This course prepares students to provide safe, effective, and holistic nursing care to clients with psychiatric and mental health disorders across the lifespan and throughout diverse health care settings. Student learning focuses on the use of therapeutic communication techniques, motivational interviewing methods, therapeutic use of self when providing nursing care, and collaboration with the intra- and interprofessional health care teams and partnerships.
Prerequisites
NUR 215 Health Assessment in Nursing, NUR 222 Pathophysiology, PS 105 Introduction to Psychology, PS 110 Developmental Psychology, NUR 232 Pharmacology II, NUR 212 Nursing Foundations II.