Course Overview
This course is designed to assist students in developing expertise and in-depth understanding in the field of Psychiatric Nursing. It will help students to appreciate the patient as a holistic individual and develop skill to function as a psychiatric nurse. It will further enable the student to function as educator, manager and researcher in the field of Psychiatric nursing.
Program Objective
- Appreciate the Trends and Issues in the Field of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Nursing
- Explain the Dynamics of Personality Development and Human Behaviour
- Demonstrate Therapeutic Communication Skills
- Demonstrate various Therapeutic Modalities
- Establish and Maintain Therapeutic Relationship which promotes Self-Esteem of Patients
- Provide care for Patients with Mental Disorders
- Comprehend the Psychopharmacological Agents, their Effects and the Role of Nurses
- Identify the various types of Alternative System of Medicines used in Psychiatric Settings
- Incorporate Evidence Based Nursing Practice and Identify the Areas of Research in the Field of Psychiatry
Career Prospectus
Post graduate students of this course are eligible for the job roles of a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor, Mental Health Counsellor, Substance Abuse Counsellor, Clinical Psychologist, Health Psychologist, Nurse/ Registered Nurse, Research Associate, Statistical Analyst, Dietician & Lifestyle Counsellor, etc.
Curriculum Overview
INTRODUCTION
Mental Health and Mental Illness ▪ Trends, Issues & Magnitude ▪ Mental Health Laws / Acts ▪ National Mental Health Program ▪ Challenges & Scope of Psychiatric Nursing ▪ Multi-disciplinary Team & Role of Nurse ▪ Concepts of Psychobiology ▪ Theories of Personality Development and Relevance to Nursing Practice
STRESS AND ITS MANAGEMENT
Introduction to the Concept of Stress ▪ Psychological Adaptation to Stress ▪ Stress as a Biological Response ▪ Stress as an Environmental Event ▪ Stress Management
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
Review communication process ▪ Factors Affecting Communication ▪ Communication with Individuals & Groups ▪ Techniques of Therapeutic Communication - Touch Therapy ▪ Barriers of Communication with Specific Reference to Psychopathology ▪ Therapeutic Attitudes ▪ Dynamics of a Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship ▪ Therapeutic Impasse & its Management
ASSERTIVE TRAINING
Assertive Communication ▪ Basic Human Rights ▪ Response Patterns ▪ Behavioral Components of Assertive Behaviour ▪ Techniques that Promote Assertive Behaviour ▪ Thought-Stopping Techniques Method ▪ Role of the Nurse ▪ Psycho Social & Physical Therapies
PROMOTING SELF-ESTEEM
Components of Self-Concept ▪ Development of Self-Esteem ▪ Manifestations of Low-Self-Esteem ▪ Boundaries, Role of the Nurse
NURSING PROCESS
Mental Health Assessment ▪ Interpretation of Investigations ▪ Nurse’s Role ▪ Nursing Case Management ▪ Problem-Oriented Recording ▪ PIE Method
ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY
Indications ▪ Contraindications ▪ Mechanisms of Action ▪ Side Effects, Risks Associated with Electroconvulsive Therapy ▪ Role of the Nurse in Electroconvulsive Therapy ▪ Psychopharmacology & Role of a Nurse in Psychopharmacological Therapy ▪ Alternative Systems of Medicine in Mental Health
CRISIS INTERVENTION
Phases in the Development of a Crisis ▪ Types of Crisis ▪ Psychiatric Emergencies & their Management ▪ Grief & Grief Reaction ▪ Crisis, Intervention, Phases, PTSD, Role of the Nurse ▪ Anger & Aggression, Types, Predisposing Factors, Management, Role of the Nurse ▪ Suicidal Client
DISORDERS OF INFANCY, CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
Mentally Challenged ▪ Autistic Disorders ▪ Attention - Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder ▪ Conduct Disorders ▪ Behavioural Disorders ▪ Oppositional Defiant Disorder ▪ Tourette’s Disorder ▪ Separation Anxiety Disorder ▪ Psychopharmacological Intervention & Nursing Management
SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS
