NUR 3655 - Mental Health Nursing Care

Credits: 4

This course focuses on the major mental health diagnoses and the role of the nurse in the acute psychiatric care setting. Students will apply knowledge about the nurse-patient relationship, therapeutic communication, trauma informed care, and psychotherapeutic approaches to patient care. Students will use the nursing process and clinical reasoning to enhance the delivery of psychosocially, culturally, and spiritually appropriate nursing care to individuals and their families who are coping with major mental illnesses. The course will also focus on learning the pharmacotherapeutics and biological-based approaches to care of the mentally ill patient. Experiential learning will include the use of simulation/lab experiences, as well as, clinical experiences in an acute inpatient psychiatric care setting.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 3000
Corequisite(s): NUR 3600 and NUR 4000