, DPT, TPS, PFiT) 

This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Athletic Trainer (AT/AL), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA), Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Respiratory Therapist (RT) 

Accreditations:  

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Board of Certification for Athletic Trainers (BOC)

CEUFast, Inc. is an AOTA Provider of professional development.  PD activity approval ID# 11174. This distant learning-independent activity is offered at 0.015 CEUs Intermediate, Categories: Professional Issues.  The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Florida Physical Therapy Association Approval: CE26-1250460; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353; Nevada Board of Physical Therapy; New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy

Course Description: 

This course discusses strategies for healthcare professionals to incorporate mindfulness into their practice. It includes foundational principles, proposed mechanisms, and basic self-use strategies. 

Outcomes: 

≥ 92% of participants will know about mindfulness principles, proposed mechanisms and mindfulness strategies to incorporate with self-use strategies and during patient care. 

Objectives:

By the end of this course, one will be able to: 

1. Outline how mindfulness can benefit the healthcare professional.
2. Differentiate between formal and informal mindfulness practice.
3. List one of the Attitudinal Foundations of mindfulness practice.
4. Analyze the proposed mechanisms of mindfulness practice.
5. Outline the physiological benefits of mindfulness practice.
6. Analyze what changes in the nervous system are proposed through mindfulness practice.
7. Describe at least one type of mindfulness practice a healthcare professional can incorporate for themselves or into patient care. 

Disclosures: 

CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.