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Course Title
Course Number
Prerequisites
Course Website
Instructor
Office Location
Office Phone
Office Hours
E-mail
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Faculty/College of Nursing
Department of community and Mental Health
Second Semester 2015/2016
Course Specifications
Title & Instructor
Psych-Mental Health Clinical Nursing
Nur 433
Nur 344, Nur. 431
E-learning
Mohammad Tamimi
N2-Level 0
Teaching Assistant
Thursday: 10:00-12:00 mkaltamimi@just.edu.jo
- Hanan AlFaraj
- Mayyada odailat
- Amal Aljede
Course Aims and Objectives
The aim of this course is to give an opportunity for the fourth-year nursing students to apply theoretical knowledge from bio & psychosocial sciences in clinical setting where individuals suffer from psychosocial, emotional and behavioral problems.
Students are going to use data obtained from the assessment in order to design an effective care plan to help those individuals and their families to maintain and relation their mental health statues. Students are expected to practice effective communication techniques when interacting with those individuals.
Objectives Weights
1) Demonstrate critical & reflective thinking to integrate knowledge in working with patients manifesting different psychiatric disorders
20%
10% 2) Use self therapeutically in interacting with patients suffering from different psychiatric disorders in working through the phases of a therapeutic nurse client relationship.
3) Provide different types of treatment modalities & activities that assist in enhancing the level of functioning and in improving psychological status of clients.
4) Use the nursing process in providing care for clients suffering from different psychiatric disorders in an in-patient psychiatric unit.
15%
25%
5) Use problem solving abilities as related to professional situations and/or working with patients in psychiatric units.
6) Apply mental health concepts to help patients to cop and live with their physical illness and complaints
7) Demonstrate a professional behavior and a sense of responsibility in working with patients suffering from psychiatric disorder.
10%
10%
10%
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Course Description
The focus of this course is on the biological, psychological, and social/learned basis of psychiatric disorders. This course builds on the concepts from basic psychology and physiology to the study of pathology of mental illness. The course explores nursing interventions including the use of the Nurse-Patient Relationship, the use of medications and managing the patient's environment and social milieu.
Recovery concepts are incorporated as are the issues of stigma. Legal and ethical issues frequently encountered in the area of psych/mental health nursing are addressed. Self- awareness, personal growth, and professional development are vital components of the course.
Contemporary mental health issues and their sequela are addressed as well as their application on patients who suffer from physical illness.
Title
Text Book & References
- Nursing Diagnoses in psychiatric Nursing: care Plans and
Psychotropic Medications
Author(s)
Publisher
Year
Edition
Book Website
References
Mary C.Townsend
F.A. Davis company
-2011
Eighth Edition
An F.A. Davis/Townsend
1.Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing:
Concepts of Care in Evidence-Based Practice 6th Edition,
2014, Mary C. Townsend, F.A. Davis company
2.
Psychosocial Nursing for General Patient Care, 3rd
Edition, Linda M. Gorman, F.A. Davis company ,2008
3. PSYCHOSOCIAL NURSING CARE: A Guide to Nursing
The WHOLE PERSON. By Dave Roberts, Oxford Brooks
University,2013
4.
Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Nursing , by
Sandra Walker,2014, Southampton University
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Intended Student Learning Outcomes(ISLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
ISLOs Related Objective(s) Reference(s)
-Establish therapeutic relationships with patients in psychiatric clinical settings as well as general units
Apply nursing process as appropriate to the selected patients
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-Solve problems as applied to clinical practice situation ….
-Identify ….treatment modalities appropriate to the selected patients
Teaching & Learning Methods
Direct interaction with clients; pre and post conference, debriefing; focus charting, interpersonal process recording, case study; Reflections of experience in daily log
Assessment Type
Assessment
Expected Due Date
TBA 1.Actual Case study
2.Clinical Seminar TBA
3.Psychosocial Assessment TBA
Weight
15%
10%
15%
4.Psychiatric Nursing
Assessment( Interview)
TBA 20%
5.Clinical & professional
Performance
At the end of each rotation ( 2 rotations) 15%
6.Final clinical Written
Exam
- May 17.2016 Tuesday 25%
Useful Resources
Clinical course hand outs and utilization of electronic and multimedia available thru web search
Course Content
Week
1
Topics
2.
Course orientation, course description, objectives , requirement and evaluation
- Clinical Handouts and resources to be communicated to students
Chapter in Text/handouts
- Documents updated course
Course syllabus
- Documents include psychiatric nursing assessment tool, psychiatric nursing manual, psychosocial assessment tool as applied in general units
Exams
Cheating
Additional Notes
All exams are closed book and notes. The final exam is comprehensive (covers all the material). Incomplete exams need approval from the ……..
-Prohibited; and in case of cheating the student will be subject to punishment according to the university exams policy and rules
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Attendance
Participation
Laboratory
Withdraw
-According to the university policy and rules .
-Each student is required to show active participation in group discussions / pre and post clinical meetings and clinical seminars
-Attendance of orientation psych mental health nursing lab during the first two weeks of the semester
-Withdraw from the course according to period designated by office of registration published in the academic calendar
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