Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Across the Lifespan I

3 credits

This course focuses on the process of clinical decision making and health promotion, as well as the promotion and management of mental health and illnesses across the lifespan. Attention is given to the influence of bias, structural racism, social determinants of health, gender and health inequities on both the diagnostic process, selection of modality and patient outcomes of treatment. Students will integrate knowledge from nursing, other disciplines, trauma informed care and recovery concepts to form a framework for conducting mental health evaluations and formulating psychiatric diagnoses and holistic treatment plans. Emphasis is on utilizing inclusive, reflective, theoretical, evidence-based, cost-effective, and safe approaches to patient care across the lifespan.