Course Description
Free nursing CEU course. Understand and learn ways to mitigate the mental health impacts of a pandemic. Review recent pandemics, including coronavirus (COVID-19) issues. This course focuses on preventing and addressing stress and anxiety during this unprecedented crisis and focuses on strategies for mental well-being.
Course Learning Objectives
| 1) Define the term “pandemic.” |
| 2) Describe the psychological effects of a widespread infectious illness and effects unique to healthcare workers. |
| 3) Summarize strategies to reduce mental health impacts among healthcare workers. |
| 4) Discuss the “duty of care” concept. |
Course Professions
| Nursing |
| Paramedic/EMT |
| Occupational Therapy |
| Physical Therapy |
Course Summaries
Nursing:
Understand the psychological effects of a widespread infectious illness, including effects unique to healthcare workers; learn strategies to reduce impacts on mental health among yourself, and coworkers. |
Paramedic/EMT:
Understand the psychological effects of a widespread infectious illness, including effects unique to healthcare workers; learn strategies to reduce impacts on mental health among yourself, and coworkers. |
Occupational Therapy:
Understand the psychological effects of a widespread infectious illness, including effects unique to healthcare workers; learn strategies to reduce impacts on mental health among yourself, and coworkers. |
Physical Therapy:
Understand the psychological effects of a widespread infectious illness, including effects unique to healthcare workers; learn strategies to reduce impacts on mental health among yourself, and coworkers. |
Accreditation & Approval Information
N/A
Course Statements - Nursing
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. |
| Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #12300. |
Course Statements - Occupational Therapy
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 06981. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 1.00 CEUs, xxx aotaEdLevel xxx, Foundational Knowledge. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
Course Statements - Paramedic/EMT
Wild Iris Medical Education is an approved provider for paramedic and EMT continuing education in California by the Coastal Valleys EMS Agency: CE Provider #49-0057.
Course Statements - Physical Therapy
| Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is a Continuing Competency Approval Agency recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California. |
| Approval of physical therapy continuing education credit varies by state. Confirm approval with your state's licensing agency before you take the course for CE credit. See Physical Therapy CE Approval for more information. |
Course Notes - Physical Therapy
FLORIDA PT: This course is not approved for PTs/PTAs in Florida.
Course Categories
| Clinical Application |
| Infectious Disease |
| Professional Issues |
| Critical Care |
| Emergency Nursing |
| Infection Control/Public Health |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing |
| Workplace Safety (OSHA) & Accident Prevention |
| Medical |
| Special Considerations |
| Clinical Application |
| Foundational Knowledge |
| Infectious Disease |
Authors
Judith Swan
MSN, BSN, ADN
Judith Swan has been in the healthcare field for over fifty years, beginning as a medic in the U.S. Air Force. As an RN, she has worked in mental health, emergency, orthopedics, hospice, and medical/surgical. She holds an MSN as a family nurse practitioner. Judith's experience in nursing education includes teaching psychiatric, long-term, and dementia nursing care and as director of a nursing assistant college program. She has written ancillary educational materials for nursing textbooks, curricula for nursing assistant programs, online health articles, and continuing education courses since 2012.
Copyright
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