This course is Lesson 5 of a recently completed webinar entitled, "Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Med/Surg Patient." The entire series (9CEs) is available in the On Demand Presentations catalog.

Successfully completing this lesson will earn 1.5 CEs. For accreditation information and presenter biographies, Click here.

Topics:
I. Common diagnoses
A. Assessment to reveal hidden psychiatric diagnoses
B. How to recognize exacerbation of psych symptoms

II. Medication Management
A. What works in dealing with common diagnoses?
B. What medication management and environment management is safe to use?

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:
Identify common psychiatric diagnoses in the medical surgical patients.
Explain how to review medications for safety and make medication recommendations to the physician.