GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF NURSING, GUNTUR

COURSE PLAN OF II YEAR MSC NURSING II

CLINICAL SPECIALITY 2 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING PLACEMENT : 2ND YEAR

HOURS OF INSTRUCTION THEORY : 150 HRS PRACTICALS : 950 hrs

TOTAL : 1100 Hrs

Course Description:

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 develop advanced skills for nursing intervention in various psychiatric conditions. It will
enable the student to function as psychiatric nurse practitioner/specialist. It will further enable the student to function as
educator, manager, and researcher in the field of Psychiatric nursing
Objectives:
At the end of the course the students will be able to:
1:Apply the nursing process in the care of patients with mental disorders in hospital and community.
2:Demonstrate advanced skills/competence in nursing management of patients with mental disorders.
3:Identify and care for special groups like children, adolescents, women, elderly, abused and neglected, people living with
HIV/AIDS.
4:Identify and manage psychiatric emergencies.
5:Provide nursing care to critically ill patients with mental disorders.
6:Utilize the recent technology and various treatment modalities in the management of patients with mental disorders.
7:Demonstrate skills in carrying out crisis intervention.
8:Appreciate the legal and ethical issues pertaining to psychiatric nursing.
9. Identify areas of research in the field of psychiatric nursing.
10. Prepare a design for layout and describe standards for management of Psychiatric units/emergency units/hospitals.
11. Teach psychiatric nursing to undergraduate students & in-service nurses.
 GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF NURSING
COURSE PLAN
Course Title: Mental Health Nursing Theory : 150 hrs Practicals : 950hrs
Total : 1100hrs
Course Description : This course is designed to assist students in developing expertise and in depth
understanding in the field of mental health Nursing.
Placement of the course second year Ms.c nursing
UNIT COMPETENCIES CONTENT HRS TEACHING TEACHING METHOD OF
student is able to LEARNING AIDS EVALUATION
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1. Describe the review PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF 2 Lecture , Black board Unit test,
of principals and PSYCHIATRIC Discussion , LCD assignments,
practice of Demonstration , Charts question and
psychiatric nursing. Review Case answers
Presentation
2. Lecture , Black board Unit test,
Explain crisis, CRISIS INTERVENTION 10 Discussion , LCD assignments,
phases, types. * Crisis, Definition Demonstration , Charts question and
Psychiatric *Phases In the Development of A Crisis Case answers
emergencies and *Types of Crisis;Dispositional, Presentation
their management , Anticipated Life Transitions, Traumatic
grief ,PTSD and role Stress, Maturational/ Development,
of nurse. Reflecting
Psychopathology
*Psychiatric Emergencies and their
management
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*Grief and grief reaction *Crisis
Intervention; Phases
*Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
*Role of the Nurse
Elaborate anger and 4 Lecture ,
aggression ANGER/ AGGRESSION Discussion , Black board Unit test,
3. management. MANAGEMENT Demonstration , LCD assignments,
*Anger and Aggression, Types, Case Charts question and
Predisposing Factors Presentation answers
*Management
* Role of The Nurse
4. Describe the suicidal Lecture ,
client. 5 Discussion , Black board Unit test,
Demonstration , LCD assignments,
THE SUICIDAL CLIENT
Case Charts question and
*Epidemiological Factors *Risk Factors Presentation answers
• Predisposing Factors: Theories of
Suicide-Psychological,
Sociological Biological
Explain the disorders *Nursing Management 5 Black board
5. Lecture , Unit test,
of infancy, Discussion , LCD assignments,
childhood, and DISORDERS OF INFANCY, Charts question and
CHILDHOOD, AND Demonstration ,
adolescence. Case answers
ADOLESCENCE
*Mentally Challenged *Autistic Presentation
Disorders
*Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder
UNIT COMPETENCIES CONTENT HRS TEACHING TEACHING METHOD OF
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*Conduct Disorders, behavioural
disorders *Oppositional Defiant
Disorder
*Tourette's Disorders
*Separation Anxiety Disorder
*Psychopharmacological Intervention
and Nursing Management
6. 5 Black board Unit test,
Describe the Lecture , LCD assignments,
delirium, dementia Discussion , Charts question and
DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AND
and amnestic Demonstration , answers
AMNESTIC DISORDERS
disorders. Case
* Delirium Presentation
*Dementia
*Amnesia *Psychopharmacological Black board Unit test,
7. Intervention and Nursing 10 LCD assignments,
Explain the Management Lecture , Charts question and
substance related Discussion , answers
disorders. SUBSTANCE-RELATED Demonstration ,
DISORDERS Case
Presentation
*Substance-Use Disorders
*Substance-Induced Disorders
*Classes Of Psychoactive Substances
*Predisposing Factors
The Dynamics Of Substance-Related
Disorders
*The Impaired Nurse *Codependency
*Treatment Modalities For Substance-
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Related Disorders and
Nursing Management
8. 10
Black board Unit test,
LCD assignments,
Elaborate the SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER Lecture , Charts question and
schizophrenia and PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS Discussion , answers
other psychotic (CHECK ICD10) Demonstration ,
disorders. * Nature of the Disorder Case
* Predisposing Factors *Schizophrenia- Presentation
Types
-Disorganized Schizophrenia
-Catatonic Schizophrenia -Paranoid
Schizophrenia
-Undifferentiated Schizophrenia
-Residual Schizophrenia

*Other Psychotic disorders

-Schizoaffective Disorder
-Brief Psychotic Disorder
-Schizophrenicform Disorder
9. -Psychotic Disorder Due to a General
8 Unit test,
Medical Condition
-Substance-Induced Psychotic Disorder Black board assignments,
*Treatment and Nursing Management LCD question and
Describe the mood Lecture , Charts answers
disorders. MOOD DISORDERS Discussion ,
Demonstration ,
*Historical Perspective Case
*Epidemiology Presentation
*The Grief Response
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