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    Dec 13, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog
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NUR 3450 - Mental Health Nursing for the BSN

Credits: 4
Lecture: 45
Lab: 0

Presents the essential concepts of mental health and mental illness within the context of patient-centered care. Emphasis will be on enhancing mental wellness of individuals, families, or groups through a transpersonal caring model as students apply the nursing process. Theoretical content will focus on therapeutic communication, exploration of therapeutic use of self, major psychiatric disorders, stress and crisis, legal and ethical aspects of practice, and culturally competent care. Students will have opportunities to practice nursing assessment and interventions based on the Standards of Psychiatric/Mental Health Clinical Nursing Practice in a variety of clinical settings across the continuum of care. 45 hours of theory and 45 hours of clinical experience is required. Must complete with a B- or better.

Prerequisite(s): NUR 2350 NUR 2550   
Corequisite(s): NUR 3450P  



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