BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING

Catalog description

This course focuses on providing safe, evidence-based and best practice nursing care, in a variety of settings, for patients with acute and chronic behavioral health issues. Building on previously learned therapeutic relationship and communication skills, the students will address their collaborative role with patients and with the multi-discipline treatment team in planning and evaluating patient care. Pertinent legal-ethical issues relative to behavioral health will be addressed as students further develop their professional identify. Clinical required. (A special fee will be assessed).