Brain Injury: Controlled Stimulation Environment (CSE)

This is a recording of a session from ARN's 2025 conference. This recording is about 1 hour in length. You will need to watch the recording, then complete an evaluation to receive your certificate and complete this course. You will have access to this course for 1 year, starting on the purchase date.

Patients with acquired brain injury  often need to have stimuli slowly reintroduced through the use of a controlled stimulation environment (CSE) to support their capacity to process stimuli, focus on tasks, and help decrease potential agitation to promote a successful recovery. This presentation shares the experience of one inpatient rehabilitation facility’s journey to implement a CSE program. It will highlight the crucial role of an interdisciplinary team in successfully implementing an evidence-based CSE program for their brain injury population.

 

Learning Objectives

  • Identify brain injury levels, brain injury assessment tools, and associated presentation and deficits for different levels of injury.
  • Define a controlled stimulation environment as part of a multidisciplinary, multifaceted program and the desired patient outcomes.
  • Explain why a controlled stimulation environment program is important to healing in the brain injury population.
  • Implement common interventions to address concerns for this population.
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Publication date: 
06/11/2026
Purchase deadline: 
06/11/2029
Member cost:
$23.95
Non-member cost:
$35.95
Cost:
$35.95
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Amy Neu RN, BSN, MHA, MBA, CRRN, has a passion for helping patients get back to living their lives and a desire to help other nurses grow in their careers and joined the HCA Post Acute education team in 2022. Throughout her 25 years of nursing experience in orthopedic, med-surg, and rehab nursing, Amy has cared for a variety of patients, including those recovering from brain injury. She has held many different clinical and leadership positions.

 

 

 

 

 

None of the planners or presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Notice of requirements to receive contact hours: 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded for individuals who participate in the full activity and complete the post-evaluation for the activity. The ability to view or accept credit for this product expires on 06/11/2029.  

The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Price

Member cost:
$23.95
Non-member cost:
$35.95
Cost:
$35.95
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