Psychiatric Emergencies & Nursing Action Course #9225/#1225

National Center of Continuing Education

Psychiatric Emergencies & Nursing Action

Online Course #9225 or #1225 - 12 Contact Hours
Author: Silvia Prodan Lange, RN, MN
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For your convenience, this course has been divided into 5 sections.

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Part 1 …Part 2 …Part 3 …Part 4 … Part 5 … Independent Analysis … Evaluation or see Table of Contents Below

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Table of Contents

Part One

Purpose and Goals
Instructional Objectives
Self-Awareness Explorations
Introduction
Significance of Psychiatric Emergencies to Health Care and Nursing
Reactions to Psychiatric Emergencies
Crisis Theory and Crisis Intervention
Practice of Crisis Intervention
Nursing Can Be One Crisis After Another

Part Two

Psychiatric Emergencies: Conditions That Are Life-Threatening - Suicide

Assessment of Suicidal Behavior
Signs and Symptoms of Depression
Problems and Goals
Nursing Actions in Caring for Acutely Suicidal Patients
Suicide Precautions

Part Three

Psychiatric Emergencies: Conditions That Are Life-Threatening - Violence

Understanding Anger
Signs and Symptoms of Anger
Assessment of Violence
Problems and Goals
Nursing Action with the Person who is Angry and Violent

Part Four

Psychiatric Emergencies: Conditions That Are Life-Disrupting - Anxiety

The Continuum of Anxiety
Signs and Symptoms of Anxiety
Nursing Action in Helping Highly Anxious Patients

Psychiatric Emergencies: Conditions Which Impair Functioning - Organic Brain Syndromes

Alcohol Related Problems
Drug Abuse Related Problems
Problems and Goals
Cerebral Dysfunction from Other Causes
Traumatic Brain Injury

Medications in Psychiatric Emergencies

Part Five

Environmental Interventions in Psychiatric Emergencies

Restraint Guidelines for Psychiatric Emergencies
How to Use Restraints Properly

General Guidelines for Nursing Action in Psychiatric Emergencies

Acute Psychiatric Emergencies

Individual Analysis

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