Friends of NPACE Podcast | Season 3 Episode 22: It's More Complicated Than "Just Leave": Caring for Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is far more common than many clinicians realize; it often presents ways that don't fit the stereotypes. In this episode of the Friends of NPACE Podcast, NPACE Executive Director and family nurse practitioner Terri Schmitt sits down with Dr. Debbie Granick, psychiatric nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker, educator, and author, for an important conversation about recognizing and responding to intimate partner violence in clinical practice. Together, they discuss how IPV can manifest through chronic pain, headaches, gastrointestinal complaints, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other seemingly unrelated symptoms. Dr. Granick shares practical, trauma-informed communication strategies that help clinicians create safer spaces for disclosure, build trust, and support patients without taking away their autonomy.
Resources:
National Domestic Violence Hotline - https://www.thehotline.org/
CDC resources - https://www.cdc.gov/intimate-partner-violence/about/index.html
Futures without violence - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/
Mandated reporter information - Futures Without Violence's Compendium of State Mandatory Reporting Law
*Due to rapidly changing clinical knowledge, once purchased, you have 90 days access to complete this education.
Credits: 1.00 Contact Hours
Expiration Date: August 5th, 2027
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Debbie Granick, DNP, PMHNP, LCSW, MPH
Dr. Debbie Granick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Doctorally-prepared Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with an additional Masters in Public Health. She is originally from St. Louis, Missouri and attended graduate school at the University of North Carolina.
She has worked in the mental health field for thirty years, serving youth and adults and specifically enjoying her work with women. She utilizes a holistic, genuine, “straight-shooting” approach, and throws in a little humor, which her clients appreciate. She currently divides her professional time between a part time clinical practice providing medication management and therapy and her role as a thought leader, content creator, speaker and consultant advocating for the integration of medication and counseling to provide best practice care for patients.
She also speaks on topics including the impossible goal of work/life balance, caring for your mental health, parenting, and coping with life transitions. Her goal is to help health providers feel confident and skilled in the mental health care they provide, reduce provider burnout, and improve patient experience with whole person care.
After listening to this podcast learners will:
- Apply trauma-informed communication strategies to identify and support patients experiencing intimate partner violence while preserving patient autonomy and safety.
- Identify practical phrases that help patients feel seen, believed, and supported.
- Identify practices to make patients feel safe and more comfortable in a clinic setting.
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To earn credits for this activity, you must complete all course components in the following order: 1) watch the course presentation video; 2) complete the course evaluation; 3) pass the post-test with a score of 2/3 (66.7%) or higher. You may retake the post-test until a passing score is achieved, at which point you will be able to view/print a copy of your certificate of completion. This online certificate will also be saved within your profile dashboard transcript for future access.
Designation Statement
NPACE designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.00 contact hours. Participants should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement
Nurse Practitioner Associates for Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Faculty
Contributing faculty, Debbie Granick, DNP, PMHNP, LCSW, MPH has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
Planners
All planners and contributors involved in this educational activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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The material presented in this continuing education program is being made available for educational purposes only and is not intended to represent the best or only methods, medications and/or guidelines appropriate for the medical situation discussed. Rather the material is intended to present an approach, view, statement, or opinion of the presenter(s), which may be helpful, or of interest to other practitioners and should not be used by clinicians without the evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities. NPACE disclaims any liability, loss, injury, or damage incurred as a consequence, directly or indirectly, of the use and application of any information given in a presentation.
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This educational activity may mention the uses of products that are not approved by the FDA for the indication(s) being discussed. The presenter(s) are instructed to notify participants when they are discussing unapproved uses or investigational agents. The opinions related to unapproved uses of products are solely those of the presenter(s) and are not endorsed or recommended by NPACE. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
