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University of Central Arkansas, School of Nursing
NURS 3407 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing
Ch. 8 Therapeutic Relationships: Objectives
1. Compare and contrast a personal relationship and a therapeutic relationship regarding purpose, focus, communications style, and goals.
2. Explore qualities that foster a therapeutic nurse-patient relationship.
3. Describe legal, ethical, and professional boundaries, along with boundary crossings, violations, and sexual misconduct.
4. Identify the influence of transference and countertransference on boundary blurring.
5. Discuss the influences of different values and culture beliefs on the therapeutic relationship.
6. Explain Peplau’s four phases of the nurse-patient relationship.
7. Define and discuss the roles of genuineness, empathy, and positive regard on the part of the nurse in a nurse-patient relationship.
8. Identify the use of attending behaviors such as eye contact, body language, and vocal qualities.
Ch. 9 Therapeutic Communication: Objectives
Identify personal, environmental, and relationship factors that can interfere with communication.
Discuss the differences between verbal and nonverbal communication.
Discuss verbal and nonverbal communication of different cultural groups in the areas of communication style, eye contact, and touch.
Identify techniques that can enhance communication, understanding what makes them effective.
Identify types of nontherapeutic communication and what makes them ineffective.
Relate problems that can arise when nurses are insensitive to cultural influences on patients’ communication styles.
Discuss the increasing role of information communication technology in the delivery of healthcare, both in terms of advantages and concerns.
Summarize the best pace, setting, and seating arrangement for engaging in the nurse-patient interaction.
Identify attending behaviors the nurse might focus on to increase communication skills.
Describe the importance of clinical supervision.
Chapter 6 Legal/Ethical Considerations
Differentiate between ethics and bioethics.
Describe and be able to apply the five basic principles of bioethics.
Identify and discuss patient rights.
Identify the steps nurses are advised to take if they suspect negligence or illegal activity on the part of a professional colleague/peer.
Describe due process in involuntary admission.
Compare and contrast different types of admission and discharge and related procedures.
Discuss legal/ethical aspects and nursing responsibilities related to seclusion and restraint.
Discuss legal/ethical aspects and nursing responsibilities related to confidentiality.
Discuss legal/ethical aspects and nursing responsibilities related to reporting of abuse and duty to warn.
Discuss tort law and the different kinds of torts.
Discuss the importance of adhering to nursing standards of care.
Discuss the importance of documentation in relation to legal/ethical issues.
Chapters 1 & 2 Foundations/Theories & Therapies
Review attributes of mental health.
Define resilience.
Discuss the mental illness continuum.
Review influences that impact mental health.
Discuss prevalence of psychiatric disorders.
Identify perceptions of mental health and mental illnesses.
Explore the DSM-5 classification of mental disorders.
List future challenges and roles of psychiatric mental health nurses.
Review Peplau’s theoretical framework for psychiatric nursing.
Compare major theories of personality, humanistic theories, biological theories and nursing theories, and match them to the proper theorist.
Differentiate between two classical psychoanalytical terms: transference and countertransference.
Discuss the definition of defense mechanisms.
Discuss examples of common cognitive distortions.
Identify the components of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
Demonstrate understanding of milieu therapy.
Chapter 32 Serious Mental Illness
Discuss the effects of serious mental illness on a patient’s quality of life.
Define anosognosia, deinstitionalization, recovery model, stigma and social skills training.
List issues confronting those with SMI (Serious Mental Illness).
Identify evidence-based treatment approaches for SMI.
Ch. 34 Therapeutic Groups: Objectives
Discuss Yalom’s therapeutic factors of the group experience.
Differentiate between group content and process.
Identify the phases of group development and what is occurring during those phases.
Define task, maintenance, and individual roles of group members.
Discuss types of groups commonly led by RNs.
Describe basic leadership styles that nurses may use when leading a therapeutic group.
Contrast professional confidentiality with individuals not bound to professional confidentiality and its ramifications for group work.
Describe a group intervention for the following: 1) a monopolizing group member; 2) a member who is disruptive; and 3) a member who is silent.
Ch. 3 Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the cellular composition of the brain.
2. Identify how specific brain functions are altered in certain psychiatric disorders (e.g., major depressive disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia).
3. Describe how a neurotransmitter functions as a chemical messenger.
4. Describe how the use of imaging techniques can be helpful for understanding mental illness.
5. Discuss the action of psychotropic medications.
6. Identify the main neurotransmitters that are affected by psychotropic medications and their subgroups.
7. Identify cautions to include in a medication treatment plan regarding herbal treatments.
Ch. 4 Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the challenges in accessing and navigating psychiatric care.
2. Analyze the continuum of psychiatric care and the variety of care options available.
3. Describe the role of the primary care provider and the psychiatric specialist in treating psychiatric disorders.
4. Discuss community-based care providers and alternate delivery of care methods.
5. Identify the main types of inpatient care and the functions of each.
6. Identify the role of the nurse in outpatient and inpatient psychiatric settings.
7. Define the therapeutic milieu.