NURS 682 - Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Role II

(3 credits)

This course includes knowledge and skills related to complex adult psychiatric-mental health illnesses and child/adolescent psychiatric specific illnesses, laboratory interpretations, and concomitant interventions (e.g., Psychopharmacology, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)). Principles and practice in group therapy are taught. Principles of recovery are noted. Community resources are explored (such as National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) and local resources), with emphasis on one’s own locality. Aligns with clinical II. Prerequisites: NURS 609 - Psychopharmacology, NURS 679 - Psychopathologic Disorders Across the Lifespan: Neurobiology, Psychiatric Assessment and Essential Features, and Evidence-Based Treatments, NURS 680 - Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Role I, NURS 681 - Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Role I Clinical, or instructor consent. Corequisite: NURS 683 - Psychiatric-Mental Health NP Role II Clinical. Grade only. Offered annually.