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Aug 31, 2025
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NURS 175 - Mental Health Nursing
This course applies the nursing process as the framework to provide psychiatric and/or mental health care. Students focus on the development of effective caring nurse-client interactions using principles of therapeutic communication integrated with the knowledge of psychiatric disorders, psychosocial/stress management needs, and theories relevant to mental health. Students also analyzes teaching plans used with individual clients and families. Emphasis is placed on the personal, professional, and legal implications in meeting client psychosocial needs. Clinical practice is synthesized with the clinical nursing course (NURS 176 ), which is provided in structured health care settings.(Theory 2 hours)
Credit Hours: 2
Prerequisite: PSYC 121 & BIOL 221 & NURS010 OR PSYC 121 & NURS 122 & NURS 121 OR NURS012 & PSYC 121 & BIOL 221
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