This interactive online and on-demand training will increase your confidence and competence in the nursing skills of suicide assessment, management and prevention. Get evidence-based nursing knowledge and best practices from this content developed to improve the knowledge, attitudes, skills and critical thinking of psychiatric-mental health nurses caring for persons at risk for suicide.

The high prevalence of suicide is a major public health concern and nurses in non-mental health settings are uniquely positioned to make a difference in the lives of individuals at risk for suicide. This course supports and strengthens nurses, in non-mental health settings, providing a skillset to screen and use the Assessment, Intervention, Documentation, and Evaluation (AIDE) algorithm to initiate life-saving interventions for patients at risk for suicide. The course content is based on the APNA Essential Competencies for Assessment and Management of Individuals at Risk for Suicide. An expert in the field of psychiatric-mental health nursing delivers content and evidence-based strategies that nurses will be able to apply with people for the prevention of suicide.

The course is self-paced with supplemental activities and resources, including handouts, glossary of terms, references, and other resources. It focuses on evidence-based nursing knowledge which data show increases non-PMH-RNs’ confidence in their individual practice, as well as their competence in the nursing skills of suicide prevention, screening and initial management of persons at risk for suicide.

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