Course Description
Increase your knowledge of recognizing and responding to signs, symptoms, and behaviors of mental health disorders in patients being seen for other physical health problems. Describe primary mental health disorders and effective strategies for integrative care and responding to patients with psychiatric illness while reducing stigma and myths. CEU course for nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and others.
Learning Outcomes and objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will have increased your knowledge of recognizing and responding to signs, symptoms, and behaviors of mental health disorders in patients being seen for physical health conditions. Specific learning objectives to address potential knowledge gaps include:
Identify concerns healthcare professionals express about caring for patients with physical health conditions who also exhibit mental disorders.
Summarize primary mental health disorders, including their signs, symptoms, patient behaviors, and treatment modalities.
Describe effective strategies for responding to and caring for patients with mental disorders.
Course Professions
| Nursing |
| Occupational Therapy |
| Physical Therapy |
Course Summaries
Nursing:
Understand the signs, symptoms, and behaviors of mental health disorders in patients being seen for physical health conditions, and learn about effective responses. Covers common myths and stigmatization of mental disorders. |
Occupational Therapy:
Understand the signs, symptoms, and behaviors of mental health disorders in patients being seen for physical health conditions, and learn about effective responses. Covers common myths and stigmatization of mental disorders. |
Physical Therapy:
Understand the signs, symptoms, and behaviors of mental health disorders in patients being seen for physical health conditions, and learn about effective responses. Covers common myths and stigmatization of mental disorders. |
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. |
| Nurse practitioners may apply these contact hours to pharmacy continuing education and prescriptive authorization. |
Course Statements - Occupational Therapy
Wild Iris Medical Education, Inc., is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Course Approval ID# 06485. This independent distance learning activity is offered at 3.00 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 - Physical Therapy
FLORIDA PT: This course is not approved for PTs/PTAs in Florida.
Course Categories
| Clinical Application |
| Emergency Nursing |
| Home Health |
| Pharmacy |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing |
| Substance Abuse |
| Clinical Application |
| Foundational Knowledge |
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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