Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Verbal De-Escalation


The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.


― Stephen King 

Monday, November 17, 2014

CPI Nursing Certification: Crisis Prevention Intervention Certification for Nurses

Crisis Prevention & Intervention
Best American Healthcare University offers a state approved Crisis Prevention & intervention Course. This course can be conveniently done online or in the classroom. Best American Healthcare University is not affiliated with Crisis Prevention Institute. Our Crisis Prevention & Intervention course is approved for CE credits with the BVNPT, BRN and 
CDPH. 

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At the end of the class, the student will express a good understanding of the following:
(1) Meaning of Crisis
(2) Types of Crisis and their Causes
(3) General safety measures.
(4) Personal safety measures.
(5) The assault cycle.
(6) Aggression and violence predicting factors.
(7) Obtaining patient history from a patient with violent behavior.
(8) Characteristics of aggressive and violent patients and victims.
(9) Verbal and physical maneuvers to diffuse and avoid violent behavior.
(10) Strategies to avoid physical harm.
(11) Restraining techniques.
(12) Appropriate use of medications as chemical restraints.

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Find out what nurtures your procrastination and eliminate it.

Identify what you do to distract yourself from what you should be doing and make it less accessible. Disable the automatic notification option in your email program. Leave your smart phone turned off. Don’t stock the fridge with goodies. Get rid of the distractions. Log out of your email to avoid distractions.