Focus is on advanced practice nursing in primary and acute care settings with adults and families experiencing psychiatric-mental health concerns. The focus is on selected acute and chronic complex psychiatric-mental health care problems. Emphasis is on the interaction among health care problems. Emphasis is on the interaction among health care providers in a culturally diverse environment. The focus is on the role of the advanced practice nurse in the health care management of adults with psychiatric-mental health concerns.
Emphasis is on collaboration with other health care providers in a culturally diverse environment.
The focus is on the application and synthesis of knowledge and skills acquired in all previous courses. All core and research courses. The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for the evaluation of issues and trends encountered in Advanced Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing care. The focus is on clinical applications and pharmacokinetics of selected pharmacologic agents used with adults with psychiatric-mental health concerns. Emphasis is on current research and trends related to the pharmacological treatment of adult's psychiatric-mental health problems.