Texas State Technical College Associate Degree Nursing Program RNSG 2313 Mental Health Nursing SYLLABUS Antonio B. Jayoma, MSPHN, RN, CCRN Spring Semester 2014
Texas State Technical College Associate Degree Nursing Program RNSG 2313 Mental Health Nursing COURSE SYLLABUS COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE: RNSG 2313 Mental Health Nursing COURSE (CATALOG) DESCRIPTION: Principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology and treatment modalities related to the nursing care of clients and their families. INSTRUCTOR: Antonio B. Jayoma, MSPHN RN OFFICE: Bldg U Room #197 OFFICE HOURS: M-F 8:30-5:00pm OFFICE TEL: 956-364-4983 INSTRUCTOR EMAIL ADDRESS: abjayoma@tstc.edu MAJOR COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 1 Contact Hours: 48 Location: Building U room 107 Class Meets: Wednesday 9:00am -1200pm PRE-REQUISITES Admission into RN program; RNSG 1413, RNSG 1341, RNSG 1301, RNSG 1260, RNSG 1412, RNSG 1343, RNSG 1361, RNSG 1210 CO-REQUISITES RNSG 2121, RNSG 2331, RNSG 2262 Open Lab hours: Skills Record Book: The skills lab will be open for practice on Mondays from 1:00-5:00pm. Students are encouraged to make use of these times to practice their skill or for testing /check off with the instructor by appointment only. Students will be given a Skills Record Booklet / Skills Competency listing at the beginning of the program in which the instructor will initial each skill after observing a successful completion. This list will be added to during lab times and clinical learning experiences. It is the student s responsibility to retain possession of this list throughout the program.
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION (CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION) Course Description: (WECM) Principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology and treatment modalities related to the nursing care of clients and their families. Teaching Methods Lectures, Reading assignments, critical thinking projects, development of problem solving skills, group test reviews, presentation of case studies, and advanced review of the nursing process. Teaching Personnel Full Time and Adjunct Faculty Guest Speakers, Clinical Preceptors Faculty members are available during office hours and by appointment. Methods and Criteria for Evaluation Daily quizzes, weekly assignments, small group study, quarterly exams Students must maintain an 80% to remain off academic probation. Grading Criteria Unit Exams 40 % Comprehensive Midterm Exam 20% Comprehensive Final Exam 20% Quizzes 10% Homework / Assignments 5% Professionalism 5% Total 100% II. COURSE OUTLINE TOTAL HOURS: 48. 16-Week Lecture Schedule Weeks Topics / Chapters Covered Background Reading / Assignments Week 1 Jan 15 Stress Adaptation Chapter 1. Concept of Stress Adaptation Chapter 2. Mental Health/Mental Illness Week 2 Jan 22 Week 3 Jan 29 Week 4 Feb 5 Chapter 3. Theoretical Models of Personality Development Psychobiological Chapter 4. Concepts of Psychobiology Ethical/Legal Chapter 5. Ethical and Legal Issues Chapter 6. Cultural and Spiritual Concepts Relevant to Psych/Mental Health Nursing Relationship Development Chapter 7. Relationship Development Therapeutic Communication Chapter 8. Therapeutic Communication Unit Exam 1 (Wks 1, 2 and 3) - Wednesday
Week 5 Feb 12 Week 6 Feb 19 Week 7 Feb 26 Week 8 Mar 5 Week 9 Mar 12 Week 10 Mar 19 Week 11 Mar 26 Week 12 Apr 2 Week 13 Apr 9 Week 14 Apr 16 Nursing Process Chapter 9. Nursing Process in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Chapter 10. Therapeutic Groups Growth and Development Chapter 23. Disorders Usually First Diagnosed in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence Chapter 32. Eating Disorders Growth and Development Chapter 35. The Aging Individual Chapter 39. The Bereaved Individual Chapter 37. Community Mental Health Nursing Chapter 38. Forensic Nursing SPRING BREAK Crisis Chapter 13. Crisis Intervention Chapter 11. Intervention with Families Chapter 36. Victims of Abuse or Neglect Therapeutic Approaches / Measures Chapter 17. Anger/Aggression Management Chapter 15. Assertiveness Training Chapter 16. Promoting Self-Esteem Chapter 18. The Suicidal Client Grief / Mood Chapter 27. Depression Chapter 28. Bipolar Chapter 21. Electroconvulsive Therapy Anxiety and Psychobiological Chapter 29. Anxiety Disorders Chapter 30. Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders Anxiety and Psychobiological Chapter 24. Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders Chapter 26. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Unit Exam 2 (Wks 4, 5, and 6) - Monday Comprehensive Midterm - Wednesday Chapter 12. Milieu Therapy Chapter 14. Relaxation Therapy Chapter 19. Behavior Therapy Chapter 20. Cognitive Therapy Chapter 22. Complementary Therapies Unit Exam 3 (Wks 10, 11 and 12) - Monday Unit Exam 4 (Wks 13 and 14) Monday
Week 15 Apr 23 Coping Chapter 25. Substance-Related Disorders Chapter 33. Adjustment & Impulse Control Disorders Chapter 31. Issues related to Human Sexuality and Gender Identity Week 16 Apr 30 FINAL EXAM WEEK ------- Comprehensive Final Exam - Wednesday III. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES This advanced level course provides the student the opportunity to utilize nursing care principles and skills acquired in previous courses in the mental healthcare setting. This application of knowledge builds into the competencies needed by Professional Nurses to practice as safe, competent and confident Registered Nurses in the mental health setting upon graduation. 1. Students will confidently apply the knowledge and skill acquired in previous course in the mental health setting/ scenarios. 2. Students will exhibit critical thinking skills by communicating complex patient needs based upon an advanced interpretation of health data and preventative health practices in collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team members in the final level of instruction. 