Psychiatric and Mental Health
Nursing
Course Code: NURS 417
Credit: (2+3)
Pre/Co-Requisite: NURS 321
This course focuses on strengthening the
student’s concept of health, mental health, human relationships and application
of the nursing process with individuals demonstrating maladaptive coping
responses and experiencing various mental health problems. In addition, the
course explores the mental health – mental illness continuum across the lifespan
and gives students an understanding of basic mental processes and nursing
interventions to promote coping. Medication and non-medication interventions,
group interventions, and therapeutic environments will be studied and
demonstrated.