NURS 3380 - Caring for Clients with Mental Health Alterations

3 credit hours

Prerequisites: NURS 3000, NURS 3010, NURS 3030, NURS 3040, NURS 3041, NURS 3042. Corequisite: NURS 3390 . Provides students with experience communicating and providing care to a variety of patients experiencing mental health issues. Opportunity for students to learn theoretical concepts relating to mental health and psychiatric nursing. Interpersonal and group communication, psychopathology, and legal and ethical issues explored. Methods used in providing nursing care for clients with alterations in mental health presented. Interdisciplinary health care team and its function in the psychiatric setting explored. Three hours lecture.

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