Delivering EB Mental Health Care to Historically Marginalized and Underrepresented Populations

3 credits · School of Nursing

This course provides students an opportunity to explore advanced practice psychiatric – mental health nursing care strategies within the context of serving historically marginalized and underrepresented populations in the United States. Particular attention will be paid to understanding historical systems of oppression, the social influencers of health, community mental health assessment strategies, and barriers to care. Upon completion of this course, students will have refined a framework for mental health care that is anti-racist, solution-focused, and reflects cultural intelligence. Recommended prerequisite: for graduate health professional students and prelicensure nursing students during the last two semesters of the program.