Acute & Chronic Management of Child/Adolescent with Psychiatric Mental (NUR 7 350)
Term: 2023-2024 Academic Year Summer
Description
This course focuses on the role of the psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurse. Emphasis is on critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, clinical judgment, theoretical underpinnings while applying scientific evidence-based theories, therapeutic concepts of communication, and screening tools. This course feeds into the associated practicum course for application of assessment skills; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders diagnostic reasoning; acute and chronic management, including psychopharmacology and psychotherapy; interprofessional collaboration; ethical standards and cultural diversity inclusion; health promotion; disease prevention; and differential diagnosis in planning care for children, adolescents, and families.
Prerequisite: NUR 7310 Advanced Neurobiology and Psychopathophysiology; NUR 7315 Advanced Psychopharmacology; NUR 7330 Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practice.