Mental Health (NURS240)

(05/10/2021-08/13/2021)

Prerequisite Courses

Course	Description	Credits	Course Type Code
NURS225	Introduction to Health Assessment	Credits: 4	Crs Type: UG
NURS225L	Introduction to Health Assessment Lab	Credits: 0	Crs Type: UG
NURS230	Health Promotion and Wellness	Credits: 3	Crs Type: UG
NURS230C	Health Promotion and Wellness Clinical	Credits: 0	Crs Type: UG
NURS235	Principles of Pathophysiology	Credits: 3	Crs Type: UG

Co-Requisite Courses

Course	Description	Credits	Course Type Code
NURS220	Foundations of Nursing	4	UG
NURS220C	Foundations of Nursing Clinical	0	UG
NURS265	Pharmacology	3	UG

Course Memo

This course focuses on the application of the nursing process in the provision of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and strengthening the patient/client neuropsychological lines of defense and resistance to environmental stressors. The student will provide care for the patient/client experiencing designated stressors affecting the physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental, and spiritual variables across the life span. The student will learn to provide safe nursing care based on evidence that promotes competent care within the acute care and community environments. The course includes three credit hours of theory (45 clock-hours) and one credit hour of clinical (45 clock-hours). This course meets the requirement for an oral communication course.

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