PMHNP: Acute and Chronic Managementof Adult and Older Adult with Psych (NUR 7 375)
Term: 2023-2024 Academic Year Fall
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 provides foundational content which will be applied in PMHNP Role Practica II: Adult and Older Adult Populations. Foundational knowledge in advanced 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; and health promotion, disease prevention, differential diagnosis in planning care for adult and older adult populations.
Prerequisite NUR 7310 Advanced Neurobiology and Psychopathophysiology; NUR 7315 Advanced Psychopharmacology; NUR 7330 Psychotherapy for Psychiatric Mental H