NUR 565 Nursing Practice: Behavioral or Mental Health

This course provides a general overview of clients with behavioral or mental health problems. Focuses on conceptual models of psychiatric nursing management and treatment modalities. Concepts related to neuropathology, polypharmacology, and psychopharmacology and their effect on the mental health of patients are introduced. The goals of the therapeutic nurse-client relationship are also explored. Students retaking NUR 565 must also enroll in NUR 565C

Credits

3

Corequisite

NUR 525 and NUR 565C