NUR 4290 Humanistic Nursing Care in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Practice
(formerly NUR 429)
This Level IV theory and clinical nursing course focuses on the expansion, synthesis, and application of prior knowledge. Mental health nursing concepts and knowledge needed to provide humanistic nursing care to individuals, families, communities, and populations will be presented. Important concepts for provision of nursing care to clients with mental health issues will be explored. Clinical experience will provide the student opportunities for synthesis and application of theory and practice. Mental health issues and approaches will be incorporated into the clinical experience. Clinical experiences expose students to the full continuum of psychiatric care including: an acute inpatient psychiatric experience and an outpatient mental health experience. This 4 credit course allocates 2 credits to lecture and 2 credits to clinical for a total of 75 hours/semester one 8-hour day/week.
Distribution
NursingOffered
Fall, Spring