Lesson 1: Personality disorders · 7 min
Before you begin · What is a personality disorder? · Three clusters · Check the clusters
Three pieces that work together
Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 1 field to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.
What would you do?A client with borderline personality disorder asks you to bend a unit rule 'just this once'
Live deckQuiz · 5 slidesContent · 2 slidesWord cloud · 1 slideScale · 1 slide
Feedback surveyHow much do you agree with each statement? I can:How often do you care for clients with psychosis or personality disorders?What do you want to get out of this course?Overall, how would you rate this course?
6 lessons, about 35 minutes
What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.
Lesson 2: Caring for personality disorders · 6 min
Treatment · Nursing assessment · Practise
Lesson 3: Psychosis and delirium · 6 min
What is psychosis? · Brief psychotic episode and delirium · Check understanding
Lesson 4: Schizophrenia · 7 min
Symptoms · Sort the symptoms · Assessing hallucinations and delusions · Practise
Lesson 5: Safe care and medicines · 5 min
Safety and interventions · Antipsychotic medicines · Check understanding
Lesson 6: Final assessment · 4 min
Final assessment · Course complete
Source and credit: Chapter 10 Personality Disorders and Chapter 11 Thought Disorders, in Nursing Mental Health and Community Concepts 2e by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN), WisTech Open, wtcs.pressbooks.pub/nursingmhcc/ (opens in a new tab), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (opens in a new tab)). Adapted by AhaSlides: condensed into five lessons, rewritten for workplace learning, quizzes and activities added; images not reused.
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Common questions
Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.
Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.
At onboarding or as continuing professional development, with a yearly refresher (best practice).
Nurses and nursing students.
Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.
Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.
Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
- Link to the self-paced course