NURS 1300 - Mental Health Nursing I

1.0 Credits

This course acquaints students with the concept of mental health as well as alterations in mental health. Topics include a review of select developmental theories and stages of the life cycle. The course explores stress, specific anxiety disorders, defense mechanisms, specific mental health alterations and current treatments, abuses, eating disorders, spirituality, death, and grief.

Prerequisites: (5) Acceptance into the Practical Nursing program; CHEM 1010; ENGL 1010; MATH 1310; and PSYC 1120

Lecture Hours: 1.0
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives
1. Identify basic concepts of mental health
2. Discuss nursing considerations cognitive impairment in the elderly
3. Summarize developmental stages throughout the lifespan
4. Discuss anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, and crises which disrupt mental health
5. Describe mental health alterations to include mood disorders, suicide, personality disorders and schizophrenia
6. Discuss abuse-related disorders and the impact they have on the individual
7. Discuss eating disorders and how they impact the individual
8. Identify the nurse’s role in assisting clients with spirituality, death and grief
9. Apply the nursing process to the client with a mental health alteration.

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