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Apr 25, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog [PREVIOUS CATALOG YEAR]
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NSG 260 - Mental Health Nursing Theory II
Description: Concepts of nursing care for clients with maladaptive psychosocial and physiological responses related to commonly occurring psychiatric disorders. Emphasis on the use of the nursing process to apply and analyze previously learned concepts related to psychiatric disorders. Integration of competencies of nursing knowledge to include patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, safety, evidence based practice, quality management and informatics to provide professional safe care.
Prerequisites: NSG 150 , NSG 152 , NSG 153 , NSG 155 , and BIO 205
Corequisite: NSG 240 , NSG 242 , and NSG 250
Credits: 2
Lecture: 2
Lab: 0
Course Content:
- Principles of nursing care related to psychiatric/mental health nursing standards of care, psychosocial and mental status assessment
- Principles of nursing care related to cultural awareness and cultural influences on health
- Principles of nursing care related to the development of the nurse-client relationship and therapeutic communication techniques
- Principles of nursing care related to management of adaptation to stress/coping
- Principles of nursing care related to legal/ethical aspects related to clients with psychiatric/mental health needs and theories/barriers to appropriate therapies
- Principles of nursing care related to management of therapeutic environment/milieu management /behavioral management
- Care of clients with selected mental health needs
Learning Outcomes:
- Patient-centered care - Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values and needs. (1-7)
- Teamwork and Collaboration - Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and sharing decision making to achieve quality patient care. (1-7)
- Evidence-Based Practice - Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care. (1-7)
- Quality Improvement - Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of healthcare systems. (1-7)
- Safety - Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. (1-7)
- Informatics - Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making. (1-7)
Required Assessment:
Assignments, exams, standardized exams.
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