Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Nursing Across the Lifespan II

3 credits

This second course in this sequence focuses on more complex mental health and illness management issues that require advanced skill in clinical assessment, diagnosis, and development of inclusive plans of care. Focus is on theoretical, evidence-based, cost-effective, high quality and ethical approaches to health promotion, illness management and care coordination. The broader healthcare system and interprofessional collaboration will be examined in addition to the influences of bias, structural racism, social determinants of health, gender and health inequities. Assessment, diagnosis and management of more complex clinical issues will be addressed within the context of biopsychosocial and developmental factors.