Understanding and Caring for People with Schizophrenia
Contact Hours: 2
What's included?
Course Overview
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder that causes changes in an individual’s thinking, behavior, and how they process information due to experiencing delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized speech. This condition affects approximately 1% of the world’s population (20 million) worldwide but is not as common as other mental disorders (1). Schizophrenia causes a tremendous burden on the health, social, and economic status not only for patients but for their families, caregivers, and society.
Treating a patient experiencing schizophrenic symptoms is an extraordinarily complex task, and it can sometimes take years before the patient responds to the therapy. People with schizophrenia require lifelong treatment, and the care they receive is essential to their recovery. These nurses have a greater responsibility to make sure that the individual’s social, physical, psychological, and spiritual needs are met. Understanding the complex nature of schizophrenia will help the nurse be able to provide the best care possible for the patients that is experiencing positive and negative symptoms in the prodromal, acute, or recovery phase.
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Case Studies
- Definition
- Symptoms
- Causes and Risk Factors of Schizophrenia
- DSM-5 Criteria for Diagnosis
- Stages of Schizophrenia
- Current Treatment
- Healthcare and Economic Impact
- Conclusion
Course Outcomes
After completing this course, the learner will rate 4 out of 5 on the Likert Scale for their ability to:
- Have a clear understanding of schizophrenia.
- Identify positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
- Identify at least three treatment modalities for schizophrenia and understand the importance of continued treatment.
Accreditations and Approvals
- American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (P0614)
- California Board of Registered Nursing (CEP 17418)
- Kentucky Board of Nursing (7-0090)
- Louisiana State Board of Nursing (58)
- Florida Board of Nursing (50-23983)
- Delaware Board of Nursing (DE-24-010127)
- Alabama Board of Nursing (#ABNP1577)
- Iowa Board of Nursing (#393)
- Kansas Board of Nursing (LT0340-0325)
Approved by the Board of Nursing in every state, you can complete your RN, LVN, and APRN CEUs with confidence.
Accreditation Statement
Nursing CE Central LLC is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
It will take the average learner 120 minutes to complete and awards 2 contact hours of continuing education.
Written For
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN)
- Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN/LVN)
Requirements for Completion
- Enrollment in the course by the learner
- Read and learn all course materials
- Complete the course evaluation
- Attest and testify learning of the course materials
Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
Nursing CE Central nor any of the authors, planners, content experts, or any contributors have any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
