Managing Challenging Patient Behaviors: 101 De-escalation Strategies for Healthcare Professionals
Expert Clinician Sonata Bohen, a psychiatric nurse practitioner and NEI Master Psychopharmacologist, knows well the challenges you are facing in practice right now. In today’s healthcare environment, there is reduced staffing and increased (at times the seemingly unrealistic) demands from patients, family members and other visitors can all contribute to burnout. Adding to the complicating factors, you are continually expected to achieve optimal patient outcomes, ensure safety and quality goals, and strive for even higher levels on satisfaction scores.
In this interactive seminar, expert clinician, Sonata will provide you with practical tips and tools that you can use immediately when faced with challenging patient and family behaviors. This program includes practical strategies to help you cope with difficult situations like crisis intervention, ETOH withdrawals, dementia, aggressive/violent behaviors, threats of serious harm, de-escalation techniques while maintaining patient and staff safety. The day will be filled with opportunities to apply many of these strategies through real patient situations, case studies and interactive discussions. Don’t miss this chance to learn new techniques you can implement successfully with your most difficult patients!
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Psychopharmacology of Trauma for Mental Health & Healthcare Professionals
You’ve seen clients and patients come in with a laundry list of medications and multiple diagnoses – PTSD, depression, anxiety and more.
Whether you’re a therapist, social worker, nurse or other healthcare practitioner knowing the in-and-outs of how trauma and comorbid mental health problems effect the brain and are impacted by medication is essential to your work.
In simple, easy-to-understand modules you’ll walk away with:
Give your clients and patients the highest standard of care – learn the psychopharmacology of one of the most challenging and common clinical presentations, trauma and its comorbidities.
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Challenging Geriatric Behaviors
This is the best seminar on challenging geriatric behaviors that you will ever attend - GUARANTEED! Watch Steven Atkinson, nationally-known expert, author and speaker on geriatrics, for a high-energy, dynamic seminar filled with interesting case studies, insightful discussions and interactive learning. You will leave this seminar with practical techniques that you can apply the next day!
Dealing with cognitively-impaired geriatric patients can be challenging even for the experienced healthcare professional. You will learn strategies to manage behaviors such as:
If older adults are routinely under your care, minimize your risk of escalating the problems associated with troublesome, often irrational behavior by attending this program. Gain valuable insights into the causes of challenging geriatric behaviors and learn innovative and practical intervention strategies to improve the care you provide.
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Whether you’re a therapist or healthcare provider, missing client’s trauma cues can leave them with no path forward in life…
Co-occurring symptoms, complex trauma and other factors muddy the waters even more.
Gain the education to identify and assess critical variables with trauma survivors. Join Robert Lusk, PhD, and get training to:
Don’t miss the signs of trauma – help your clients get the treatment they need form the first visit – REGISTER NOW!
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