Description
A course covering special topics important to Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner primary care practice. Topics include but are not limited to cultural approaches to mental health care, addressing gender issues across the life span, crisis intervention, addiction and substance abuse, and geriatric psychiatry. Legal and ethical issues important to the psychiatric mental health practitioner role are integrated. The course includes cases for assessing, diagnosing, and intervening in a variety of psychiatric disorders.
Credits
3
Terms Offered
FALL
Prerequisites