Assessment and promotion of mental health for LPN (PNRS106)

Assessment and Promotion of Mental Health for LPNs

This course is designed for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) who wish to enhance their skills in working with clients experiencing mental health issues and their families.

This course presents topics pertinent to mental health and mental illness such as: mental health promotion, the cultural context, growth and development, self-concept, stress, grief and loss. Crisis and aggression are presented. Mental Status Assessment and the Nursing Process in Mental Health Nursing are included.

LPNs may register for specific professional development purposes, or as part of the LPN Mental Health Nursing certificate program. Students interested in completing the certificate program must apply for admission and be accepted into the program. Details of the required documents and program application forms are available on the program web page. Please note that a maximum of one course completed for professional development may be applied toward satisfaction of certificate program requirements.

By the end of this course, students will be able to

• define mental health;
• define mental illness;
• identify the influence of beliefs on conceptions of mental health and mental illness;
• build self-awareness about personal views of mental health and mental illness;
• describe mental health promotion;
• explore the history of the treatment of mental illness and of mental health/psychiatric nursing;
• define terminology associated with cultural diversity;
• identify ethnocentricity in nursing practice;
• differentiate among common cultural stumbling blocks; and
• identify ways to integrate cultural awareness into nursing processes, and build self-awareness of cultural influences in own nursing practice.

$524.00

Textbooks not included in tuition fee. Contact the Douglas College Bookstore for prices and ordering information.

Completion of English 12 with a minimum grade of “C” or proof of equivalent.

Students who register are understood to be confirming successful completion of this requirement. Proof of successful completion is not required on registration but may be requested by Douglas College.

This course covers topics including:

• assessment and promotion of mental health;
• growth & development and psychosocial theories;
• self-concept;
• stress;
• grief and loss;
• crisis and aggression;
• mental health assessment; and
• ·nursing process in mental health nursing

Videbeck, S. Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Available through the Douglas College Bookstore

Interactive online course in Blackboard

Due to the nature of an online delivery, the student will be expected be proficient in computer skills including email, adding attachments, navigating the internet etc. Resources for getting started with Blackboard are available online to help get the student comfortable in the Blackboard environment.

• One assignment
• One mid-term exam
• One final exam

Minimum grade to pass is C (60%).

This course may be taken for professional development, or as part of the LPN Mental Health Nursing Certificate.

4 months (75 hours) from course start date

To register, email cehs@douglascollege.ca with your registration request. 

Instructions on how to access your course materials will be emailed to you by the Program Assistant within five (5) business days prior to your chosen course start date.