NURS 308

Students learn about acute, episodic, and life threatening mental and physical illness for persons across the lifespan. Attention is specifically given to select cognitive, mood and affect, social functioning disorders, psychiatric emergencies, and select cardio-vascular, circulatory and hemolytic function, digestive and gastrointestinal, endocrine and metabolic, respiratory and gas exchange, and reproductive disorders. Understanding ethical dilemmas and legal issues and the application of cultural competence and safety and evidence informed practice is a focus. The course is divided into three modules: mental health illness; physical health illness; and illness during pregnancy and childhood. Six credits.