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1st Steps in Suicide Prevention
From risk factors to management strategies, this course delivers a comprehensive foundation in suicide prevention. Learners will strengthen their ability to recognize warning signs and provide timely, effective care.
This course is intended to teach registered nurses and other allied healthcare providers about current statistics, assessments, treatment and management, and special issues related to suicide prevention. This course includes a pre-test and post-test, as well as several lesson-recall examples throughout the content. By the completion of the course, the learner will demonstrate knowledge, skills, and practice of suicide prevention and assessment by passing a post-test with a score ≥ 80%.
About this course
This course is intended to teach registered nurses and other allied healthcare providers about current statistics, assessments, treatment and management, and special issues related to suicide prevention. This course includes a pre-test and post-test, as well as several lesson-recall examples throughout the content.
What you will learn
At the completion of this activity, healthcare providers will be able to:
- Identify specific populations at greatest risk for suicide as measured by completion of a mid-lecture self-check question
- Describe how to screen for suicidality as measured by completion of a post-presentation quiz
- Demonstrate competence with the appropriate use of a suicide screening tool to identify those at risk for suicide during a case study
- Describe the appropriate steps to take after identifying a patient at risk for suicide, as measured by completion of a post-presentation quiz
- Explain specific risk factors for Veterans and available interventions
- Describe key risk factors for suicide, including PTSD and chronic stress as measured by mid-lecture and post-presentation assessments
- Describe issues related to imminent harm by lethal means
- Explain specific strategies for first responders
- Explain ethical legal considerations for caring for patients who are suicidal
- Complete a structured suicide risk assessment based upon a case scenario
At the completion of this activity, assistants, aids, support staff, and pharmacy technicians will be able to:
- Identify risk factors for suicide
- Describe primary methods of suicide
Course content
Course details
Accreditations
This course has been reviewed and approved through the rigorous standards of leading accrediting organizations, ensuring your continuing education credits are formally recognized and respected across professions and states.
ACPE
Accredited for pharmacy continuing education
ASWB
Accredited for social work continuing education
APA
Accredited for psychology continuing education
ANCC
Accredited for nursing continuing education
COPE
Accredited for optometry continuing education
ADA
Accredited for dental continuing education
ACCME
Accredited for physician continuing medical education
Additional Information
- Automatic reporting to CE Broker for participating states
- Instant certificate generation upon course completion
- Credits accepted for license renewal
- Meets state requirements for continuing education
Course Faculty
Learn from leading experts who bring their real-world experience and evidence-based practices to this comprehensive training.
Amy Adkins-Dwivedi
Advanced practice nurse with expertise education, and infection‑control in community health settings.
Disclosure
Disclosures
PACE requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
All relevant financial relationships for anyone with the ability to control the content of this educational activity are listed below and have been mitigated according to PACE policies. Others involved in the planning of this activity have no relevant financial relationships.
- Amy Adkins-Dwivedi, MS, APRN
• has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
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Combined 27+ years of direct patient care experience with diverse HIV populations in various healthcare settings.
Education Focus
Dedicated to training healthcare professionals and have developed evidence-based curricula for stigma reduction.
Patient Advocacy
Strong advocates for patient-centered care and have worked extensively with HIV advocacy organizations.
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Product Details
- 100% Online. Complete on your time
- Courses meet state, department, and board license requirements
- Instant Completion. Certificate sent to you directly
- Reporting on your behalf to CE Broker
Satisfaction guaranteed or full refund
Requirements & Compliance
This course meets your continuing education requirements across multiple states and professions, ensuring you stay compliant with the latest regulations.
Requirements
Washington State DOH (RCW 43.70.442)
Washington State Department of Health suicide prevention training.
This course is regularly updated to ensure compliance with current state and federal requirements.
Accreditations
ACPE
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
ASWB
Association of Social Work Boards
APA
American Psychological Association
ANCC
American Nurses Credentialing Center
COPE
Council on Optometric Practitioner Education
ADA
American Dental Association
ACCME
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
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