This course focuses on primary assessment and diagnostic skills needed to determine appropriate therapeutic interventions in adults or children exhibiting mental illness. Special focus is on client group therapy and education as interventions to improve outcomes. HOUR REQUIREMENTS: 180 hours over an average of 12-15 weeks. NOTE: Students must be successful in companion course NUR 829 in order to receive a passing grade in this course (NUR 830).
Prerequisites:NUR 828 - PMHNP Focus III Clinical: Care of Children and Adolescents
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NUR 827 - PMHNP Focus III: Care of Children and Adolescents
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NUR 826 - PMHNP Focus II Clinical: Care of the Family as Client
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NUR 825 - PMHNP Focus II: Care of the Family as Client
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NUR 824 - PMHNP Focus I Clinical: Care of the Adult Individual Client
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NUR 823 - PMHNP Focus I: Care of the Adult Individual Client
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NUR 822 - Theoretical Foundations for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan
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NUR 821 - Neuropsychopharmacology
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NUR 820 - Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment
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NUR 715 - Clinical Genetics/Genomics for Advanced Practice Nurses
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NUR 713 - Health Systems Leadership
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NUR 711 - Ethical Leadership in Professional Nursing Practice
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NUR 710 - Theoretical Foundations of Practice and Nursing Education
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NUR 709 - Health Policy for Nursing and Other Healthcare Providers
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NUR 708 - Connecting Theory and Research Knowledge for Advanced Nursing Practice
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NUR 707 - Improving Population Health
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NUR 706 - Methods of Evidence-Based Practice for the Advanced Practice Nurse
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NUR 704 - Roles of the Advanced Practice Nurse
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NUR 703 - Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
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NUR 702 - Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice
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NUR 701 - Physiology and Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice