Suicide Assessment and Prevention: Skills for the CT Licensed Healthcare Provider

Thursday,  March 14, 2024

Presented by: 

Clarisse Fairbanks, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing, full time, Salve Regina University, RI

Psychiatric Wellness Care, LLC, private practice owner.

Description

Nurses and other clinicians experience high rates of burnout and unhealthy behaviors that can adversely impact the quality and safety of healthcare. When compared to the general population, nurses have an increased prevalence of depression, anxiety and suicide.

The focus of this session will be suicide prevention education, the factors predisposing one to death by suicide, recognizing the danger and warning signs, and taking preventive action.

Audience 

Effective January 1, 2022, 

New Requirements for Health Care Professionals have gone in effect to include at least two hours of training and education on screening for posttraumatic stress disorder, suicide risk, depression, and grief and suicide prevention training. (Public Act No 21-46)

This program will cover the state requirements.

2 Professional Development contact hours will be awarded 

Connecticut Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
Provider Number - P0503