NUR 10701 Mental Health Concepts

(1 cr.) Lecture-Lab: 1-0
Offered: F
This course is designed to assist the student nurse to develop knowledge and skills for providing basic psychiatric nursing care. The student will achieve psychosocial adaptation competencies in assisting the client with an acute or chronic mental illness, substance abuse issue or crisis/violence need. The student is introduced to the nursing process applied to psychiatric nursing, therapeutic communication skills, and general assessment. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care, incorporating the concepts identified in this course. Prerequisite: Admission to the Level I Nursing Program.