Management of Mental Health Credits: 4

Catalog description

This course is designed to introduce psychiatric mental health nursing through the study of sound psychiatric nursing theory. This course will focus on the nursing process framework, and the establishment and maintenance of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. Emphasis is placed on assessment, therapeutic communication, neurobiological theory, and pharmacology. Nursing interventions will focus on all aspects of client care, communication, client/family teaching, and community resources and their practical application in a variety of clinical settings.