DESCRIPTION
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Define suicide and suicide attempts.
- Identify individual, relationship, and community risk factors for suicide and suicide attempts.
- Discuss the Center for Disease Control’s strategies for suicide prevention.
- Discuss The Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals to prevent inpatient suicide and suicide attempts.
- Describe clinical interventions, strategies, and best practices to keep individuals at risk for suicide and suicide attempt safe.
- Discuss the legal and ethical aspects of working with individuals at risk for suicide or suicide attempts.
Continuing Education Credits
This course is approved for 3.0 CE/Contact Hours for the following professions:
- Nurses (RN, LVN, LPN) (all states)
- Certified Case Manager (CCM)
- Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC)
- Social Workers (NASW)
Course Details
To receive 3.0 contact hours of continuing education credit, learners must pass the final quiz with 80% or more; the final quiz may be re-taken as often as needed.
At CareerSmart Learning, we regularly review our courses to ensure learners receive accurate, timely, and relevant content. Courses are updated on an annual or three-year cycle. This course is scheduled to be updated or discontinued by July 1, 2027.
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Tags: 3.0 CE/Contact Hours, Centers for Disease Control, CDC, Certified Case Manager, CCM, Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, CRC, Clinical Interventions, Clinical Practices, Common Risk Factors, Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare, NASW, Nurses, Recognizing and Assessing, RN, Social Worker, Suicide, Suicide Prevention