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Mental Health & Community Concepts

Credits: 2
Course Number: 10-543-110

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Course Description

10-543-110 NURSING: MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY CONCEPTS ...this course will cover topics related to the delivery of community and mental health care. Specific health needs of individuals, families, and groups will be addressed across the lifespan. Attention will be given to diverse and at-risk populations. Mental health concepts will concentrate on adaptive/maladaptive behaviors and specific mental health disorders. Community resources will be examined in relation to specific types of support offered to racial, ethnic, economically diverse individuals and groups. (Prerequisites:Accepted in Nursing-AD program; 10-543-105, Nsg Health Alterations; 10-543-106, Nursing Health Promotion; 10-543-107, Nsg Clin Care Across Lifespan; 10-543-108, Nsg Intro to Clinical Care Mgmt; 10-801-196, Oral/Interpersonal Communication)

Course Typically Offered

  • Summer
  • Fall
  • J-Session
  • Spring

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What will I learn?

  1. Assess a community including the relationships among individuals, groups, and health
  2. Manage nursing care for the health needs for the community (including vulnerable populations such as disabled, homeless, mentally ill, elderly, teens, chronically ill, culturally diverse)
  3. Analyze the role of the nurse in providing safe care related to environmental hazards and emergency preparedness
  4. Analyze concepts of mental health nursing
  5. Manage care for patients experiencing anxiety disorders
  6. Manage care for patients experiencing mood disorders
  7. Manage care for patients experiencing personality disorders
  8. Manage care for patients experiencing thought disorders
  9. Manage care for patients with mental health disorders of childhood and adolescence
  10. Manage care for patients experiencing substance abuse
  11. Manage care for patients and families experiencing violence
  12. Manage care for patients experiencing eating disorders
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Class Number: 22656

Date:
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Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Spring 2025
Green Bay Campus Room HS116
1/27/2025 - 5/19/2025
M — 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM
$332.70

Class Number: 22657

Date:
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Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Spring 2025
Green Bay Campus Room HS402
1/23/2025 - 5/15/2025
Th — 11:30 AM - 1:20 PM
$332.70

Class Number: 23833

Date:
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Delivery:
Online
Term:
Spring 2025
Online
1/21/2025 - 5/16/2025
$332.70

Class Number: 22682

Date:
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Delivery:
Online
Term:
Spring 2025
Online
1/21/2025 - 5/16/2025
$332.70