Suicide Prevention for Kentucky Nurses Nursing CE Course

Course overview

This course reviews relevant terminology and statistics related to suicide, including the increasing prevalence of nurse and other healthcare worker suicide. This course will also examine the risk factors for suicide and the clinical manifestations of burnout, compassion fatigue (CF), and secondary traumatic stress (STS) in nurses. Finally, this course will review screening for suicide and prevention strategies that can reduce the incidence of suicide, specifically for nurses and other healthcare workers.