Psychiatric Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on promotion, maintenance, and restoration of the behavioral health of individuals and families. The course is based on the biopsychosocial model of psychiatric nursing, and addresses the mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, families, children, adolescents, and older adults. The course focuses on the inter-relationship of the biologic, psychologic, and social domains of mental health and illness. Emphasis is placed on communication and therapeutic nursing interventions with clients. Students will build upon their therapeutic communication, critical thinking and nursing process skills to be used with clients in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings. Course fee.