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PTSD and Overcoming Trauma

Tracking # 20-521511

$18.00

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Method Computer-Based Training

What you'll learn

After taking this course you will learn:

  1. That to have a diagnosis of PTSD, a person needed to have been exposed to a traumatic event that involved death, threat of death, injury, or threat to physical safety of yourself or someone else.
  2. Why many people who have experienced traumatic events feel anxious and worried most of the time. Techniques that involve calming the body, changing, or just observing thoughts, and focus on relaxed, deep breathing.
  3. Retraining the anxious body and mind takes time, but it’s a key step in healing.


Course overview

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common reaction to experiencing something traumatic. To have a diagnosis of PTSD, a person needed to have been exposed to a traumatic event that involved death, threat of death, injury, or threat to physical safety of yourself or someone else. Many people who have experienced traumatic events feel anxious and worried most of the time. Anxiety takes its toll on the body and mind. Some techniques shared in this course involve calming the body, changing or just observing thoughts, and focus on relaxed, deep breathing. Retraining the anxious body and mind takes time, but it's a key step in healing.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

District of Columbia Board of Nursing

Certified Nurse Midwife

3h Relevant to Clinical Nurse Midwife Specialty

Clinical Nurse Specialist

3h Relevant to Clinical Nurse Specialty

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h Licensed Practical Nurse - Continuing Education

Nurse Practitioner

3h Relevant to Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Registered Nurse

3h Registered Nurse District of Columbia - Continuing Education

Registered Nurse Anesthetist

3h Relevant to Registered Nurse Anesthetist Specialty

District of Columbia Board of Nursing Assistive Personnel

Certified Nursing Aide

3h Certified Nursing Aide - Continuing Education

Home Health Aide

3h Home Health Aide - Continuing Education

Florida Board of Nursing

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

3h General

Clinical Nurse Specialist

3h General

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h General

Registered Nurse

3h General

Florida Board of Nursing - Certified Nursing Assistants

Certified Nursing Assistant

3h General

Georgia Board of Nursing

Licensed Practical Nurse

3h General

Registered Professional Nurse

3h General

Disclosure statements

Learning Objectives:

After taking this course you will learn:

  1. That to have a diagnosis of PTSD, a person needed to have been exposed to a traumatic event that involved death, threat of death, injury, or threat to physical safety of yourself or someone else. 
  2. Why many people who have experienced traumatic events feel anxious and worried most of the time. Techniques that involve calming the body, changing, or just observing thoughts, and focus on relaxed, deep breathing. 
  3. Retraining the anxious body and mind takes time, but it’s a key step in healing.

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