Overview
Description
Advanced psychiatric nursing care of the adult, including assessment diagnosis, health promotion/management, and evaluation.
Requirements
Prerequisites
NURS 701
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): NURS 701.
Units
Lecture2
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- utilize health promotion and disease prevention frameworks in planning care for adults in psychiatric and mental health settings.
- construct a psychiatric formulation for an adult based on symptoms; history; genetic factors; social and developmental achievements; MSE; coping abilities; and differential diagnoses.
- identify advanced psychiatric nursing and bio-psychosocial theories to diagnose adults with psychiatric disorders.
- identify psychopharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions in the management of psychiatric disorders in adults using contemporary research of best evidence.
- analyze initiatives of social justice and the law that determine access, quality, ethical practice, and cultural competence in mental health care for adults.
- identify strategies for advocacy in the needs of the specialized and vulnerable population of the severe and persistently mentally ill.
- evaluate outcomes of care related to quality and safety in diagnosis and treatment of adults.