Suicide Prevention: Identify and Treat at Risk Patients

Contact Hour(s): 

6 Contact hours, including 6 Advanced Pharmacology Hours

Author:

Melissa Decapria, DNP, PMHNP-BC

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

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Midwife, Certified Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Student, Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA), Other, Physical Therapist (PT), Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner, Respiratory Care Practitioner, Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Accreditations:

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

State Approvals:

Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Florida Physical Therapy Association Approval: CE26-767443; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353; New York State Education Department’s State Board for Physical Therapy

Course Description:

This course offers suicide prevention training for healthcare professionals. Participants will learn how to screen, assess and manage suicidal thoughts, plans, and behaviors.

Outcomes:

≥ 92% of participants will know how to assess, treat, and manage suicidal thoughts, plans, and behaviors.

Objectives:

After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:

1. Recall terms that describe suicidal thinking and behavior.
2. Define both suicide risk factors and protective factors.
3. Differentiate suicide risk screening and assessments.
4. Describe the current prevalence of suicide rates compared with other major causes of death.
5. Identify the major risk factors for suicide.
6. Differentiate between high-risk and low-risk characteristics.
7. Define parasuicidality.
8. Distinguish lethal means from self-injurious behaviors.
9. Outline how to complete a comprehensive suicide assessment.
10. Identify psychiatric signs and symptoms that increase a person's suicide risk.
11. Describe the appropriate treatment and management of suicidal behaviors.
12. Summarize how to determine the treatment setting following a suicide attempt or aborted suicide attempt.
13. Recognize when and how to document suicidal thoughts, plans, and behaviors in order to mitigate risk and prevent malpractice lawsuits.
14. Illustrate the increased need for suicide prevention in the veteran population.
15. Relate non-pharmacological interventions' role in the management of depression.
16. Discuss the safety and efficacy of different antidepressant medications.

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.