This presentation provides education regarding how to navigate the complexities of suicidality and associated grief responses for people working in healthcare. Various types of grief are defined and explained to provide foundational understanding of a typical grief experience. Understanding the different types of grief, such as anticipatory grief, complicated grief, or disenfranchised grief, helps identify the unique experiences of those affected by suicidality. Further education is provided to introduce careful assessment of risk factors and appropriate intervention, as well as special considerations for grief associated with suicide. This education concludes with identifying strategies, techniques and resources for supporting bereaved clients, colleagues and other involved healthcare workers.

Target Audience

Nurse

Social Worker

Learning Objectives

Define grief and identify types and variations and related symptoms
Discuss suicide, including assessment, treatment and management, as well as special considerations for the grieving experience
Identify strategies, techniques and resources for supporting bereaved clients, colleagues and yourself

Course summary

Available credit:

2.00 ANCC
UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
2.00 ASWB
2.00 Attendance

Course opens:

11/05/2025

Course expires:

01/19/2026

Event starts:

12/19/2025 - 1:00pm EST

Event ends:

12/19/2025 - 3:00pm EST

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This presentation provides education regarding how to navigate the complexities of suicidality and associated grief responses for people working in healthcare. Various types of grief are defined and explained to provide foundational understanding of a typical grief experience. Understanding the different types of grief, such as anticipatory grief, complicated grief, or disenfranchised grief, helps identify the unique experiences of those affected by suicidality. Further education is provided to introduce careful assessment of risk factors and appropriate intervention, as well as special considerations for grief associated with suicide. This education concludes with identifying strategies, techniques and resources for supporting bereaved clients, colleagues and other involved healthcare workers.

UPMC Resolve

Altoona, PA

United States

Elizabeth Schandelmeier, LCSW, APHSW-C, FT

Elena Nosal

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 2.0 continuing education credits.

Nursing (CNE)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.

Social Work (ASWB)

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Education activity is 2.0 contact hours.

Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

2.00 ANCC
UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
2.00 ASWB
2.00 Attendance