Altered Mental Health Patterns

Prerequisite: NUR 2930, 3952, 3953, 3962, 3963, and PSY 3600. (*Must have a grade of C or higher.) Co-requisite: NUR 3971.

An examination of the conceptual base, principles, and practice of mental health and psychiatric nursing across the life span in a holistic approach. Nursing modalities include: psychotropic medications, milieu therapy, crisis intervention, and therapeutic communication skills within the acute psychiatric hospital setting. Individual and family coping with acute mental health alterations are explored. A clinical component (NUR 3970) must be taken concurrently.

Credit: 3