NURS 2326 Mental Health Nursing Clinic

2 Credit Hour(s)

This course focuses on nursing interventions for mental health-psychiatric care in a variety of clinical practice environments. Critical thinking skills are utilized through the application of the nursing process and therapeutic communication skills to support clients’ adaptive responses to internal and external stressors along the mental health continuum. The concepts of holistic man, therapeutic use of self, and self and cultural awareness are emphasized. Students focus on clients’ behavior, growth and development in meeting their basic needs. This is a half-semester course.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 2020; PSYC 1010, NURS 1213, NURS 1226, NURS 1613, NURS 1626.
Corequisite(s): NURS 2313, NURS 2126, NURS 2113, BIOL 1230