Adult Mental Health Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on the delivery of patient and family-centered care with anemphasis on critical thinking to plan and prioritize nursing care for patientsreceiving treatment for acute and chronic mental health, behavioral, and/orcognitive conditions across the lifespan. Advanced skills in therapeutic verbal andnonverbal communication and assessment in the provision of individual andgroup interventions to promote self-esteem, anxiety reduction, and coping.Clinical experiences advance the development and application of scientificprinciples, theory, and skills, of mental health nursing practice. Registration in thiscourse requires that students purchase liability insurance through the College.(2.5 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. clinical) Prerequisite: NUR102 and NUR116. Corequisite:NUR133.