COURSE SYLLABUS
VNSG 1138.501 (1:1:0)
MENTAL ILLNESS
Vocational Nursing Program – Plainview Extension
Health Occupations Division
Technical Education Division
Plainview Campus
SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE
Spring Semester - 2012
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SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE – PLAINVIEW
SPRING 2011
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE TITLE:
VNSG 1138.501 (1:1:0)
INSTRUCTOR:
Toy Long, RN, BSN, CCHP
OFFICE LOCATION:
PHONE / E-MAIL:
OFFICE HOURS:
SPC- Plainview Center 104 E
(806)296-9611(4408)
tlong@southplainscollege.edu
Monday and Tuesday, 0800-1000
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course will study human behavior with an emphasis on emotional and mental
abnormalities and modes of treatment incorporating the nursing process.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The student will identify common mental illnesses and maladaptive behavior;
utilize the nursing process to assist in planning care for the individual with mental
illness or maladaptive behavior; and discuss trends in the management of the
individual requiring psychotherapeutic treatment.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course of study, the student should be able to:
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Identify, assess, and evaluate the nursing process in relation to the major DSM-IV-R
classifications of behavior, deviant patterns of behavior, and chemical abuse.
Identify current trends of therapy for the mentally ill client, and the nurse’s role in the
therapeutic process.
Identify major diagnostic categories of mental illness according to DSM-IV-R standards.
Utilize appropriate nursing diagnoses to complete a nursing care plan for the patient being
treated for a mental health alteration.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Refer to (Plainview) Student Handbook (page 23) and the SPC College
Catalog (page 23).
SCANS & FOUNDATIONS SKILLS:
C – 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17
F – 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
VERIFICATION OF WORKPLACE COMPETENCIES:
NCLEX-PN Licensure Exam eligibility following successful completion of the
one-year vocational nursing program.
TEXTBOOK:
Eby, Linda, RN, MN, Brown, Nancy RN, MSN (2009). Mental Health Nursing Care, 2nd
Ed, Pearson, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
ATI Mental Health Nursing, Content Mastery Series, review module. Edition 8.0
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Refer to College Catalog (page 21) and Student Handbook (Plainview – page
16). This course is 1 credit hour =16-hours. 2 hours per 16 hours = 2 hours of allowable absence.
(Student Handbook). If the allowable absences are exceeded, you will be dropped from this class.
 A tardy will be given if absent within the first 15 minutes of a class period. A student will not
be admitted to the class if not present within 15 minutes of the start of the class. Three tardies
will result in one hour absence. (Each 50-minute class is considered 1 hour)
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
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Read textbook assignments prior to class in preparedness for class discussion.
Participation in class discussion, complete ATI application exercise’s prior to lecture.
3 Unit Exams, intermittent quizzes, ATI Benchmark.
Computer Assisted Test, psychiatric , 1 test # 3 completed by 1/30/2012
GRADING:
Unit Exams
65%
Quizzes
15%
Class Participation
10%
CAT (1 test. # 3)
10%
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B
C
D
F
90-100
80-89
75-79
70-74
69 and below
ASSIGNMENTS:
1/17
Review syllabus, text, supportive materials.
Chapter 8 –Schizophrenia ATI chapters 13&21
Video: Schizophrenia- Causation
Chapter 9 Mood Disorders ATI chapters 12,27,20,11,19
Chapter 10 Personality Disorders
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Chapter 11 – Anxiety Disorders ATI chapters 11,18
Chapter 12- Substance Abuse and Dependency ATI chapters 16,23
Quiz
1/23
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Unit 1 Exam 1300-1400
Chapter 13Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence ATI chapters 22,25
Video: Depression and Anxiety
Video: Schizophrenia, Symptomatology
Quiz
1/24
Chapter 14 – Eating Disorders ATI chapters17
Chapter 15 –Dementia and Cognitive Disorders ATI chapter 15
Video: Schizophrenia- The Community’s Response
Quiz
1/30
Unit 2 Exam 1300-1400
Chapter 16 – Violence and Abuse ATI chapter 28
Chapter 17 – Psychosocial Issues in General Client Care
Quiz
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1/31
Unit 3 Exam
NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS
CHAPTER 8 SCHIZOPHRENIA
Objectives:
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Outline: I.
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Provide basic information to the client or family about the cause, clinical features, and
treatment of schizophrenia.
Monitor the mental status of a client.
Safely administer antipsychotic medications.
Apply the nursing process to the care of a client with schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia
Causes of Schizophrenia
Diagnosis and Clinical Features
Course of the Disease
Recovery
Collaborative Care
Advocating for Clients
CHAPTER 9: MOOD DISORDERS
Objectives:
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Provide basic client or family teaching about the cause, clinical effects and treatment of
depression.
Assess suicide risk.
Assess a client using the Geriatric Depression Scale.
Provide basic client or family teaching about the cause, clinical effects, and treatment of
bi-polar disorder.
