NURS 1456 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing B

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 chemical dependency, personality disorders, eating disorders, violence and abuse, organic mental disorders, and grief and loss.

Course Objectives:

1. The student will explain the role of evidence in the nursing care of culturally‐diverse patients experiencing chemical dependency, personality disorders, eating disorders, violence and abuse, organic mental disorders, and grief and loss.
2. The student will give examples of subjective and objective data for patients experiencing chemical dependency, personality disorders, eating disorders, violence and abuse, organic mental disorders, and grief and loss.
3. The student will explain evidence‐based nursing interventions for patients experiencing chemical dependency, personality disorders, eating disorders, violence and abuse, organic mental disorders, and grief and loss.
4. The student will identify evidence‐based collaborative management for patients experiencing chemical dependency, personality disorders, eating disorders, violence and abuse, organic mental disorders, and grief and loss.

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 health problems related to chemical dependency, personality disorders, eating disorders, violence and abuse, organic mental disorders, and grief and loss.

Course Objectives:

1. The student will describe national patient safety goals of patients experiencing withdrawal from chemical dependency.
2. The student will describe national patient safety goals for patients experiencing a seizure.
3. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for patients experiencing violence or abuse.

1. Management of Patients with Substance Related Disorders
   1. Mood altering chemicals
   2. Dysfunctional behavior patterns
   3. Nursing process
   4. Antialcohol agents
2. Dual Diagnosis
   1. Definition and etiology
   2. Treatment issues
   3. Psychotherapeutic management
3. Community‐based Care
   1. Community mental health models
   2. Outpatient services
   3. Psychiatric home care
   4. Community outreach programs
   5. Residential services
   6. Homelessness
4. Management of Patients with Cognitive Disorders
   1. Nursing process
   2. Alzheimer’s disease
   3. Family caring for patients
   4. Closed head injuries
   5. Seizure disorders
   6. Anticonvulsant agents
   7. Cholinesterase inhibitors
5. Management of Patients with Personality Disorders
   1. Nursing process
   2. Cluster A personality disorders
   3. Cluster B personality disorders
   4. Cluster C personality disorders
6. Crisis Intervention
   1. Definition and description
   2. Phases of crisis
   3. Types of crisis
   4. Methods of crisis intervention
7. Survivors of Violence
   1. Nursing process
   2. Battered women survivors
   3. Child abuse survivors
   4. Elder abuse survivors
   5. Rape survivors
   6. Forensic nursing
8. Management of HIV/AIDS
   1. Nursing process
   2. Neuropsychiatric factors
   3. Psychosocial factors
   4. Grief and loss
9. Psychological Aspects of Physiological Illness
   1. Nursing process
   2. Historical overview
   3. Stress
   4. Persons at risk
10. Management of Patients with Eating Disorders
    1. Nursing process
    2. Anorexia nervosa
    3. Bulimia nervosa