Monday Mental Health Course Calendar

Textbook: Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing,

8th Edition (2020) Changes are sometimes necessary and will be
announced in class and/or via Canvas.
*Last day to withdraw is April 6, 2021 (Due to COVID-19, exam dates might
change for updates. Please check Canvas in announcement/notification tab)
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Date Assignments/Readings # Exam
Spring 2021 Questions
1/19 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. OBSERVATION
Orientation recorded and available on Canvas
1/25 Chapter 1 Mental Health and Mental Illness (Read prior to class)
Chapter 2 Theories and Therapies (Read prior to class)
Chapter 3 Psychobiology and Psychopharmacology (Read prior to class)
Chapter 4 Treatment Settings (Read prior to class)
2/1 Chapter 5 Cultural Implications (Read prior to class)
Chapter 6 Legal and Ethical Considerations (Read prior to class)
Chapter 7 The Nursing Process and Standards of Care (Read prior to class)
Chapter 10 Stress Responses and Stress Management (Read prior to class)
2/8 Chapter 8 Therapeutic Relations (Read prior to class)
Chapter 9 Therapeutic Communication (Read prior to class)
Chapter 11 Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Read prior to class)
2/15 PRESIDENT’S DAY
2/22 Class Cancelled due to Inclement Weather

3/1 Examination #1 (Testing time may be different than class time) 50

3/8 Chapter 13 Bipolar and Other Related Disorders (Read prior to class)
Chapter 14 Depressive Disorders (Read prior to class)
Chapter 22 Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders (Read prior to class)

3/15 SPRING BREAK

3/22 Chapter 17 Somatic Symptom and Dissociative Disorders (Read prior to class)
Chapter 18 Eating and Feeding Disorders (Read prior to class)
Chapter 21 Impulse Control Disorders (Read prior to class)

3/29 Examination #2 (Testing time may be different than class time) 50

4/5 Chapter 12 Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (Read prior to class)

Chapter 23 Neurocognitive Disorders (Read prior to class)
Chapter 24 Personality Disorders (Read prior to class)
 4/12 Chapter 25 Suicide and Non-suicidal Self-Injury (Read prior to class)
Chapter 27 Anger, Aggression, and Violence (Read prior to class)

4/19 Chapter 28 Child, Older Adult, and Intimate Partner Violence (Read prior to class)
Chapter 29 Sexual Assault (Read prior to class)
Chapter 20 Sexual Dysfunction, Gender Dysphoria and Paraphilia (Read prior to class)

4/26 Chapter 15 Anxiety, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Related Disorders (Read prior to class
Chapter 26 Crisis and Disaster (Read prior to class)
Chapter 32 Serious Mental Illness (Read prior to
class)

5/3 Examination #3 (Testing time may be different than class time) 50

5/10 Mental Health HESI 55

Monday, January 18, 2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance

Monday, February 15, 2021 Presidents Day
Sunday, March 14, 2021 Daylight Saving Time Begins
Week of 3/15/2021 Spring Break
Friday, April 2, 2021 Spring Holiday
Sunday, May 9 Class Ends