Safely administer antidepressant and mood stabilizing medications.
Apply the nursing process to the care of a client with a mood disorder.
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
Major Depressive Disorder
Depression
Suicide
Bipolar Disorder
Definition of Bi-Polar Disorder
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Outline:
CHAPTER 10: PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Objectives:
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Describe the behaviors associated with personality disorders
Adapt the nurse-client relationship to the special concerns of the client who has a
personality disorder.
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Apply the nursing process to the clients with personality disorders.
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VII.
VIII.
Personality Disorders
Challenges for Nurses
Cluster A Personality Disorders
Odd-Eccentric
Cluster B Personality Disorders
Dramatic- Emotional
Cluster C Personality Disorders
Anxious- Fearful
Outline:
CHAPTER 11: ANXIETY DISORDERS
Objectives:
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Analyze the special needs of clients who have anxiety disorders.
Conduct basic client teaching about anxiety disorders.
Safely administer antianxiety medications.
Apply the nursing process to the care of clients with anxiety disorders.
Outline:
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
Biological Basis of Anxiety
Coping with Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Collaborative Care
CHAPTER 12: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCY
Objectives:
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Explain substance abuse, substance dependency, tolerance and withdrawal.
Assess clients for substance abuse symptoms.
Apply the nursing process to clients with nursing problems related to substance abuse and
dependency.
Respond appropriately when a colleague I impaired by substance abuse at work.
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
Delayed Diagnosis
Substance Abuse and Dependency
Collaborative care
Dual Diagnosis
Substance Dependency Among Nurses
Outline:
NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS WITH DISORDERS REALTED TO DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 13. DISORDERS IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
Objectives:
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Explain the relationship between developmental level and the client’s response to illness.
Include a variety of teaching strategies for health teaching of clients with learning
disorders.
Provide guidelines to parents of clients with attention deficit and disruptive behavior
disorders.
Provide nursing interventions to promote the self-esteem of clients.
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Apply the nursing process to clients with disorders diagnosed in childhood and
adolescence.
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IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
Effect of Mental Disorders on Development
Mental Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Elimination Disorders
Depression, Psychosis, and Suicide
Self- Concept
Outline:
CHAPTER 14 EATING DISORDERS
Objectives:
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Examine your own attitude about eating and eating disorders.
Describe subjective and objective symptoms of eating disorders.
Help families plan strategies for preventing eating disorders in their children.
Apply the nursing process to the care of clients with eating disorders.
Outline:
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II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Binge Eating Disorder
Males with Eating Disorders
Causes of Eating Disorders
Collaborative care
Obesity
CHAPTER 15. DEMENTIA AND COGNITIVE DISORDERS
Objectives:
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Explain the differences between delirium and dementia.
Identify clients with cognitive disorders.
Describe the problem behaviors of clients with cognitive disorders.
Apply the nursing process to clients with cognitive disorders.
Discuss the impact on the families of clients with cognitive disorders.
Outline:
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II.
Delirium
Dementia
SPECIAL TOPICS IN MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Chapter 16: VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
Objectives:
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Identify clients at risk for family violence.
Apply the nursing process to clients experiencing family violence.
Identify clients who are at risk for becoming violent in the healthcare setting.
Apply the nursing process to clients at risk for aggression.
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Describe ways to provide for the safety of staff and clients
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Outline:
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VII.
Violent Families
Child Abuse
Elder Abuse
Legal Issues in family Violence
Sexual Assault and Rape
Language Matters
Violence in the Healthcare Workplace
CHAPTER 17. PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN GENERAL CLIENT CARE
Objectives:
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Identify the psychosocial needs of the clients in the general medical setting.
Apply the nursing process to meet the psychosocial needs of clients outside the
psychiatric setting.
Apply the nursing process to the spiritual needs of clients.
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III.
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VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Anxiety
Client on Crisis
Angry Clients
Unhealthy Coping and Communication Skills
Manipulation
When Nurses Encourage Client Pathology
Chronic Illness
Psychosocial Needs of Special Populations
Spiritual Needs
Outline:
SCANS COMPETENCIES
C-1
C-2
C-3
C-4
TIME – Selects goals – relevant activities, ranks them, allocates time, prepares and
follows schedules.
MONEY - Uses or prepares budgets, makes forecasts, keeps records and makes
adjustments to meet objectives.
MATERIALS & FACILITIES – Acquires, stores, allocates and uses materials or
space efficiently.
HUMAN RESOURCES – Assess skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates
performances and provides feedback.
INFORMATION – Acquires and Uses Information
C-5 Acquires and evaluates information.
C-6 Organizes and maintains information.
C-7 Interprets and communicates information.
C-8 Uses computers to process information.
INTERPERSONAL – Works With Others
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C-9
C-10
C-11
C-12
Participates as members of a team and contributes to group effort.
Teaches others new skills.
