NUR441 Mental Health Clinical Intensive

[1–6, 3 cr.]

This course includes clinical practice and didactic content that focuses on knowledge and skills relevant to the care of clients with acute and chronic mental health problems. Mental health awareness and care is provided to individuals, families, and communities within this course’s clinical experience. Students examine variations in foci of care for mental health patients. Concepts addressed include therapeutic communication, interpersonal relationships, intra/interpersonal violence, mood, anxiety, psychosis, sexuality, cognitive dysregulation, and substance-related dysregulations. The clinical experience will include inpatient, acute and chronic, and community settings.

Prerequisite: NUR311 Summer Nursing Internship II
Co-Requisite: NUR421 Health and Illness IV