- Describe basic concepts of mental health nursing including delivery of patient care, critical thinking, health education/promotion, nursing process and current issues in psychiatric nursing.
- Discuss the neurobiological and psychosocial theories related to mental illness and describe treatment modalities in the holistic care of the mentally ill.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with mental health patients and their families, peers, and interdisciplinary team members.
- Describe the patient’s response to illness and integrate current acceptable practice and research into holistic health care for mentally ill patients and their families.
- Apply legal and ethical concepts related to the practice of nursing in the mental health setting.
- Use the nursing process to support optimal well-being of mentally ill patients and their families with implementation of safe and effective care.
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