September 2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
September 2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NA 260 - Mental Health for the RN


This course focuses on the continued application of the nursing process, critical thinking, and caring therapeutic interventions in acute, chronic, and community-based psychiatric-mental health settings. Basic mental health concepts and issues examined include cultural beliefs and ethnic diversity of the client and nurse as well as legal and ethical issues; therapeutic nurse-client relationship; self-awareness; neurobiopsychosocial theories; therapies and factors affecting health and wellness of clients with common psychiatricmental health needs; and disorders across the life span, i.e., anxiety, mood, thought, cognitive, personality, and eating disorders. Emphasis is placed on client advocacy and collaboration with members of the mental healthcare team. 3.00 semester credit hours Contact Hours: 45.00 Prerequisite: None. Corequisite: NA 261 Mental Health for the RN Clinical .