NUR 564 Advanced Diagnosis and Psychopathology Across the Lifespan II

This is the second of four psychiatric‐mental health courses that prepares the nurse practitioner student for the holistic care of patients. This course builds upon previous coursework to advance students’ knowledge of psychopathology of selected mental health disorders, health promotion, and disease prevention. There is an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and students will integrate and refine analytical skills needed for accurate diagnosis, differential diagnosis and clinical decision making across the lifespan. Goals for this course will focus on the psychosocial, ethical, cultural, economic, legal, and political factors in the management of psychiatric‐mental health needs of patients. A comprehensive supervised clinical experience with a preceptor and faculty oversight provides application of theoretical content with an emphasis on diagnostic reasoning skills and clinical management (3 theory hours and 3 clinical hours; 168 clinical hours). Prerequisite: NUR 562. Corequisite: NUR 565. 6 credit hours.