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Clinical Management III: Treatment
Course #: NURSNG 649
Description:
This is the third clinical course that focuses on the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) students' skills and competencies with patients with higher complexity. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of mental health promotion / illness management with a focus on the psychiatric care across the lifespan and continuum of care across settings. Students provide depth analysis of theory and research as a basis for their clinical decisions; exploration of the mental health recovery paradigm, and finally, the assessment, planning and intervention in complex care of individuals with co-morbid substance use and medical conditions. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Seminar discussions include an exploration of special topics in disease management to improve quality, access and cost of mental health care for diverse populations (or communities) with an emphasis on underserved populations, where diversity includes age, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, religion, language, sexual orientation, abilities, and socioeconomic status. Virtual care and Telehealth delivery of mental health services is a topical area of emphasis for this semester.
Pre Requisites: Pre-requisite: NURSNG 648