NURS 320 - Population Health: Mental Health Nursing

Global mental health is an emerging science as there is increased recognition that poor mental health presents significant challenges to individuals, families, communities, and countries. The course will aim to equip students to promote mental health with appropriate psychoeducation, early recognition of health care needs in diverse, socio-cultural contexts. Mental health resources may be integrated into a variety of settings, such as daycare programs, wellness centers, schools, senior centers, primary care centers, visiting nurses, club houses, day treatment programs as well as specialized inpatient mental health units. This course will review mental health promotion and prevention strategies across the lifespan and will address the continuum of mental health disorders. The course will include a variety of examples from diverse cultures and countries around the world. Finally, students will be encouraged to explore the leadership and advocacy aspects of their role to impact societal infrastructures such as governmental policies which address allocation of resources, additional training, and education.

Prerequisites
NURS 310 Population Health: Medical Surgical II

Corequisites
NURS 300 Population Health: Maternity or NURS 305 Population Health: Pediatrics

Credits 3

Notes
This course must be taken with the clinical section, NURS 321.

Compass Attributes
Natural Science