Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
2 Contact Hours
Author:
Alyssa King, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C, CLC, CNE
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), Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Midwife (MW), Nursing Student, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner
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 the importance of mental health for nurses and how mental health can be achieved and maintained. This course will cover various important mental health terminology, specific to nursing, including burnout, compassion fatigue, imposter syndrome, and resilience, and the researched impact of numerous situations within the nursing field on nurses’ mental health. It will also equip the nurse with the knowledge of how the profession can potentially negatively impact us and what we can do to mitigate those effects. Most importantly, this course will provide the nurse with what we can do to best take care of ourselves so that we are able to take the best care of our patients.
Outcomes:
≥ 92% of participants will know how to assess and care for their own mental health as nurses.
Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:
- Define the mental health terminology specific to the experience of nurses.
- Describe the cited issues within the nursing field and their impact on nurses.
- List the mental health risk factors and protective factors.
- Explain how nurses can best care for their mental health.
- Indicate which coping tools and resources nurses can use to manage, treat, and prioritize their mental health.
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.