NUR 360 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

2 cr.

NUR 360 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing addresses mental health issues within a holistic nursing context, emphasizing adaptive and maladaptive behaviors; those concepts that have evolved through the most current and comprehensive trends and evidence-based practices in psychiatric mental health nursing. Emphasis is on the clinical perspective and the challenges to understanding the complexities of human behavior. The historical and theoretical background of mental health nursing will be introduced within the content of how mental health has impacted the practice of nurses today. Concepts relevant to mental health and psychiatric nursing practice will also be emphasized. Prerequisites: PSY 101, PSY 204, and all sophomore level courses. Co-requisite: NUR 352.