Understanding and Managing Anxiety Sensitivity During Critical Illness and Long-term Recovery

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This article facilitates an understanding of anxiety sensitivity, its implications in critical care, and strategies to manage and support patients with anxiety sensitivity.

Objectives

Describe anxiety sensitivity and its impact on critical care patients, including avoidance behaviors and influence on health outcomes.
Describe four key factors contributing to the etiology of anxiety sensitivity and the relationship to comorbid mental health conditions.
Describe effective strategies for managing anxiety sensitivity in critical care practice.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

The Nurse Planner has determined that no individuals with the ability to control content of this activity have relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

Activities with pharmacotherapeutic credit are to assist the APRN in fulfilling their education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.