Serves Clients/Customers – works to satisfy customer’s expectations.
Exercise Leadership – Communicates ideas to justify position, persuades and
convinces others responsibility challenges existing procedures and policies.
C-13 Negotiates – works toward agreements involving exchanges of resources; resolves
divergent interests.
C-14 Works With Diversity – Works well with men and women from diverse
backgrounds.
SYSTEMS – Understands Complex Interrelationships
C-15 Understands Systems – Knows how social, organizational, and technological
systems work and operate effectively with them.
C-16 Monitors and Corrects Performance – Distinguishes trends, predicts impacts in
system operations.
C-17 Improves Designs Systems – Suggests modifications to existing systems and
develops new or alternative systems to improve performance.
TECHNOLOGY – Works With a Variety of Technologies
C-18 Selects Technology – Chooses procedures, tools, or equipment, including computers
and related technologies.
C-19 Applies Technology to Task – Understands overall intent and proper procedures for
setup and operation of equipment.
C-20 Maintains and Troubleshoots Equipment – Prevents, identifies, or solves problems
with equipment.
FOUNDATION SKILLS
BASIC SKILLS – Reads, Writes, Performs Arithmetic and Mathematical Operations,
Listens and Speaks
F-1 Reading – Locates, understands and interprets written information in prose and in
documents such as manuals, graphs and schedules.
F-2 Writing – Communicates thoughts, ideas, information and messages in writing and
creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs and flow
charts.
F-3 Arithmetic – Performs basic computations; uses numerical concepts such as whole
numbers, etc.
F-4 Mathematics – Approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a
variety of mathematical techniques.
F-6 Speaking – Organizes ideas and communicates orally.
THINKING SKILLS – Thinks Creatively, Makes Decisions, Solves Problems,
Visualizes and Knows How to Learn and Reason
F-7 Creative Thinking – Generates new ideas.
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Decision Making – Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers
risks, evaluates and chooses best alternative.
F-9 Problem Solving – Recognizes problems, devises and implements plan of action.
F-10 Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye – Organizes and processes symbols, pictures,
graphs, objects and other information.
F-11 Knowing How to Learn – Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply
new knowledge and skills.
F-12 Reasoning – Discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two
or more objects and applies it when solving a problem.
F-8
F-13
F-14
F-15
F-16
F-17
PERSONAL QUALITIES – Displays Responsibility, Self-Esteem, Sociability,
Self-Management, Integrity and Honesty
Responsibility – Exerts a high level of effort and perseveres toward goal attainment.
Self-Esteem – Believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self.
Sociability – Demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy and
politeness in group settings.
Self-Management – Assesses self accuracy, sets personal goals, monitors progress
and exhibits self control.
Integrity / Honesty – Chooses ethical courses of action.
SCANS FOUNDATION AND COMPETENCY SKILLS (by course)
Foundations; (F)
ECON 230:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17
Competencies: (C)
2, 15
ENGL 1301
1302
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17
5, 6, 7, 8
5, 6, 7
GOVT 2301
1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 17
15
HIST 1302
1, 2, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17
15
MATH 1314
3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12
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PSYC 2301
1, 2, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17
4, 14
READ 1314
1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17
12, 13, 14, 15
1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
SPCH 1321
2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14
1, 5, 6, 7, 14
SOC
1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17
4, 14
1,2,4,10,11,12
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1301
PHYS 1315
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Example for PSYC: Scans:
2, 10, 11
Foundation Skills:
Competencies:
1,
4, 13
4.1.1 Syllabus Statements:
Each syllabus should include the following Diversity Statement and the
Disabilities Statement appropriate to the location of the course.
4.1.1.1 Diversity Statement:
In this class, the teacher will establish and support an environment that values and
nurtures individual and group differences and encourages engagement and
interaction. Understanding and respecting multiple experiences and perspectives
will serve to challenge and stimulate all of us to learn about others, about the
large world and about ourselves. By promoting diversity and intellectual
exchange, we will not only mirror society as it is, but also model society as it can
be.
4.1.1.2.
Disabilities Statement:
Levelland Campus
Students with disabilities, including physical, psychiatric, or learning
disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in this class should
notify the Special Services Office early in the semester so that the
appropriate arrangements may be made.
In accordance with federal law, a student requesting accommodations
must provide acceptable documentation of his/her disability to the
Special Services Coordinator. For more information, call or visit the
Special Services Office in the Student Services building. 894-9611 ext
2529.
Reese Center and Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center
(ATC)
Students with disabilities, including physical, psychiatric, or learning
disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in this class should
notify the Special Services Office early in the semester so that the
appropriate arrangements may be made.
In accordance with federal law, a student requesting accommodations
must provide acceptable documentation of his/her disability to the
Special Services Coordinator. For more information, call or visit the
Special Services Office in room 809 and 811, Reese Center, Building 8,
885-3048 ext 4654
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