This course will provide opportunities for students to develop partnerships with people who live with complex mental health and addiction challenges. Students will deliver evidence- informed holistic and ethical mental health nursing care in collaboration with individuals, families, and others across the continuum of mental health care. Students will assess health, provide and evaluate interventions. Course content will be framed using concepts such as, mental health promotion and well-being, recovery, intersectionality, trauma-informed care, primary health care principles, cultural competence, diversity, inclusion, humility, and safety.
Course Instructor: Sydney Gaudet
Kunyk, D., Peternelj-Taylor, C., & Austin, W. (2023). Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing for Canadian Practice (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Chapter Titles:
7: Communication and Therapeutic Relationships
11: The Assessment Process
13: Psychopharmacology and Other Biological Treatments