NRS 3400 MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES IN MENTAL HEALTH
This course will explore the essential elements of nursing care across the mental-health care continuum. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of therapeutic communication, health-wellness-illness, medication and therapeutic caring interventions. Students will also explore the concepts of family, management of care, safety, quality improvement, informatics/technology and advocacy.
Course Types
Nursing; Clinical
- 1. Perform head to toe and focused assessments of the client with an alteration in mental health.
- 2. Demonstrate satisfactory competence in clinical skills per the NRS 340 Clinical Evaluation Tool.
- 3. Identify needs of clients and families within this client population and apply components of the nursing process to develop a plan of care to meet those needs.
- 4. Detect changes within the internal and external environment of clients across the mental health care continuum.
- 5. Communicate effectively with individuals, support persons and members of the interdisciplinary team.
- 6. Correlate diagnostic test and procedures across the health-wellness-illness continuum.
- 7. Analyze the role of medication regimens in the mental-health client and its impact on health-wellness-illness.
- 8. Incorporate informatics and technology to formulate evidenced-based clinical judgements and decisions.
- 9. Recognize the processes of clinical reasoning and applications in nursing practice.
- 10. Provide care in regard to policy and regulations, cost effective strategies, quality improvement processes and safety.
- 11. Implement caring interventions incorporating documented best practices for individuals in diverse mental health settings.
- 12. Provide safe, culturally competent therapeutic care to clients.