Mental & Behavioral Health (N323)
(05/23/2022-07/29/2022)
Course Memo
Mental and Behavioral Health
This course focuses on the psychological well-being of patients across the lifespan through classroom and clinical experiences. It includes the promotion and support of the patient’s adaptive responses utilizing a therapeutic relationship. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process through the use of therapeutic communication.
Course Student Learning Outcome’s (SLOs):
- Articulate the nursing process to provide and document safe, quality, patient-centered care for patients with mental/behavioral health problems.
- Demonstrate the nursing role in therapeutic communication and group therapy of the patient with mental/behavioral health disorders.
- Utilize appropriate communication skills in interactions with the nursing and interdisciplinary health care team.
- Practice professional behaviors within legal and ethical standards to advocate for patients with mental/behavior health problems.
Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Semester 1 courses; N321, N322 completed, or taken concurrently.
Assigned Books
Title | Author | ISBN | Year | Edition | Price |
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Case studies: Stahl's essential psychopharmacology | Stahl | 9780521182089 | 2011 | 1st | 88.00 |
Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing | Morgan | 9780803676787 | 2020 | 8th | 96.00 |
Stahl's essential psychopharmacology: neuroscientific basis and practical applications | Stahl | 9781108838573 | 2021 | 5th | 99.00 |