NU 310 :

Department

Faculty of Nursing

Academic Program

Bachelor in Science in Nursing

Type

Compulsory

Credits

02

Prerequisite

PC 211

Overview

Mental Health course is designed to provide a basic understanding of communication therapeutic techniques, principles of mental health/mental illness, stress management, crisis intervention, family violence dynamics, and personality development. It also deals with the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, and the mental health nurse's roles, prevention, and management.

Intended learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding:

1. Define Mental Health.

2. Differentiate between Mental Health and Mental Illness.

3. Identify components of Mental Health.

4. Define Anxiety, levels of Anxiety, causes, management and treatment.

5. Determine the different Coping Mechanisms.

6. Discuss Grief, stages and management.

Mental skills:

1. Discuss Personality and ways to improve Personality.
2. Identify Anger, Crisis, Stress and ways to handle.
3. Identify Personality Assessment.

Scientific and professional skills:

1- Determine roles of Mental Health Nurse.

2- Identify Evaluation of Mental Health functioning.

3- Identify Therapeutic Relationship.

4- Discuss Mental Illness.

General skills

1. Discuss Therapeutic Communication.

Teaching and learning methods

1.Lectures/Discussion

2.Assignments and Research

3.Group discussion, recitation and reporting

Methods of assessments

• Midterm exam 40%.

• Final exam 60%.

Course Outline

Definition of Mental Health a. Components of Mental Health b. Variations affecting Mental Health

Definition of Mental Illness Comparison between Mental Health and Mental Illness

Anxiety a. Characteristics b. Levels of Anxiety c. Treatment and Management

Coping Mechanisms a. Definition b. Kinds of Coping Mechanisms and examples

Anger a. Causes b. How to express Anger c. Ways to control Anger

Crisis a. Effects of Crisis b. Types of Crisis c. Crisis Assessment d. Crisis Intervention

Stress a. Causes b. Warning signs and symptoms of Stress c. Stress Management

Personality Development a. Ways to develop own Personality

Personality Assessment a. Interview b. Observation c. Projective Personality Tests Evaluation of Mental Health Functioning a. Levels of Mental Intervention

Roles of Mental Health Nurse

Nurse- Client Relationship a. Therapeutic Relation

Therapeutic Communication a. Types of Therapeutic Communication.

Mental Illness a. Degree of Mental Illness b. Psychotherapy 1. Definition 2. Kinds of Psychotherapy

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