Course Title:
Nursing and the Promotion of Mental Health
Course Description:
Focuses on primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention as it relates to individuals with mental health issues. It incorporates principles of communication, with emphasis on the relation to individuals with altered patterns of communication. The nursing process is utilized as a framework for assisting students to provide nursing care to individuals, families, and groups with a variety of mental health and mental illness-related issues. Provides students with information about the spectrum of mental illnesses and about factors that predispose persons to developing mental health problems. Critical thinking skills are employed to explore the legal and ethical issues encountered in providing nursing care for mentally ill persons. Use of psychotropic drugs is integrated throughout the course as it applies to specific psychiatric illnesses. Inpatient and community settings are utilized as learning arenas to assist students to meet the objectives of the course.
Fall Offering:
Lab/Coreq 1:
NUR G093
Spring Offering:
Lab/Coreq 2:
Summer Offering:
Lab/Coreq Remarks:
Summer 1 Offering:
Every
Prerequisite 1:
Summer 2 Offering:
Prerequisite 2:
Cross-Listed Course 1:
NUR U400
Prerequisite 3:
Cross-Listed Course 2:
Prerequisite 4:
Cross-Listed Course 3:
Prerequisite 5:
Cross-Listed Course 4:
Prerequisite Remarks:
Cross-Listed Course 5:
Repeatable:
N
