PNUR 153 Mental Health in Nursing Practice
This course introduces and explores the role of the practical nurse in caring for patients and their families affected by mental health disorders across the lifespan. Students will learn about the importance of therapeutic relationships and safe environments. The psychopathology and treatment modalities utilized to treat mental illness will also be discussed and applied. Students will engage in clinical judgement, critical thinking skills and the application of the nursing process through didactic lecture and active learning.
Cross Listed Courses
This course will be offered in both the full time and the part time program.
Prerequisite
All required program pre-requisites have been completed.
Outcomes
- Describe an understanding of how stress, trauma, adaptation and coping are related to mental health and mental illness.
- Demonstrate clinical judgement and an understanding of therapies used to manage mental illness including pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments.
- Use critical thinking clinical judgement to demonstrate an understanding of action, indication, side effects and contraindications of different medications used to manage mental illness.
- Utilize clinical judgment to describe components necessary to develop a therapeutic relationship and therapeutic communication with a client.
- Discuss the importance of the mental illness classification system and its application to providing evidence-based care.
Area of Study:
Career Education
Instructional Mode:
Online, Hybrid, Web-enhanced, In-person