Course

Health Assessment: Community & Mental Health

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Course Code
NURS 3412
Credits
2.50
Semester Length
15 weeks
Max Class Size
24
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lab
Course Designation
None
Industry Designation
None
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
In this course, students learn the holistic assessment of adults with mental health challenges and/or substance use disorders. Additionally, students in community settings view the community as their client and care for individuals, families, and groups. Students explore the role of the nurse in various community and mental health practice contexts. Students complete one-half of the course in community health and the other half in mental health.
Course Content

Health assessment and nursing skills in community and mental health settings:

  • Comprehensive assessment
  • Focused systems assessment
  • Screening for vulnerabilities and resilience
  • Therapeutic communication and relationships
  • Setting up an interview
  • Collaborative partners
  • Professional image
  • Advocacy and social justice
  • Care planning/nursing process
  • Client and family teaching
  • Personal safety and risk assessment
  • Limit setting and professional boundaries
  • Cultural safety, humility, and anti-racist practices
  • Stigma
  • Harm reduction
  • Indicators of intimate partner violence
  • Indicators of human trafficking

Nursing skills in mental health settings:

  • Crisis planning
  • Non-violent crisis intervention
  • Recovery model
  • Pharmacological considerations
  • Mental status exam
  • Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol (CIWA)
  • Intoxication and withdrawal states
  • Assessing for movement disorders
  • Safety planning and suicide precautions

Nursing skills in community health settings:

  • Motivational interviewing
  • HEADSS assessment
  • Community assessment
  • Reporting communicable diseases
  • Immunization principles 
  • Health promotion
  • Sexually transmitted infection 
  • Informed consent and mature minor consent
  • Nutrition across the lifespan
Learning Activities

Faculty will facilitate the student's integration of nursing theory and promote the development of critical inquiry, clinical reasoning and judgment through learning activities such as lectures, demonstrations, return demonstrations, case studies, simulations, and group discussions.

Means of Assessment

This is a graded course, and the means of assessment are consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the evaluative components of the course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and abilities required for holistic, comprehensive and focused assessment of clients in community and mental health settings;
  2. Apply theoretical knowledge and frameworks to relevant relational, communication, and psychomotor skills used in community and mental health nursing practice;
  3. Integrate theory during simulated nursing practice experiences;
  4. Refine nursing practice skills, including critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and judgment.
Textbook Materials

The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the required textbooks and materials that students must purchase.

Requisites

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for NURS 3412
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum Seats
16
Currently Enrolled
6
Remaining Seats:
10
On Waitlist
0
Building
Coquitlam - Bldg. D
Room
D2017
Times:
Start Time
8:30
-
End Time
11:20
CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum Seats
16
Currently Enrolled
9
Remaining Seats:
7
On Waitlist
0
Building
Coquitlam - Bldg. D
Room
D1025
Times:
Start Time
8:30
-
End Time
11:20
CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum Seats
16
Currently Enrolled
8
Remaining Seats:
8
On Waitlist
0
Building
Coquitlam - Bldg. D
Room
D1025
Times:
Start Time
12:30
-
End Time
15:20
CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum Seats
16
Currently Enrolled
8
Remaining Seats:
8
On Waitlist
0
Building
Coquitlam - Bldg. D
Room
D2017
Times:
Start Time
12:30
-
End Time
15:20