NURS 306: The course provides an introduction to the care of individuals experiencing psychiatric or mental health problems throughout their lifespan. The nursing process and therapeutic communication techniques are used as guides to provide holistic care to clients across the health-illness continuum.
NUPR 306: Students to utilize theoretical knowledge and skills to provide holistic nursing care to clients with mental health needs. Emphasis is on the use of the nursing process to provide therapeutic interventions across the health-illness continuum.
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Depression: A family matter: Elderly parents with depression. (1997) [video recording]. American Medical Communications.
Discovery Health Channel. (2006). Nursing the mind [video recording]. Discover Communications.
Dual diagnosis: An integrated model for the treatment of people with co-occurring psychiatric and substance disorders. (2000): Mental Illness Education Project. HBL RC455.2.M4 M56 2000
Lippincott's video guide to psychiatric mental health nursing assessment. (2010). Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. HBL RC473.B43 L577 2010
National Institute for Occupational Health & Safety. (2002). Working with stress [video recording].
*RT 86.3
*RC 440
*RC 454
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Schultz, J. M., & Videback, S. L. (2009). Lippincott's manual of psychiatric nursing care plans. (8th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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Use CINAHL, Medline and PsychINFO to retrieve articles in full text on all psychiatric and mental health nursing topics.
American Journal of Nursing
British Journal of Nursing
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services (print)
Mental Health Nursing
Nursing Research
Perspectives on Psychiatric care (electronic)
