NURS 1220 - Mental Health Nursing

• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to promote mental health and wellness by providing care, comfort, and assistance in activities of daily living.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to reduce client risk potential and manage physical and mental health alterations for clients of all ages.
• Apply critical thinking to discuss needs/problems related to safety for the client of any age.
• Apply nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and family/significant others experiencing stressful events.
• Assess the physiological, psychosocial, cultural and environmental factors that influence collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team, delegation of duties to delineate responsibility, establish priorities for care delivery and health management.
• Discuss approaches to the safe use of restraints (physical and chemical), communication techniques and management to direct the client who may harm self or others.
• Provide safe and effective care for clients with mental health problems that require the administration of medications and parenteral therapies including side effects of medication and client teaching paramount to safe medication therapy.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective mental health care for the client of any age.
• Verbalize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for clients with acute, chronic or life-threatening physical and mental health conditions including unexpected response to therapies.