Community Mental Health Nursing
Student must complete 37 credit hours
Speciality Requirements Student must complete 29 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 551503 | Mental Health Nursing Assessment in the Context of Nultidis | 2 |
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| This course provides students with the concepts and skills necessary to conduct the mental health evaluation of individuals at all points of the life span. Students learn to collect data guided by the principles of general health screening, DSM IV, therapeutic interviewing, and comprehensive history taking. A multi-explanation framework is used to conceptualize case formulation and the examination of differential diagnoses. | |||
| 551507 | Clinical Psycho-Pharmacology | 2 |
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| This course focuses on principles of psychopharmacological treatment, mechanisms of action and the selection of pharmacological agents used to treat psychiatric disorders across the life span. | |||
| 551513 | Research Methods for Clinical Nursing Research | 3 |
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| This course looks at research methods provides the student with advance skills and knowledge to evaluate research and to develop research plans. Topics include purposes and types of research, study designs, sampling, measurement, and data collection strategies. The course provides the student with exposure to the process of identifying clinical research problems, critically reviewing pertinent literature, and formulating a scholarly praxis prospectus. The course will help students for their praxis of a master’s thesis. Basic experimental, quasi- and non-experimental research designs and methods are examined with an emphasis on developing a critical approach to examining the research literature in counselling. | |||
| 551514 | Community Mental Health Nursing Contexts | 2 |
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| 551515 | Psychopathology | 2 |
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| 551516 | Mental Health Nursing Assessment/Clinical | 2 |
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| 551517 | Acute Care : Early Intervention and Crisis Intervention/Theory | 2 |
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| 551518 | Acute Care : Early Intervention and Crisis Intervention/Clinical | 1 |
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| 551519 | Case Management/Theory+ Clinical | 2 |
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| 551520 | Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Recovery(Family intervention)/Theory+Clinical | 3 |
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| 551521 | Interpersonal Relationships in the Therapeutic Setting | 2 |
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| 551599 | Thesis | 6 |
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| In this course, the graduate student must submit a thesis and pass an oral defence related to his/her thesis. (See Academic Rules and Regulations for Graduate Students). | |||
Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 8 credit hours
| Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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| 551505 | Counseling and Interviewing Skills | 2 |
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| This course provides an overview of the counselling profession. The conceptual framework of counselling is examined along with historical, theoretical, and legal-ethical issues. Discussion focuses on how the novice counsellor approaches situations, uses skills, and develops a unique human-to-human relationship with clients. Topics such as spirituality, philosophy, diversity, and post-modernism are woven into these discussions. Research and emerging trends also are considered. | |||
| 551530 | Alternative therapies in the Area of Mental Health Nursingl theory | 2 |
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| This course examines models of therapies in the area of mental health including group psychotherapy. Critical thinking, using clinical examples and case studies, is emphasised. Students learn how to use the group psychotherapy and other treatment modalities such as art, music and other therapeutic modalities to help people maintain emotional health and to deal with psychological problems. | |||
| 551531 | Alternative Therapies in the area of Mental Health Nursingl Clinical | 2 |
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| During this practical course the student will be able to demonstrate, psychotherapy, music and art therapy and also relaxation therapy in a basic way of gaining practice. | |||
| 551533 | Ten Essential Shared Capabilities | 2 |
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| During this course the student will be able to define the basic ethical concepts that needed when dealing with psychiatric patients. These ethical concepts combined from ten points that should be considered. Furthermore the students will be examined for their application of this process during clinical field. The student will be able to identify and practice the method of 10 essential shared capabilities also the implementation plan should be stressed. | |||
| 551534 | Models of Recovering from Mental Illnes | 2 |
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| This course focuses on the concept of recovery. Recovery is an approach to mental disorder that emphasises and supports each individual's potential for recovery. Recovery is seen within the model as a personal journey, that will involve a basic concepts and practice about developing hope, a secure base and sense of self, supportive relationships, empowerment, social inclusion, coping skills and meaning. | |||
| 551535 | Bioethical Decision Making in Mental Health | 2 |
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| This course presents fundamental ethical principals and their application to legal and related professional issues in the field of counselling. Ethical codes, standards of conduct and the law will be reviewed. Professional organisation guidelines will be addressed. | |||
| 551536 | Introduction to Addictive Behaviours: Theories of Causation | 2 |
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| This course will provide a foundation for the understanding of addiction utilising a variety of theories of causation. Evaluation and assessment skills will be taught. Theoretical models upon which to base clinical practice will be discussed. | |||
| 551537 | Contemporary Mental Health education and Promotion/disease Prevention | 2 |
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| The purpose of this didactic course is to prepare the Community Mental Health Nurse student to identify and implement appropriate health promotion and disease prevention strategies across the lifespan. The focus is on the advanced practice nursing of individuals in primary care settings. | |||
| 551538 | Evidence Based Practice in the area of Mental Health | 2 |
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| The primary goal of this course is to promote an evidence-based approach to nursing practice. Evidence-based findings for nursing practice will be evaluated in terms of racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic relevance. An understanding of the research process, applicable theories, organizational dynamics, and leadership functions are applied to the design and process of implementing evidence-based practice in health care settings. | |||
| 551539 | Advanced Mental Health Nursing | 2 |
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| The purpose of this didactic course is to prepare Community Mental Health Nurse student to assess, diagnose, and manage selected health care needs of adults with psychiatric-mental health concerns. The focus is on advanced practice nursing with adults and families in primary and acute care settings. Emphasis is placed on the wellness, pathophysiology, and epidemiology underlying acute and chronic psychiatric-mental health problems. This course will introduce students to complementary theoretical perspectives used in mental health nursing including Peplau's theory of interpersonal relationships, the behaviourist perspective, the cognitive approach, the psychoanalytic perspective and the humanist perspective. | |||
| 551540 | Culture and Mental Health | 2 |
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| This course will explore the various aspects of culture and their impact on mental health and communities in terms of health care needs and provision. In particular, it will examine in detail the culture of peoples and how this impacts upon the delivery of mental health care to these communities. Furthermore, nurses working in communities with a culturally diverse background need to be able to deliver their care in a culturally safe manner. | |||
| 551541 | Quality Assurance in Mental Health | 2 |
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| During this course the main subjects that will be stressed are national mental health policy, mental health programs, primary health care facility, outpatient mental health facility, inpatient mental health facility, residential facility for the elderly mentally. The student will gain the basic evidenced based information about quality of care in Palestine regarding mental health. | |||
| 551542 | Care of Care Giver "Supervision' | 2 |
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| During this course the student will gain the ability to guide and to supervise the community mental health activities and also the team. The student will learn to supervise the quality of care required for mentally ill patients. | |||