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Course Descriptions
2015-2016 Catalog
46
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOSOCIAL
REHABILITATION
3 units, 3 lecture hours
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH.
An overview of the field of psychosocial rehabilitation
including principles and values, history, current practice
models, emphasizing consumer empowerment and recovery.
(A, CSU)
47
THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP
3 units, 3 lecture hours
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH.
An introduction to the essential qualities of a helping
relationship, including working collaboratively, engagement,
interviewing techniques, assessment and treatment planning.
(A, CSU)
48
COMMUNITY INCLUSION
3 units, 3 lecture hours
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH.
This course provides students with the information
and skills needed to link consumers to needed community
resources and build a social support network outside of mental
health treatment. (A, CSU)
49
REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY
3 units, 3 lecture hours
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH.
Provides a theoretical and practical knowledge
base for the entry-level skills required to deliver psychosocial
rehabilitation services to individuals experiencing mental
health challenges. (A, CSU)
REGISTERED NURSING (RN)
74 GERIATRIC NURSING THEORY
1.5 units, 1.5 lecture hours
COREQUISTIES: Registered Nursing 75, 77,
and 79.
This course builds on previous knowledge and
skills in applying the nursing process to older adults living
in the community. Gerontological nursing theory is stressed
with emphasis on lifestyle and physical changes that occur
with aging, the process of initiating health referrals for the
older adult, and the outcome criteria for evaluating the aging
individual’s response to teaching and learning. The student
will also explore interventions to increase the older adult’s
functional abilities. (A, CSU)
Psychology - Registered Nursing
75 INTERMEDIATE MEDICAL-
SURGICAL NURSING
5 units, 2.5 lecture hours, 7.5 lab hours
PREREQUISITES: Registered Nursing 74.
COREQUISITES: Registered Nursing 77, 79.
This course provides the conceptual basis of nursing
care for patients in high acuity medical surgical settings.
The emphasis of this course is on complex medical surgical
conditions in the adult client. Students will apply the nursing
process to promote self-care for clients with chronic health
needs and to assist clients/families with complex, multi-system
self-care demands and deficits. Focus will be for the students to
predict patient needs and priorities and evaluate outcomes of
care. Concurrent practice in the college laboratory and clinical
experience in community facilities is required. (A, CSU)
77 PSYCHIATRIC/MENTAL
HEALTH NURSING
3.5 units, 2 lecture hours, 4.5 lab hours
PREREQUISITES: Registered Nursing 160 and
acceptance into the LVN to RN program. COREQUISITES:
Registered Nursing 75 and 79.
This course focuses on the nursing care of patients
with identified psychiatric/mental health problems. It
is designed to enable the student to acquire knowledge
and skills through the systematic observation of patient
behavior in order to identify, describe, and classify pertinent
behaviors in relation to major psychopathologic syndromes
and developmental disabilities. The course emphasizes use
of the nursing process, the nurse-patient relationship, and
therapeutic communication skills in caring for individuals
and their families across the lifespan. Concurrent practice in
the college laboratory and clinical experience in community
facilities is required. (A, CSU)
78
FOUNDATIONS OF MULTICULTURAL
NURSING CARE
1 unit, 1 lecture hour
PREREQUISITES: Acceptance into the LVN to
RN program, Registered Nursing 160.
This course provides an introduction to transcultural
theories, concepts and principles that help explain the
healthcare needs and responses of individuals and groups
within the context of their cultures and subcultures.
Diversity is examined relative to social organization, roles
and expectations, communication patterns and values/beliefs
underlying health-illness behaviors between western and
non-western cultures. Emphasis is placed on the conduct of
culturally competent assessments. (A, CSU)