Psychiatric and Mental Diseases Nursing - Lab DNRS 2120

This course is designed to alow students to dealof common  psychiatric and mental health disorders upon which to build the student's ability to be aware, deal with, and manage thecases in mental health nursing care, and help to develop the capacityof the student assessment,diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluating process neurosis and psychosis clients, to influence the quality of psychiatric and mental  health nursing care..

This course designed to apply the theoretical concepts and principles of psychiatric and mental health nursing in a variety of contexts and situations (hospitalized patient –community mental health centers). In addition, enable the student to deal with clients based on bio-psychosocial and spiritual dimensions.

The course aims to:

• To enable the studentsto apply and practice knowledge and Information about some of the psychiatric and mental health-nursing principals and concepts.  
  
• Help the student to differentiate between neurosis and psychosis,
  
• Able to understand and well and aware about psychiatric disorders, 
  
• Can Construct a trust therapeutic relationship with clients, 
  
• Able to Implement mental state examination, 
  
• Numerate the roles of the mental health nurse, 
  
• Identify early warning and relapse signs of each disorder and Construct and implement mental health nursing care plane.
  

Upon completion of this course, student will be able to:

•  Discuss the institutional and community psychiatric services available.
  
•  Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of mentally ill patients.
  
•  Participate in the management of mentally ill clients 
  
•  Communicate and collaborate with health team members, clients, and their families effectively.
  
•  Participate in supporting families to care for a mentally ill, accept, and appreciate his/her needs.
  
•  Demonstrate an understanding of the nature and effect of behavioral therapy, group psychotherapy, Psychotherapeutic drug therapy, and electroconvulsive therapy.
  
•  Utilize the nursing process in caring for patients with mental disorders.
  
• To differentiate between normal and abnormal behavior
•  Able to deal with mental diseases safely
•  Apply the theoretical knowledge in real clinical field