ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM
NURS 205P: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
SYLLABUS: SPRING 2007
Methodical
Instruction
for
CLINICAL LAB #1(2
hours)
Theme: Role of the Nurse in Mental Health Nursing
Instructor: Dr. Lyubov
Milevska - Vovchuk,
STUDENT
OBJECTIVES:
1. Define
mental health/mental illness.
2. Describe
mental health treatment through history to the present, including availability
of present mental health services.
3. Compare and contrast the DSM-IV TR diagnosis with a nursing diagnosis.
4. Describe communication techniques that are
therapeutic, as well as those that are barriers, in the care of psychiatric
patients.
5. Define therapeutic relationships,
distinguishing from social relationships.
6. Describe the roles of other members of the
mental health treatment team.
7. Compare and contrast major theoretical models
that contribute to the understanding of psychiatric patients and their
behaviors. (Freud, Skinner,Sullivan,
Erikson,and Peplau).
8. Identify how specific brain functions are
altered in certain mental disorders (e.g. depression,
anxiety,
schizophrenia).
9. Describe the three major areas of the brain
and identify at least three functions of each.
10. List developmental criteria related to the
assessment of psychiatric patients.
11. Recognizing actual and/or potential human
needs interferences, relate nursing process to
psychiatric/mental
health nursing practice.
12. Identify the components and characteristics of
a therapeutic milieu.
13. Discuss and explain concepts and strategies
specific to the following therapeutic models: psychotherapy, group therapy, family therapy,
behavior therapy, and crisis intervention.
CLINICAL LAB Outline /
students Assignments
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# |
Clinical lab Outline |
Assignments |
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1. |
Mental Health and Mental Illness 1
1. Concepts of Mental Health and
Mental Illness 2. Mental Health/Mental Illness
Continuum overview of history of Mental
Health Nursing 3. Culture and Mental Illness Historical Overview |
Varcarolis: Chapter 1 |
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2. |
Relevant Theories and Therapies for Nursing
Practice
1. Developmental Theory‑Freud, Erikson 2. Psychoanalytical Theory‑Freud 3. Interpersonal Theory-Sullivan, Peplau 4.
Cognitive Theory 5. Biophysiological
Theory |
Varcarolis: Chapter 2 Varcarolis: Chapter 3 |
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3. |
Role of
the Mental Health Nurse 1. Related to Other Members of Mental Health
Care Team 2. Functions of the Psychiatric/Mental Health
Nurse |
Varcarolis: Chapter 4 |
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4. |
Developing
Therapeutic Relationships 1. Therapeutic Interpersonal
Relationships
|
Varcarolis: Chapter 10 & 11 |
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5. |
Multidisciplinary
Psychiatric/Mental Health Treatment Modalities
1. Treatment Modalities a. Milieu Therapy b.
Individual Psychotherapy c.
Group Therapy d.
Behavior Therapy e.
Family Therapy f.
Crisis Intervention 2. Nurse's Role in Multidisciplinary Treatment
Modalities |
Varcarolis: Chapters 22, 34,35 |
Prepared by Lyubov Milevska – Vovchuk
06/03/07
Approved by Department of General Patient Care. Minute #________ from ____________2007
Head of the Department Prof. Oleksandr Oliynuk, MD, Ph.D,
Doctor of Medicine