Mental Health Community Practice

Course Code	NUPH-743
Course Name	Mental Health Community Practice
Category	Health Professionals
Description	This course provides a continuous practice experience that will consolidate previous learning and allow opportunities for Registered Practical Nurses and internationally-educated nurses to advance their mental health nursing practice expertise in the provision of nursing care for clients and/or families. This course will provide students with an opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge of mental health and crisis management nursing to clinical practice. Students will be able to develop both cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary to perform patient assessments by gathering a health history, and by performing a mental status assessment. Students will be able to analyze this data to develop a plan of care for clients with mental illness. The student will have an opportunity to examine how the social, cultural, economic and political environment of mental health will influence his/her practice and advance their practice expertise in the provision of nursing care for clients in the community. This course will assist students in the application of theoretical knowledge of community nursing to clinical practice. Students will be able to develop both cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary to perform patient assessments within the home and community settings. Students will be able to analyze this data to develop a plan of care for the management of clients in the community.
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Contact Telephone	416-289-5207
Contact E-mail	ce@centennialcollege.ca
Associated Programs	7993 - RPN TO BSCN BRIDGING TO UNIVERSITY PROGRAM ONLINE HYBRID

Section	Cost	Semester	Start Date	End Date	Meeting Times	Campus
There are no sections for this course at this time.

Legend for Days M - Monday T - Tuesday W - Wednesday R - Thursday F - Friday S - Saturday U - Sunday TBA - To Be Announced