Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
1 Contact Hour
Author:
Desiree Reinken, PhD, APRN, NP-C
This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN)
Accreditations:
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
State Approvals:
Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353
Course Description:
This course discusses suicide prevention for nurses, including risk factors that increase the incidence of nurse suicide, best practices to reduce suicide, and ethical and legal considerations in caring for suicidal nurses. This course meets Kentucky requirements.
Outcomes:
>92% of participants will know risk factors that increase the incidence of nurse suicide, best practices to reduce suicide, and ethical and legal considerations in caring for suicidal nurses.
Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe signs and symptoms of suicidality.
- Identify risk and protective factors of suicide.
- Outline legal and ethical considerations in caring for nurses who are suicidal.
- Summarize evidence-based care approaches for suicidal nurses.
- Analyze methods to reduce the incidence of suicide among nurses.
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.