Description
This course focuses on mental health across the life span and on therapeutic use of self. Theories of personality development and neurobiological integration will be emphasized. Critical thinking will be applied to interviewing skills and mental status assessment. Students explore concepts of diagnostic reasoning, differential diagnosis and the role of the Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry. Human responses to actual or potential health problems will incorporate the Molloy College Humanistic Nursing Framework to address the acute and chronic health needs of individuals. 30 lecture hours and 60 clinical hours per semester, student arranged.