ON DEMAND 2024 Midwest Conference - Borderline Personality Disorder
CE Information
1.0 contact hour (0.5 pharmacology)Completion Time
55 minutesAvailable Until
December 31, 2025
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Overview
Specialties
Psychiatric / Mental HealthClinical Topics
Mental Health and TreatmentThe stigma of mental illness is harsh in and of itself, however, it is thought that those with borderline personality disorder suffer this stigma at increased degrees, not only by society, but by healthcare professionals as well. Borderline personality disorder is extremely complicated, inundated with not only recurrent suicidality, but also a multitude of somatic symptoms that can make it difficult for healthcare providers to manage. Clinicians often feel unprepared for the severity of these patients’ suffering and lack of resources to help them. However, those with borderline personality disorder utilize the healthcare system at markedly increased rates, seeing their primary care provider at four times the rate of the usual patient. Primary care providers must be prepared with the knowledge to not only diagnose a patient with borderline personality disorder, but also have the confidence to care for them and the complexity of their disorder. This presentation will give providers information that will give them the confidence to diagnose, treat, and support those with borderline personality disorder.
Learning Objectives
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Understanding and Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): Equip primary care providers with the necessary knowledge and tools to accurately diagnose borderline personality disorder, understanding the complex interplay of recurrent suicidality and somatic symptoms that characterize the disorder.
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Effective Management and Support Strategies: Enhance the confidence and competence of healthcare professionals in managing and supporting patients with borderline personality disorder, focusing on effective communication, treatment strategies, and resource utilization to improve patient outcomes and reduce stigma.
Learning Outcome Evaluation: Participants will state one thing they learned from the program and how they will implement it into their practice.
Speakers
Rebecca Green received her BSN from Millikin University in 2008 and her MSN from SIU Edwardsville in 2017. She is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner at SIU Family and Community Medicine in Springfield, Illinois, where she provides comprehensive medical and mental health care at an Integrated Wellness Clinic for those with severe mental illness. She maintains memberships with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nurses. She has been published in the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She has published an organizational wide protocol and continuing education course for the care of human trafficking victims. She has a strong interest in mental health care, from the primary care perspective, to provide better access to care, excellent patient outcomes, and as a liaison between specialty care providers for those with severe mental illness.
CE Information
This activity offers 1.0 contact hour (0.5 pharmacology) to attendees.
Accredited by Illinois Nurses Foundation is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Montana Nurses Association, an accredited approver with distinction by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Illinois Nurses Foundation and the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing jointly provided this program.
Disclosures
To earn contact hours, learners must watch the entire webinar and submit an evaluation to receive the digital certificate after the session.
There are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity
Activity Content
Registration to this activity includes access to the following supporting materials.
- Borderline Personality Disorder (Size: 573 KB)
Duration: about 1 hour | Quality: HD
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