Focus Areas (Behavioral / Psychosocial Block)

• Anxiety and Coping: Recognizing anxiety, fear and acute stress responses in critically ill patients and families.
• Communication: Therapeutic communication, breaking bad news, supporting shared decision making and health literacy.
• Family Support: Family presence at the bedside and during resuscitation, grief support and conflict resolution.
• End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Symptom management, goals of care conversations, withdrawal of life support and nurse advocacy.
• Cultural and Spiritual Considerations: Respecting beliefs, rituals, language needs and culturally sensitive care plans.
• Team Dynamics and Moral Distress: Interprofessional collaboration, burnout awareness and use of institutional resources.