NURS 231 - Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Credits: 2

NURS 231 introduces the student to concepts and principals of psychiatric/mental health nursing. The learner will be guided toward beginning competency in the nursing care of adult clients with persistent (chronic) mental illness. The student will identify common, well-defined mental health disorders and associated caring interventions. Students will focus on the impact culture and spirituality have on the care provided to clients with mental illness.

Pre-Requisites: NURS 131 - Basic Nursing Concepts II, NURS 198B - Basic Nursing Concept Clinical II, NURS 240 - Fundamentals of Nutrition, PSYC 250 - Developmental Psychology, and BIOL 220 - Anatomy and Physiology I and Lab.
Offered: Summer