Course Code: REL-PAY-0-CMHP
Hours: 0.5
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Describe safety precautions and management strategies aimed at preventing harm to patients experiencing a behavioral health crisis and the healthcare team.
Identify signs and symptoms associated with a behavioral health crisis, along with treatments and strategies for selecting appropriate treatment modalities.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Creating a Safe Environment
Providing Patient-Centered Care
Adapting the Physical Space
Review
Summary
Section 3: Treatment Modalities
General Guidelines
Safety and Risk Assessment
De-escalation
Medication Choices
Benzodiazepines
First-Generation Antipsychotics
Second-Generation Antipsychotics
Dissociative Anesthetics
Seclusion and Restraints
Review
Summary
Section 4: Identifying and Responding to Suicidal Patients
Screen for Suicide
Comprehensive Safety Assessment
Brief Treatment Interventions
Discharge Planning
Review
Summary
Section 5: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Instructor: Rhoda Phillips, MSN, RN, CEN
Rhoda Phillips is a SME/content writer for Relias. She completed her BSN with top honors at Regis University. Rhoda earned her MSN in nursing education from Capella University and graduated summa cum laude. She also maintains a certified emergency nursing certification (CEN). Rhoda’s experience includes over 18 years in direct patient care as a staff and charge nurse in emergency departments, med-surg units, observation, critical care, and long-term care. She has also served as a nursing school clinical instructor, a clinical educator in the emergency department and most recently as clinical educator for multiple med-surg units.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; Physicians; in the following settings: Acute Care Facility.
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To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.