Suicide Prevention (359)

Course overview

Covers suicide prevention including warning signs, protective factors, and individual, community, and societal risk factors. It describes how chronic and toxic stress and secondary traumatic stress affect healthcare personnel, potentially increasing suicide risk. The course also discusses pathways to care for healthcare providers at risk for suicide that addresses screening, assessing, safety planning, referrals, and follow-up. Evidence-informed approaches and best practices to reduce suicide rates are covered, as well as the ethical legal considerations of caring for patients and nurses who are suicidal. The course fulfills the requirement for training in suicide prevention for healthcare providers in Connecticut, Kentucky, and Nevada as well as nationally.