HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
VOCATIONAL NURSING
COURSE SYLLABUS
SPRING 2011
COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE
CREDIT HOURS
VNSG 1238 MENTAL ILLNESS
TWO (2)
CLASS HOURS
PLACEMENT OF COURSE
PREREQUISITE/COREQUISITE
TWO (2)
LEVEL II
COMPLETE LEVEL I COURSES
VNSG 1238 IS A CO-REQUISITE
TO VNSG 1266 and VNSG 2331.
Failure of this course will result in repeat of all co-requisites.
NOTICE: Students who repeat a course three or ore times may soon face significant tuition/fee increases at HCCS and other Texas public colleges and universities. Please ask your instructor/counselor about opportunities for tutoring/other assistance prior to considering course withdrawal, or if you are not receiving passing grades.
CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Study of human behavior with emphasis on emotional and mental abnormalities and modes of treat- ment incorporating the nursing process.
The student will describe the char- acteristics of positive mental health identify the coping mechanisms utilized by individuals to assist in alleviating stress and anxiety and demonstrate the use of therapeutic communication skills.

SCAN COMPETENCY
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
COURSE OBJECTIVES
A.Provider of Care
B.Coordinator of Care
VNSG 1238 COVERS ONE
SCANS WORKPLACE
COMPETENCY
Basic Skills
d. Listening
Students will be able to demonstrate effective listening skills and over- come faulty listening behaviors.
Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning psychiatric, vision, hearing,etc) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the
Disability Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the
Disability Support Services Office.
For additional information call
Donna Price at 713-718-5165 or
Donna.price @hccs.edu.
The student shall
1. Identify health status and health needs of clients based on interpre- tation of health-related data obtain- ed from the assessment and colloboration with the client, their families and members of the health care team as referenced to providers of care competency #1 and SCAN competency #28.
2. Implement plan of care within legal and ethical parameters in colloboration with the client and health care team as referenced to provider of care competency #1 and
SCAN competency #28.
The student shall:

C .Members of a Profession
1.
Participate in the identification of client needs for referral to appropriate sources of assistance based on the mental disorder diagnosis as referenced to coordinator of care competency
#3 and SCAN competency #28.
2.
Identify and follow lines of accountability within structured health care settings while providing care to selected clients with mental health disorders as referenced to coordinator of care competency #4 and SCAN competency #28.
The student shall:
1.
Demonstrate behaviors that promote the development and practice of vocational nursing that reflect safe clinical practice and provision of quality health care to select clients with mental disorders as referenced to members of a profession competency #2 and 3 and
SCAN competency #28.
PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES`
METHOD OF INSTRUCTION
METHODS AND STANDARDS
OF EVALUATION
Will be provided.
Lecture, group and/or individual projects, videos, handouts, multi- media computer presentation
1. Three (3) Unit exams, Multiple
Choice, 50 questions. One hour for each exam is allowed.
2.A Comprehensive final, multiple choice, 100 questions. Two hours will be provided for the exam.
3.The grade for this course is comprised of theory component only.

4.The course grade will delivered as follows:
Examinations (3) 60%
Final Examination 40%
100%
A MINIMUM COURSE GRADE
OF 75% MUST BE ACHIEVED
IN ALL VOCATIONAL
NURSING COURSES FOR THE
STUDENT TO PASS. THERE ARE
NO EXCEPTIONS. ANY COURSE
GRADE BELOW 75% MUST BE
REPEATED FOR NURSING
CREDIT. FINAL GRADES AND
UNIT EXAMS GRADES WILL
NOT BE ROUDNED.
ALL EXAMS ARE
ADMINISTERED ON LINE.
THERE WILL BE NO MAKE
UP EXAMS FOR THE
STUDENTS WHO ARE ABSENT
ON THE SCHEDULED EXAM
DAY. IF A STUDENT IS UNABLE
TO TAKE THE SCHEDULED
EXAM A GRADE OF 50% WILL
BE GIVEN.THERE WILL BE NO
EXCEPTIONS.
Students must log off the computer at the end of an exam. Failure to do so will not record a grade in the computer lab system and result in a grade of zero (0).
Exam Reviews will be announced.
Students must record their grades on the sheet provided in the syllabus. No exam papers or grade sheets will be shown after the review.

GRADING SYSTEM
90-100 A
80-89 B
75-79 C
60-74 D
Below 74 F
Guidelines for Classroom
Pagers and cell phones that emit sounds are not permitted in the classroom. Any use of the devices described will be grounds for dismissal from the classroom for the remainder of the class session.
Attendance
Students will be responsible for signing the roll each class day.
Failure to sign the roll will result in an absence.
Consistent punctual attendance is essential. Students who are absent more than 12.5% of the total hours of instruction (more than
4 hours) from this course are administratively withdrawn.
Tentative Class Schedule

1,4,5,7,11
Exam dates will be announced
1.Psychiatric
Mental
Health
Nursing
II Nursing care of
Clients with disorders
Related to
Development
III.Nursing
Care of
Clients with
Mental
Disorders
19,21,23,27
22,24,25,26
33
CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR: ANY STUDENTS EXHIBITING
UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR ARE SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE
CONSULT/DISMISSAL AS OUTLINED IN THE SYLLABUS AND PROGRAM
HANDBOOK.
REQUIRED TEXT Shives, Louise Rebraca (2008) Basic
Concepts of Psychiatric Mental Health
Nursing,Philadelphia, Wolters
Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Recommended References :
Morrison, Michelle (1997) Foundations
Of Mental Health Nursing, St. Louis, Mosby
Christensen, Kockrow, Foundations of
Nursing, St. Louis, Mosby, 6 th
ed.
FACULTY
`
Sharon McCowan, RN
Suite 319, Room 317
713-718-7339