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NURS 726

MH Diagnosis and Management of Children and Adolescents

Catalog2026-2027
Credits2 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Advanced psychiatric nursing care of children and adolescents: including assessment, diagnosis, health promotion/management, and evaluation.

Units

Lecture2

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • utilize health promotion and disease prevention frameworks in planning care for children and adolescents in psychiatric and mental health settings.
  • modify interviewing and assessment frameworks for children and adolescents in psychiatric-mental health settings.
  • construct a psychiatric formulation for a child or adolescent based on symptoms; psychiatric and medical history; genetic factors; family dynamics; social and developmental achievements; MSE; coping abilities, and differential diagnoses.
  • identify advanced psychiatric nursing and bio-psychosocial theories to diagnose children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders.
  • identify psychopharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in the management of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents using contemporary research of best evidence.
  • analyze initiatives of social justice that enhance access, quality, ethical practice, and cultural competence in mental health care for children and adolescents.
  • identify strategies for advocacy in the needs of the specialized and vulnerable populations of mentally ill children and adolescents.
  • evaluate outcomes of care related to quality and safety in diagnosis and treatment of children and adolescents.