Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Course

Course Outline

1. Etiology of Illness, Neurotransmitters, Legal/Ethical Concepts
2. Communicating with Psychiatric Clients
3. Influence of Culture on Treatment of Psychiatric Clients
4. Treating Psychiatric Mental Health Clients
5. Psychopharmacology in the Mental Health Clinic
6. Violent Clients
7. Abused Clients
8. Anxiety, Somatoform, and Dissociative Disorders
9. Mood Disorders
10. Personality Disorders
11. Eating Disorders
12. Thought Disorders
13. Substance Abuse
14. Cognitive Disorders
15. Sexual or Gender Disorders
16. Special Populations
17. Crisis Intervention

• The professor and author has more than 20 years of teaching experience with associate degree and baccalaureate degree mental health nursing students.
• Author has extensive experience in writing psychiatric mental health NCLEX style questions having written questions for several publishers.
• Experience with working in both inpatient and outpatient settings (Adults, Children, Adolescents, Elderly).
• Has taught psychiatric-mental health content for NCLEX review companies.