Adv Psyc/Mental Health Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on advanced principles and concepts related to mental health nursing. The course emphasizes the roles and functions of the advanced practice nurse in meeting the needs of individuals/families/groups/communities who are experiencing alterations in psychosocial functioning. It includes management strategies from the domains of nursing, medicine and pharmacological therapeutics. Evidence-based practices, research, culture diversity, ethics and legal issues are integrated into this course.