Instructor Information_______________________________________________________________________________ Faculty: Susan Justice, MSN, RN, CNS Office Number: Pickard Hall 633 Office Telephone Number: 817-272-2776 Email Address: Please contact Instructor through Canvas first – justsu@uta.edu For reasons of web security, faculty, staff, and students must use their official UT Arlington e-mail address for all university-related business. Faculty Profile: https://www.uta.edu/profiles/susan-justice Faculty: Jeff Robbins, BSN, MBA, RN Office Number: Pickard Hall 536 Office Telephone Number: 817-272-2776 Email Address: Please contact Instructor through Canvas first – jrobbins@uta.edu For reasons of web security, faculty, staff, and students must use their official UT Arlington e-mail address for all university-related business. Faculty Profile: https://www.uta.edu/profiles/jeffrey-robbins Office Hours: Office numbers will not work before 0800 or after 1700. Please check with your faculty for emergency contact information. Office hours vary during week due to meetings. Please request an appointment via Canvas. Course Information_______________________________________________________________________________ Section Information: NURS 3381 PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND GROUPS –Sections 600 and 601. Time and Place of Class Meetings: Class activities will be conducted online. Exams will be administered online using video-proctoring software in Canvas and ATI Testing Proctorio. Students who are ill and/or experiencing COVID symptoms should not attend class or clinical. For more information about UTA’s COVID response and reporting, visit https://www.uta.edu/announcements/coronavirus/confirmed-cases. Description of Course Content: NURS 3381 PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND GROUPS. Application of the nursing process with emphasis on critical thinking, therapeutic nursing interventions, and effective communication and interpersonal skills as they relate to persons with psychiatric mental health conditions. Prerequisite: NURS 3632. Student Learning Outcomes 1. Demonstrates the ability to accurately perform a mental-status assessment. 2. Demonstrates use of therapeutic communication techniques and effective interpersonal skills in provision of care to the clients across the life span. 3. Describes the related dosages, therapeutic effects, side effects, toxic effects and nursing actions of psychotropic medication classifications. 4. Identifies the psychological and psychosocial effects of disease, trauma and hospitalization on the client and family experiencing psychiatric mental health illnesses. 5. Demonstrates the ability to use critical analysis and logical reasoning in analyzing data and setting priorities in developing a plan of care for client diagnosed with a mental illness. 6. Describes safe and effective nursing care for the client diagnosed with a mental illness. 7. Assess client for symptoms of substance dependency, withdrawal or toxicity. 8. Assess the client for self-injury and identify key elements of suicide precautions. 9. Identifies the dimensions of a crisis and the nursing actions that promote adaptive coping during disasters, pandemics, bioterrorism. 10. Demonstrates collaboration in establishing priorities for the provision of competent and cost-effective health care that promotes health and prevents illness. 11. Articulates awareness of legal and ethical standards and scope of practice related to mental health nursing. 12. Utilizes information technology in planning and accomplishing assignments and testing in N3381. N3381 Syllabus Spring2022 2 UTA BSN Program Outcomes 1. Apply the art and science of nursing using current evidence in the delivery of competent, culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate holistic care. 2. Utilize analytical, systematic, and critical reasoning for clinical judgment and nursing decision-making. 3. Demonstrate accountability and responsibility for: optimal nursing care, legal and ethical standards, lifelong learning, professional development, promoting the nursing profession, and participating as a citizen in society. 4. Collaborate and communicate respectfully and effectively with persons/clients and interdisciplinary teams using oral, nonverbal, written, and electronic communication to promote and maintain optimal health outcomes to persons/clients. 5. Demonstrate ethical behaviors and conflict management skills that inspire others and create effective working relationships to shape and implement change. 6. Coordinate human and material resources in providing comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective care to persons/clients. 7. Articulate the importance of active and intentional life-long learning that includes self-reflection and awareness. 8. Utilize standards of practice to provide safe nursing care in all patient care settings with an awareness of one’s role in preventing errors and promoting quality improvement. 9. Access and utilize information and computer sciences to perform nursing functions. AACN Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (2008) 1. Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice A solid base in liberal education provides the cornerstone for the practice and education of nurses. 2. Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care and Patient Safety Knowledge and skills in leadership, quality improvement, and patient safety are necessary to provide high quality health care. 3. Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice Professional nursing practice is grounded in the translation of current evidence into one’s practice. 4. Information Management and Application of Patient Care Technology Knowledge and skills in information management and patient care technology are critical in the delivery of quality patient care. 5. Healthcare Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments Healthcare policies, including financial and regulatory, directly and indirectly influence the nature and functioning of the healthcare system and thereby are important considerations in professional nursing practice. 6. Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration for Improving Patient Health Outcomes Communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals are critical to delivering high quality and safe patient care. 7. Clinical Prevention and Population Health Health promotion and disease prevention at the individual and population level are necessary to improve population health and are important components of baccalaureate generalist nursing practice. 8. Professionalism and Professional Values Professionalism and the inherent values of altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice are fundamental to the discipline of nursing. 9. Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice The baccalaureate graduate nurse is prepared to practice with patients, including individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations across the lifespan and across the continuum of healthcare environments. The baccalaureate graduate understands and respects the variations of care, the increased complexity, and the increased use of healthcare resources inherent in caring for patients. Applicable AACN Essential Applicable Program Objectives Student Learning Outcomes Module/Content and Assessment 1, 2, 3, 6,8, 9 1, 5, 6, 7 4, 6 Module 1 - Chapter 1:Science and the Therapeutic Use of Self in Nursing; Chapter 2:Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Objectives 1-7; Mental Health and Mental Illness Objectives: 1-7. Evaluation: Exam 1 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 2, 3, 8, 9 1, 2, 5, 11 Module 2 – Chapter 6: Legal and Ethical Basis for Practice; Chapter 7: The Nursing Process in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing; Chapter 8: Communication Skills: Medium for All Nursing Practice; Chapter 9: Therapeutic Relationships and the Clinical Interview Evaluation: Virtual Simulation, Process Recording, Exam 1 1, 2, 8, 9 1, 7, 8 3, 4 Module 3 – Chapter 03: Theories and Therapies; Chapter 04: Biological Basis for Understanding Psychopharmacology. Evaluation: Exam 1