Communicating Effectively and Therapeutically with Patients with Mental Health Disorders- 1CH
Tracking # 20-661534
Course overview
Target audience: The target audience for this educational course is nurses caring for the general community populations—specifically, nurses who have direct communication with patients with a history of mental health disorders. Course overview: This course reviews the techniques of therapeutic communication and presents best strategies for using these techniques when working with individuals who have mental health disorders. Learning objectives -Discuss factors that impact therapeutic communication. -Differentiate between therapeutic and non-therapeutic techniques for interviewing and communicating with patients. -Discuss specific techniques to improve communication with those patients who have common mental health diagnoses. -Describe patient safety issues related to communicating with patients who have mental health disorders.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.