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COURSE DESCRIPTION

NURS 203 — Care of the Mental Health Patient  (3 cr)

This course builds from the knowledge from year one for the nursing program. Students will continue to apply the nursing concepts of critical thinking, safety, time management and communication as they relate to the mental health of patients across the lifespan. This course is a concept based course specifically interpreting and examining the concepts and how the concepts related to the assessment and care of, and therapeutic communication with, the patient in a variety of mental health settings. This includes demonstration of mental health status examination. Prerequisite: Completion of the previous quarter. (SCC)
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