Diagnostic Reasoning for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Part 2)

1 credits · School of Nursing

This didactic course builds on the first diagnostic reasoning course by expanding the student's ability to identify and apply theoretical content and clinical practice guidelines for assessing, diagnosing, and intervening in the dysfunctional coping patterns and psychiatric disorders of individuals and groups across the lifespan. The DSM-5 (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) will be used as the basis for diagnostic nomenclature across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on refining skills in the assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in individuals, families, and groups. Prerequisites: 6013, 7214, and 7235; corequisites: 7221, 7222, and 7225. [1]