Practice Education: Mental Health Nursing

3 credits

This practice education course focuses on nursing care in acute, community and/or forensic settings with individuals, groups, and/or communities experiencing, or at risk for experiencing, mental health and substance use challenges. Learners will use the therapeutic relationship as the foundation for the integration of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed care that promotes and supports self-determination. The learner will apply principles of evidence informed practice and interprofessional collaboration while developing clnical reasoning and professional judgment in the provision of holistic, safe, and competent mental health care. ***Prerequisite: CNUR 314.*** *Note: CNUR 314 can be taken concurrently.*