Course Description
REQUIRED IN CT. Overview of screening and prevention strategies for patient suicide risk during routine office visits. Learn about screening recommendations and tools for suicide risk and prevention and appropriate actions to refer patients for further assessment and treatment. Course evaluates risk factors and common warning signs for suicide. An important course and topic for all nurses and healthcare professionals. Meets Connecticut DPH Suicide Prevention Training requirement for RNs and LPNs.
Learning Outcomes and objectives
Upon completion of this continuing education course, you will demonstrate an understanding of suicide screening and prevention. Specific learning objectives to address potential knowledge gaps include:
- Summarize risk and protective factors for suicide.
- Describe the process of screening for suicide risk.
- Discuss suicide prevention strategies.
Course Professions
| Nursing |
| Mandatory |
| Occupational Therapy |
| Physical Therapy |
Course Summaries
Nursing:
Learn common suicide warning signs, risk factors for suicide, screening recommendations and tools, and prevention strategies. |
Occupational Therapy:
Learn common suicide warning signs, risk factors for suicide, screening recommendations and tools, and prevention strategies. |
Physical Therapy:
Learn common suicide warning signs, risk factors for suicide, screening recommendations and tools, and prevention strategies. |
Mandatory:
Learn common suicide warning signs, risk factors for suicide, screening recommendations and tools, and prevention strategies. |
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# 07245. 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 - 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 - All_Professions
This course fulfills the Connecticut Department of Public Health requirement for RNs and LPNs in CT for 1 contact hours of CE on suicide prevention training.
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.
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