Schedule
Mon, 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM (8/19/2013 - 12/13/2013) Location: MAIN CLARK 3244
Thu, 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM (8/19/2013 - 12/13/2013) Location: MAIN CLARK 3244
Description
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites: All year-one and -two courses, NRS 340, SSC 360
Pre/Corequisites: SSC 370, HUM 210/213, COM 320
Corequisites: NRS 345, NRS 350C
The course incorporates concepts and principles of psychiatric mental health nursing, community health nursing and public health science that promote holistic health of diverse vulnerable communities. As students broaden self-awareness and understanding of human beings, major foci are on therapeutic communication, group process and advocacy for individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Students use enhanced critical-thinking skills and a caring approach to apply nursing process to problems with multiple causes. Students value teaching/learning principles, motivation, risk reduction and health promotion as integral to achieving desired outcomes. Theory and research related to the promotion of mental health, prevention and management of acute/chronic mental illness and population-based needs are explored. The roles of