NURS 1446 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing A

Credit Hours: 2.00

1. The student can analyze and apply the critical components of evidence-based nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

1. The student can explain the role of evidence in determining best clinical practice and differentiate clinical opinion from research and evidence summaries for patients experiencing anxiety, alterations in affect, and alterations in cognition.

Course Objectives:

1. The student will explain the role of evidence in the nursing care of culturally-diverse patients experiencing anxiety, alterations in affect, and alterations in cognition.
2. The student will give examples of subjective and objective data for patients experiencing anxiety, alterations in affect, and alterations in cognition.
3. The student will explain evidence-based nursing interventions for patients experiencing anxiety, alterations in affect, and alterations in cognition.
4. The student will identify evidence-based collaborative management for patients experiencing anxiety, alterations in affect, and alterations in cognition.

Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

2. The student can recognize quality improvement strategies as an integral component of nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

2. The student can identify national patient safety goals and quality indicators for patients experiencing anxiety, affective alterations, and cognitive alterations.

Course Objectives:

1. The student will describe national patient safety goals for patients experiencing suicidal ideation or demonstrating self harm.
2. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators of patients experiencing assaultive behavior toward others due to anxiety, alterations in affect, or alterations in cognition.
3. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for patients at risk for injury to others or self due to alterations in cognition.

1. Foundations of Psychiatric Nursing
   1. Role of the nurse in the continuum of care
   2. Psychosocial, ethical, and socio‐cultural concepts
2. Mental Health and the Nursing Process
   1. Nursing process
   2. Mental health assessment
   3. Psychobiological basis of behavior
   4. Continuum of care
3. Psychotherapeutic/Milieu Management
   1. Therapeutic relationship
   2. Therapeutic communication
4. Management of Patients with Depression and Suicidal Ideations
   1. Nursing process
   2. Antidepressant agents
   3. Electroconvulsive therapy
5. Management of Patients with Mania
   1. Nursing process
   2. Antimanic agents
6. Management of Patients with Schizophrenia
   1. Nursing process
   2. Antipsychotic agents
   3. Antiparkinsonian agents
7. Management of Patients with Anxiety
   1. Nursing process
   2. Antianxiety agents
8. Management of Adolescent and Young Adult Patients
   1. Normal growth and development
   2. Nursing process
   3. Somatic therapies