Mar 29, 2024  
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College Catalog 2023-2024 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NURS 1446 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing A

Credit Hours: 2.00


Prerequisites: Admission into the Nursing Program; NURS 1355  and NURS 1365  all with grade C or better, or grade Pass (if the course is a Pass/Fail course)

Corequisites: NURS 1475  

(formerly NURS 1445)

This theory course focuses on planning safe, culturally‑diverse, patient‑centered nursing care for patients experiencing problems related to anxiety, alterations in affect, and alterations in cognition. It emphasizes using evidence‑based practice and quality improvement initiatives to develop critical thinking skills in caring for patients and their families. In addition, the course addresses growth and development of adolescent and young adult patients.

Billable Contact Hours: 2

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OUTCOMES AND OBJECTIVES
Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

  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:

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

Course Outcome:

  1. 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.

COMMON DEGREE OUTCOMES (CDO)
  • Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
  • Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
  • Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
  • Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
  • Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.
CDO marked YES apply to this course:
Communication: YES
Critical Thinking: YES
Global Literacy: YES
Information Literacy: YES
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE

  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

Primary Faculty
Tschirhart, Susan
Secondary Faculty
Lucas, Elizabeth
Associate Dean
Shaw, Andrea
Dean
Mirijanian, Narine



Primary Syllabus - Macomb Community College, 14500 E 12 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48088



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