NURS 231 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

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. Prerequisites: NURS 131 – Basic Nursing Concepts II, NURS 198B – Basic Nursing Concepts Clinical II, NURS 240 – Fundamentals of Nutrition, PSYC 250 – Developmental Psychology, and BIOL 220 – Human Anatomy and Physiology I. Summer.

Credits

2