When Caring Hurts: Protecting the Nurse Behind the Scrubs
Overview
Mental health presentations are not confined to psychiatric units; they occur daily across every clinical setting. Nurses working in medical, surgical, emergency, and primary care units regularly encounter patients experiencing depression, anxiety, psychosis, and suicidal ideation. Yet most have received little or no training in assessing and responding effectively.
In Lebanon, where the mental health burden is among the highest in the region and psychiatric resources are severely limited, this gap carries serious consequences. Only 23 mental health workers exist per 100,000 population in Lebanon, placing frontline nurses in a critical position, often as the first and only clinical professional to recognize a mental health crisis before it escalates.
This training equips non-psychiatric nurses with the assessment tools, clinical knowledge, and practical skills to identify common mental health presentations, conduct structured assessments, respond to suicide risk, and initiate appropriate care and referral pathways with confidence.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Recognize signs and symptoms of common mental health disorders including depression, anxiety, and psychosis
- Apply validated mental health assessment tools in non-psychiatric clinical settings
- Conduct a structured suicide risk assessment and respond appropriately
- Differentiate between presentations requiring immediate intervention and those requiring referral
- Communicate effectively with patients experiencing mental health distress
- Initiate appropriate care, safety planning, and referral pathways
- Document mental health assessments accurately and professionally
Training Details
- Format: Multi-session program series
- Duration per session: To be announced
- Total sessions: To be announced
- Schedule: Dates to be announced
- Delivery: Online (Zoom)
- Language: English / Arabic
- Maximum participants: 15 nurses (to ensure interactive, practice-based learning)
Target Audience
Registered nurses working across non-psychiatric hospital-based clinical settings, including:
- Medical–surgical units
- Obstetrics and gynecology
- Oncology units
- Emergency care
- Critical care settings
- Dialysis units
No prior mental health training is required.
Training Fees
Lebanon-based healthcare professionals: $100
International healthcare professionals: $150
20% early bird discount: valid until
Certification
Participants will receive a Blossomind Center Certificate of Completion upon:
- Attending all sessions
- Completing the post-program assessment
Facilitator
This Training is led by Ms. Zeina El Jordi, RN, MSN, a Psychiatric-Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurse with over 20 years of combined clinical, academic, and field experience.
Registration
References
Atoui, M., Doumit, J., El Hayek, R., Halabi, F., Dawi, E. A., & Salibi, N. (2024). What does it take to offer high-quality, community-based, accessible mental health care in Lebanon? Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 30(8), 584–592. https://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-30-2024/volume-30-issue-8
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