This course is designed to foster understanding and critical thinking in relation to social, ethical, legal, professional, and cultural aspects of psychiatric-mental health care. Students enhance their therapeutic relational-communication skills, assess and plan care for common mental health challenges and increase awareness of the entry-level nursing competencies and standards of care within interprofessional and intersectoral psychiatric-mental health practice. Prerequisites: Second year standing in a nursing program.
This course is designed to foster understanding and critical thinking in relation to social, ethical, legal, professional, and cultural aspects of psychiatric-mental health care. Students enhance their therapeutic relational-communication skills, assess and plan care for common mental health challenges and increase awareness of the entry-level nursing competencies and standards of care within interprofessional and intersectoral psychiatric-mental health practice. Prerequisites: Second year standing in a nursing program.