Substance - Use Disorders, Substance-Induced Disorders ▪ Classes of Psychoactive Substances ▪ Predisposing Factors ▪ Dynamics of Substance - Related Disorders ▪ The Impaired Nurse ▪ Co-dependency ▪ Treatment Modalities for Substance - Related Disorders & Nursing Management
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS
Nature of the Disorder ▪ Predisposing Factors ▪ Types, Disorganized Schizophrenia ▪ Catatonic Schizophrenia ▪ Paranoid Schizophrenia ▪ Undifferentiated Schizophrenia ▪ Residual Schizophrenia ▪ Other Psychotic Disorders ▪ Schizoaffective Disorder ▪ Brief Psychotic Disorder ▪ Psychotic Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition ▪ Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder ▪ Treatment and Nursing Management ▪ Delirium, Dementia and Amnestic Disorders
MOOD DISORDERS
Epidemiology ▪ The Grief Response ▪ Maladaptive Responses ▪ Types of Mood Disorders ▪ Depressive Disorders ▪ Bipolar Disorders ▪ Treatment & Nursing Management
ANXIETY DISORDERS
Epidemiological Statistics ▪ Types, Panic Disorder ▪ Generalized Anxiety Disorder ▪ Phobias, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder ▪ Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ▪ Substance-Induced Anxiety Disorder ▪ Treatment Modalities ▪ Psychopharmacology & Nursing Management
SLEEP DISORDERS
Epidemiological Statistics ▪ Pain Disorder ▪ Hypochondriasis ▪ Conversion Disorder ▪ Body Dysmorphic Disorder ▪ Sleep Disorder ▪ Treatment Modalities & Nursing Management
DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS AND MANAGEMENT
Epidemiological Statistics ▪ Application of the Nursing Management ▪ Treatment Modalities & Nursing Management
SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS
Development of Human Sexuality ▪ Sexual Disorders ▪ Variation in Sexual Orientation ▪ Nursing Management
EATING DISORDERS
Epidemiological Factors ▪ Predisposing Factors: Anorexia Nervosa & Bulimia Nervosa Obesity ▪ Psychopharmacology ▪ Treatment & Nursing Management
ADJUSTMENT AND IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS
Epidemiological Factors ▪ Adjustment Disorders ▪ Impulse Control Disorders ▪ Treatment & Nursing Management
PERSONALITY DISORDERS
Types of Personality Disorders ▪ Paranoid Personality Disorder ▪ Schizoid Personality Disorder ▪ Antisocial Personality Disorder ▪ Borderline Personality Disorder ▪ Histrionic Personality Disorder ▪ Narcissistic Personality Disorder ▪ Avoidance Personality Disorder ▪ Dependent Personality Disorder ▪ Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder ▪ Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorders ▪ Psychopharmacology, Treatment & Nursing Management
THE AGING INDIVIDUAL
Epidemiological Statistics ▪ Biological Theories ▪ Biological Aspects of Aging ▪ Psychological Aspects of Aging ▪ Memory Functioning ▪ Socio-cultural aspects of Aging ▪ Sexual Aspects of Aging ▪ Special Concerns of the Elderly Population ▪ Psychiatric Problems among Elderly Population ▪ Treatment & Nursing Management
PROBLEMS RELATED TO ABUSE OR NEGLECT
Vulnerable Groups ▪ Women, Children, Elderly, Psychiatric Patients, Under Privileged, Challenged ▪ Predisposing Factors, Treatment & Nursing Management - Counselling
COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
National Mental Health Program ▪ The Public Health Model ▪ Role of the Nurse ▪ Case Management ▪ The Community as Client ▪ Primary and Secondary Prevention ▪ Tertiary Prevention ▪ Community Based Rehabilitation
ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Ethical Considerations ▪ Legal Consideration ▪ Nurse Practice Acts ▪ Types of Law, Classification within Statutory and Common Law ▪ Legal Issues in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION
Principles of Rehabilitation ▪ Day Care Centres, Half way homes ▪ Reintegration into the Community ▪ Training and Support to Care Givers ▪ Sheltered Workshops ▪ Correctional Homes
EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PSYCHIATRIC CARE
Counselling ▪ Staff Orientation ▪ Training and Development ▪ In-service Education Program ▪ Clinical Teaching Programs