3. Students will demonstrate and correctly use interventions and precautions to provide safe care to patient and family as needed in complex situations. IV. CORRELATION TO WECM LEARNING OUTCOMES The Secretary s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) has identified Reading, Writing, Arithmetic or Mathematics, Speaking and Listening, Thinking Skills, Personal Qualities, Work Place Competencies and Basic Use of Computers as competencies required to enter employment. This course is part of a program in which all eight of these competencies are integrated. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic or Mathematics, Speaking and Listening, Thinking Skills, Personal Qualities and Work Place Competencies are practiced in this course. Foundational Skills & Workplace Competencies 1. Basic Skills- A worker must read, write, perform arithmetic and mathematical operations, listen and speak effectively. RNSG 2213 Mental Health Nursing Method of Assessment Daily reading assignments; group learning projects, quizzes and quarterly exams 2. Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively. Daily/ weekly classroom assignments; on-line computer exercises; simulated case scenarios
3. Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity, and honesty. 4. (a) Resources: A worker must identify, organize, plan and allocate resources effectively. Completion of assignments; working as a team in learning projects; quality of work; punctuality; attendance to class; working together in a group; scholastic integrity of work Daily reading assignments; group learning projects; timeliness of assignments; coming prepared for class. 5. (b) Interpersonal Skills: A worker must work with other effectively. Group learning projects; collaborative testing; seminar presentations; study groups 6. (c) Information: A worker must be able to acquire and use information. 7. (d) Systems: A worker must understand advanced interrelationships. Working in small groups; presentations as a group and individually; computerizes searches; Accessing and using Learning Management System (MOODLE/ BLACKBOARD, etc.) Daily reading assignments; group learning projects, quizzes and quarterly exams 8. (e) Technology: A worker must be able to work with a variety of technologies. Computer searches for information; on-line assignments; emailing assignments; using MOODLE; equipment mastery in clinical area.
V. COURSE SCANS COMPETENCIES SCANS MATRIX List all Courses Required and Identified Competencies Foundation Skills & Competencies Course Course 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Number Title RNSG 1260 Clinical Level One (1) RNSG 1361 Clinical Level Two (2) RNSG 1341 Clinical Level Three (3) RNSG 1341 Foundations for Nursing Practice RNSG 1341 Common Concepts of Adult Health RNSG 1301 Pharmacology RNSG 1412 Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family RNSG 1343 Complex Concepts of Adult Health RNSG 2213 Introduction to Community Health X X X X X X X X RNSG 2213 Mental Health Nursing RNSG 2331 Advanced Concepts RNSG 2121 Leadership & Management Workplace Competencies: are defined in five areas: (a) resources, (b) interpersonal skills, (c) information, (d) systems, and (e) technology. 8 (e) Technology: A worker must be able to work with a variety of technologies. 7 (d) Systems: A worker must understand Advanced interrelationships. 6 (c) Information: A worker must be able to acquire and use information. 5 (b) Interpersonal Skills: A worker must work with other effectively. 4 (a) Resources: A worker must identify, organize, plan and allocate resources effectively. 3 Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, self esteem, sociability, self management, integrity, and honesty. 2 Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively. 1 Basic Skills- A worker must read, write, perform arithmetic and mathematical operations, listen and speak effectively. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: Guidelines for Instructional Programs in Workforce Training Manual Fall 2010 pgs 49-51. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us
VI. REQUIRED TEXT/MANUALS REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS 1. Townsend, M. (2012). Psychiatric mental health nursing: Concepts of care in evidence-based practice.(7 th ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: F.A. Davis. ISBN: 978-0-8036-2767-3. RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS Bope, E. &Rakel, R. &Kellerman, R., (2010) Conn s Current Therapy. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4160-6642-2. Lewis,S., & Dirksen, S., et. (2011) Medical Surgical Nursing (8 th ed.).st. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Mosby. ISBN-978-0-323-06580-1. Drug Handbook Nursing Diagnosis Handbook The faculty strongly recommends that students retain nursing texts required in previous nursing courses, as these may be needed for use as references. VII. REQUIRED STUDENT MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES 1. Textbook(s) 2. Computer Access 3. Laptop computer VIII. GRADING POLICY A. Grading Criteria 1. Each student is required to achieve and maintain a grade of C (78%) in each nursing theory course and a demonstrated safe/passing level of competence in the lab and/or clinical setting to remain in the program. 2. All coursework must be successfully completed before progressing to the next level/semester. If a student fails to attain a final course grade of C (78%) or higher in any one nursing theory course or a passing grade in a clinical course, she/he must withdraw from the nursing program as progression to a higher level of course work is not feasible. 3. If the student wishes to be readmitted to the nursing program, she/he must reapply (see transfer/readmit guidelines). If a student does not successfully complete a course being repeated for the second time, the student is permanently withdrawn from the program and may not reapply. B. Academic probation Academic Probation begins when a student fails to maintain an 80% grade or has not demonstrated a passing safe level of competence in a clinical course after remediation. Students on academic probation are required to attend mandatory study sessions and may be required to complete additional assignments, until grades have improved to at least an 80%. For all students on academic probation, a documented study plan will be developed jointly with the student and the faculty member and will be kept on file in the department chair s office.
