Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Across Lifespan II
This course builds on the knowledge base, diagnostic reasoning, and critical thinking competencies developed in Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Across the Lifespan I. This course continues the neuroscientific understanding of psychiatric mental health disorders and DSM-5 classification - for additional categories of illness, including autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, eating disorders, dementia and delirium, sleep disorders, suicidality, and personality disorders. Evidence-based treatment recommendations for psychiatric disorders will be addressed across the lifespan and expanded within psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic modalities courses. In addition, emphasis on the bio-social-cultural understanding of mental health and illness will continue to be explored with special consideration to vulnerable groups.
Prerequisites: GNUR 472 Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Across the Lifespan I.
Outcomes: At the successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1) Synthesize neuroscientific evidence on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with psychiatric mental health disorders; 2) Explain psychiatric mental health diagnoses with an understanding of current brain and behavioral research which emphasizes neurotransmitters, neural circuitry and brain regions, psychiatric symptomology, human behavior, and neuroplasticity; 3) Apply critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical judgment into the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of psychiatric mental health disorders across the lifespan; 4) Develop treatment recommendations and care plans that incorporate the perspectives, cultures, and values of patients and families with consideration to safety, environmental context, and professional ethics; 5) Explain the complex socio-cultural, ethical, political, and economic context for psychiatric diagnosis, mental health care, and mental health policy within the US; 6) Examine the impact of policy changes and advocacy efforts for special or vulnerable populations within psychiatric mental health care and treatment.
Prerequisites: GNUR 472 Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Across the Lifespan I.
Outcomes: At the successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1) Synthesize neuroscientific evidence on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with psychiatric mental health disorders; 2) Explain psychiatric mental health diagnoses with an understanding of current brain and behavioral research which emphasizes neurotransmitters, neural circuitry and brain regions, psychiatric symptomology, human behavior, and neuroplasticity; 3) Apply critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical judgment into the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of psychiatric mental health disorders across the lifespan; 4) Develop treatment recommendations and care plans that incorporate the perspectives, cultures, and values of patients and families with consideration to safety, environmental context, and professional ethics; 5) Explain the complex socio-cultural, ethical, political, and economic context for psychiatric diagnosis, mental health care, and mental health policy within the US; 6) Examine the impact of policy changes and advocacy efforts for special or vulnerable populations within psychiatric mental health care and treatment.