Course Title

Psychiatric nursing

Course Number

7404301

Instructor Name

Adnan Sarhan

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

Second Semester 11

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

The course provides a basic understanding of psychiatric and mental health nursing principles. Students are introduced to current research, theory, and biological foundations of mental disorders. The course examines factors predisposing individuals, families and groups to mental health problems, evidence-based treatment modalities, and legal implications of caring for mentally ill patients.

• The student will be able to:
•  Understand the most psychiatric terminology.
• Communicate effectively with the patients especially mentally ill.
• Define the meanings of many psychiatric disorders affecting human.
• Describe and relate psychotropic drugs used in psychiatry.
• Locate the important mental health problems

Mental health and psychiatric nursing course/ theory will provide the students with the basic knowledge and understanding of the various aspects of mental health, and mental illness.

The students will also be able to notify, define, and understand the meaning of mental health, mental illness, and to know many psychiatric illness from the nursing perspective and care.

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•  2- Williams&Wilkins(2004):Psychiatric nursing made , incredibly easy .A Wolter   Kluwer company, New York.   
• 3-Gail w. Stuart& Michele L.Tara (2005) Principles &practice of psychiatric   nursing 8^th edition, Mosby Inc., New York.
• 4- Mohr,Wanda k., (2003): Johnson's Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing,(5^th Ed), Lippincott, NewYork.
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•  Maj, M., Gaebel, W., Lopez-lbor, J.J. & Sartorius, N. 2002. Psychiatric diagnosis and classification. John Willey & sons. UK.