NURSING (ENGLISH) PROGRAMME
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Name of the Course Unit Code Year Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING NRS302 3 6 3+0 3.0 5.0



Weekly Course Contents and Study Materials for Preliminary & Further Study
Week Topics (Subjects) Preparatory & Further Activities
1 Introduction of the Course (Aim, Target, Method, Evaluation)
Definition, purpose, philosophy, historical development, roles and responsibilities, practice standards of mental health and psychiatric nursing
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2 Conceptual foundations of mental health and psychiatric nursing, No file found
3 General signs and symptoms in mental disorders
Diagnosis and classification in mental disorders (ICD-10, DSM-IV-V), Nursing Practice Process in Mental Disorders (evaluation, diagnosis, planning / implementation, care plan preparation, client / family education).
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4 Stress and Coping
Anxiety Disorders and Nursing Approach
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5 Individual with mood disorder and nursing approach No file found
6 Individual and nursing approach with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorder No file found
7 Individual and nursing approach with personality disorder No file found
8 Dissociative Disorders and Nursing Approach
Somatoform Disorders and Nursing Approach
Individuals with alcohol substance addiction and nursing approach
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9 Individual and nursing approach with delirium, dementia and other cognitive disorders No file found
10 Psychophysiological diseases;
• Eating disorders,
• Sleeping disorders,
• Sexual dysfunctions and nursing approach
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11 Ethical and legal issues in psychiatry No file found
12 Treatments in psychiatry and the role of the nurse
Medication treatment,
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT),
Psychosocial therapies,
Individual therapies,
Group therapies,
Occupational therapy
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13 Emergency psychiatry,
The concept of crisis and the role of nurse in intervention to crisis
Community mental health services
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14 Consultation-liaison psychiatry and nursing No file found