NRSG418 - Community Health and Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Course Description

Students expand the use of the nursing process with a focus on health promotion/disease prevention as it relates to psychiatric-mental health and community nursing. Students explore the use of evidence based practice through the use of research studies to promote health for individuals in the psychiatric-mental health and community settings.

The community health portion of the course provides a theoretical basis for practice in the field of population focused health. Community health content explores family assessment, rural and urban health, global health, cultural diversity in health care delivery, finance, policies, roles of the nurse in the community setting, and the use of the nursing process when the community is the client.

The psychiatric-mental health portion of the course focuses on maladaptive patterns of emotional and behavioral expression, which are studied in the context of a mental health continuum. Specific patterns included are: anxiety, withdrawal, affective, cognitive, and addictive disorders. Students are encouraged to explore selected research studies relevant to the nursing process as it is used to assist individuals, families, and groups in meeting their mental health needs. Resources in the community mental health system are identified.

Course Objectives

Students meet the University of Lynchburg outcomes for Education by achieving the course objectives. The course objectives are derived from the Nursing Program Outcomes (PO) and the AACN BSN Essentials (Essential). 

1. Examine historical, legal, social, cultural, political, and economic forces that influence the client, nursing practice and healthcare systems. 

   1. PO, Essential, ANA Standard, and QSEN Competency Met: PO 1; Essential I & III; ANA Standard 8 & 10; QSEN Quality Improvement (QI)

2. Apply nursing process to health promotion/disease prevention, health education, behavior change theories and research to community and psychiatric-mental health practice. 

   1. PO, Essential, ANA Standard, and QSEN Competency Met:  PO 1, PO 2, & PO 6; Essentials II, VII, & IX; ANA Standards 1-6 & 13; QSEN Evidence Based Practice (EBP)

3. Compare the roles and responsibilities of nurses in various community and psychiatric-mental health settings. 

   1. PO, Essential, ANA Standard, and QSEN Competency Met: PO 5, PO 7; Essentials II, VII, & IX; ANA Standard 10; QSEN Pt Centered 

4. Analyze leadership and management styles used in community and psychiatric-mental health settings. 

   1. PO, Essential, ANA Standard, and QSEN Competency Met: PO 5; Essentials II, IV, VI, and IX; ANA Standard 9, 10, 11 & 12; QSEN QI

5. Engage in a partnership model of multidimensional assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation with individual/family and populations in community and psychiatric-mental health settings. 

   1. PO, Essential, ANA Standard, and QSEN Competency Met: PO 2, 4, & 6; Essentials II, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX; ANA Standards 1-6 and 10; QSEN Patient Centered Care, Teamwork and Collaboration, EBP and Safety

6. Demonstrate professional behaviors and values while in classroom setting 

   1. PO, Essential, ANA Standard, and QSEN Competency Met: PO 7; Essentials II, V, VI, VII, VIII, and IX; ANA Standard 7; QSEN