Integrating Basic Counseling Skills into Treatment for Nurses & Allied Health

Description: Patients in a medical or rehabilitation setting often experience new and unexpected losses related to their circumstances.  Understandably, this can create significant emotional responses, which may leave those around them feeling unsure of how to respond or provide support.  As nurses and allied health clinicians often work with patients in their most vulnerable moments of their recovery, it is important to feel equipped on how to best respond.  This webinar will focus on how nurses and allied health clinicians can conduct emotional assessments and provide basic counseling to patients and family members without taking away from their clinical goals or creating barriers to their goals in treatment. Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:  Identify common losses and coping techniques patients family members experience and utilize during a medical and/or rehabilitation encounter Define and differentiate empathy and sympathy Recognize and as