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1. Explore losses relative to critical care settings.
2. Examine the impact of traumatic loss on the mental health of healthcare providers.
3. Describe the basic process of traumatic grief and bereavement.

• Loss
• Influences
• Mourning
• Bereavement
• Grief
• Symptoms or Reactions
• The Grief Cycle
• Crisis Cycle
• Conflict Cycle
• Commencement Cycle
• Help and Health
• Long-Term Goals

Paul Clements, PhD, APRN-BC, is a psychiatric clinical specialist, an experienced therapist, forensic consultant, and critical incident/trauma response specialist with over 25 years experience in a variety of psychiatric healthcare roles. Throughout his impressive career, Paul has worked directly with patients with major psychiatric diagnoses, in both inpatient and outpatient settings. He looks forward to sharing from his expertise as you strive to successfully meet the challenges caring for these patient populations in your own practice settings. His keen insights have been requested to provide counseling and crisis intervention to surviving family members in the aftermath of murder, suicide, motor vehicle accidents, and sudden infant death syndrome, as well as to survivors of interpersonal violence such as sexual abuse, rape and stalking. Additionally, Paul provides nationwide hospital consultation to establish workplace procedures to ensure patient and staff safety/violence prevention through the development of critical risk assessment approaches. Paul's expertise has been reflected through numerous publications and he remains a sought-after conference presenter on the topics of psychiatric/mental health diagnoses, violence and aggression. He is an Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse (APRN-BC) with national board certification and holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Psychiatric Forensic Nursing from The University of Pennsylvania.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Paul Thomas Clements is an Associate Clinical Professor at Drexel University - College of Nursing and Health Professions. He has numerous publications and is regularly interviewed for television, radio, and print media. He receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Paul Thomas Clements has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 4/14/2019
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 1.5 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 1.5 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 1.8 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 1.5 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
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Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Other