NRSG 330 - Mental Health Nursing

4 credits (Hrs: 3 Lec, 1 Lab/Clinical)

This course fosters student’s clinical judgment for a holistic approach to the factors associated with mental health and underlying psychiatric disorders. Focus will be on the nursing care of the client with acute and chronic psychiatric disorders. The clinical experience will provide an opportunity to explore psychotherapeutic management of diverse populations along the continuum of mental health care, with an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and communication.