The purpose of this (2) hour course is to provide nurses and other healthcare providers with guidelines to assist in the identification and care of patients with co-occurring mental and physical health disorders in the acute care setting. 

By the end of this course, you will have the skills to:

✔️ Identify the prevalence of mental illness in the United States.

✔️ Describe factors that necessitate acute care hospitalization of patients with mental health conditions.

✔️ Discuss general patient care goals when caring for an individual with a co-occurring mental and physical health disorder.

✔️ Summarize behaviors observed in the acute care setting often associated with mental health and mental illness.

✔️ Describe how stigma or patient labeling can impact nursing care.

✔️ Define reflective practice and identify how it might be used to improve professional practice.

✔️ Define counter-transference and identify how to recognize it.

✔️ Identify the components of a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.

✔️ Describe techniques used during active listening.

✔️ Define the criteria for nurse self-disclosure within a therapeutic nurse patient relationship.

✔️ Identify potential safety concerns when caring for patients with mental health disorders.