Health Assessment: Community Health & Mental Health
Curriculum guideline
It is the intent of faculty to facilitate student learning, and promote critical inquiry, reflection and analytical reasoning through a variety of learning processes such as simulation, practice, observation and demonstration.
In this course, the holistic health assessment of clients experiencing mental health challenges and/or substance use disorders and clients in a variety of community settings is the focus of discussion. In addition, a variety of psychomotor skills commonly used in nursing practice with clients in mental health settings and in community health nursing settings are addressed.
Concepts and essential content that will be addressed relative to these topics are listed below. In addition, the core curriculum concepts are integrated in this course.
Holistic health assessment of clients with mental health challenges and/or substance use disorders, and clients in community settings
- Comprehensive assessment
- Focused assessment
- Screening for vulnerabilities and resilience
- Risk assessment
- Personal Safety
Psychomotor Skills
- Psychomotor skills commonly used in mental health and community health nursing practice settings
- Purpose
- Principles
- Assessment
- Engaging with clients
- Planning
- Safety
- Implementation
- Rationale
- Evaluation
- Relational techniques and skills relevant to community and mental health nursing practice.
At the end of this course, the successful student will be able to:
- Demonstrate the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for holistic, comprehensive and focused assessment of clients with mental health challenges and/or substance use disorders.
- Demonstrate the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for holistic, comprehensive and focused assessment of clients in a variety of community settings.
- Demonstrate the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for the safe implementation of a variety of relational and other psychomotor skills commonly used in mental health and community health nursing practice.
- Demonstrate the consolidation, integration and application of knowledge in simulated nursing practice experiences.
The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College Evaluation Policy. A course evaluation schedule and other course evaluation information are provided on the Instructor’s Course Outline which is available to students at the beginning of each semester. This is a graded course.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided on the Instructor’s Course Outline which is available to students at the beginning of each semester.