Schedule
Wed, 5:00 PM - 6:50 PM (9/7/2016 - 12/20/2016) Location: MAIN HAGAN H006
Thu, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (9/7/2016 - 12/20/2016) Location: MAIN TBA TBA
Description
This Level IV theory and clinical nursing course focuses on the expansion, synthesis, and application of prior knowledge. Mental health nursing concepts and knowledge needed to provide humanistic nursing care to individuals, families, communities, and populations will be presented. Important concepts for provision of nursing care to clients with mental health issues will be explored. Clinical experience will provide the student opportunities for synthesis and application of theory and practice. Mental health issues and approaches will be incorporated into the clinical experience. This full semester two (2) hour/week theory course includes six (6) hour/week clinical experience for a total of 75 hours/semester. Clinical experiences expose students to the full continuum of psychiatric care including: an acute inpatient psychiatric experience and an outpatient mental health experience. Prerequisites: NUR 289, 349, 359. Corequisites: NUR 409, NUR 439.