NUR 401 - Nursing Care of Clients with Behavioral Health Needs

This course investigates the role of the nurse in the application of nursing process to individuals and groups with behavioral and mental health disorders. Prevention, assessment, and nursing treatment of individuals and groups with behavioral and mental health disorders will be discussed. Emphasis is placed on assisting individuals, families, and communities with the promotion, restoration, maintenance of health and the evaluation of nursing care in those situations. This course includes both didactic/theoretical learning as well as exposure to individuals in a variety of acute and outpatient behavioral health clinical settings.
Lecture
Credits: 4
Prerequisites: NUR 301, NUR 310, NUR 311, NUR 320
Corequisite: NUR 325
Equivalent(s): NURS 401/NUR 4010
Offered in the Spring Semester
Not Liberal Arts