C. Academic/ Theory Grading: A = 93-100 B = 86-92 C = 78-85* ACADEMIC PROBATION* F = 77 AND BELOW Students disputing a grade must remember that faculty are unable to discuss grades or class work with parents without the expressed consent and/or presence (preferably) of the student. Meetings can be set by appointment with the faculty or department chair. IX. PARTICIPATION POLICY Attendance Policy The attendance and absence policy as stated in the current TSTC Nursing Student Handbook applies to this course. Attendance at classroom lectures and skills lab are essential for student success. Students must notify the faculty member of an absence or tardiness greater than 15 minutes PRIOR to the scheduled class so that arrangements can be made for transfer of information. Students absent on a testing day must notify the instructor prior to class to arrange an acceptable time & place for retaking the exam. This course will utilize Moodle as the Learning Management System. Below are some guidelines that will help define the course expectations: Students are required to have a TSTC email and use this for all communications with the instructor. Non TSTC emails will not be allowed for school work or official communication.
X. TSTC COPYRIGHT STATEMENT Unauthorized photocopying of copyrighted works, including musical works, may be unlawful and may infringe on the copyright of the copyright owner. Students in possession of unauthorized duplications of copyrighted material are subject to appropriate disciplinary action as well as those civil remedies and criminal penalties provided by federal law. See TSTC Student Handbook. XI. STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY The college takes an extremely serious view of violations of academic integrity. Academic integrity is defined as rigid adherence to a code of behavior within the professional community. TSTC s administration, faculty, staff, and students are dedicated to promoting an atmosphere of honesty and are committed to maintaining the academic integrity essential to the educational process. Inherent in this commitment is the belief that academic dishonesty in all forms violates the basic principles of integrity and impedes learning. Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities. Students who engage in scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the college. Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts. Regents Rules and Regulations, Series 50101, Section 2.2. Since scholastic dishonesty harms the individual, all students, and the integrity of the college, policies and scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. (Refer to Student Handbook and TSTC RN Faculty Policy and student guide for more information). XII. STATEMENT ON DISABILITIES (TSTC) If you have a documented disability which will make it difficult for you to carry out the work as the instructor has outlined and/or you need special accommodations due to a disability, please contact (956) 364-4520 or visit Support Services located in the Tech Prep Bldg P as soon as possible to make appropriate arrangements. See student catalog. XII. EMERGENCY POLICY STATEMENT In compliance with RN departmental procedures, academic courses, partially or entirely, will be made available on the TSTC Moodle course management system. This allows faculty members and students to continue their teaching and learning via TSTC Moodle, in case the college shuts down as a result of a hurricane or any other natural disaster. The college will use TSTC Moodle to post announcements notifying faculty members and students of their responsibilities as a hurricane or other predicted adverse event approaches our region. If the college is forced to shut down, faculty will notify their students using Moodle on how to proceed with their course(s). To receive credit for a course, it is the student s responsibility to complete all the requirements for that course. Failure to access course materials once reasonably possible can result in a reduction of your overall grade in the class. To facilitate the completion of classes, most or all of the communication between students and the institution, the instructor, and fellow classmates will take place using the features in your TSTC Moodle and TSTC email system. In the event of a disaster that disrupts normal operations, all students and faculty must make every effort to access an internet-enabled computer as often as possible to continue the learning process.
XIV. TSTC ACADEMIC PROGRESS POLICY TSTC nursing department monitors academic progress every semester to identify those students who are experiencing difficulty with their courses. Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is based upon two components: GPA of 2.0 or higher and successful course completion of at least 70% of course work attempted. Students remain in good standing when both criteria are met. XV. COURSE INFORMATION Assignments All course assignments must represent the student s own accomplishments. The faculty reserves the right to make additional or alternate assignments in order to assess student s progress in the program. Completing homework and class assignments prepares for the learning opportunities the faculty has planned for students in this class. Each faculty member reserves the right to deduct points from late or incomplete work up to 10 percent of the total grade. Exams Students are required to purchase and provide their own SCANTRON forms for scheduled exams. It is advisable for students to always come prepared with a scantron in the event the exam must be given by paper rather than on computer. Students are required to provide their own laptop or computer for testing purposes. No electronic devices other than computer or approved by the instructor (phones/ MP3 players, etc) will be allowed during exams. All student backpacks must be removed from desks during test taking time. The only articles allowed on the desk are computer, pencils, scantron and items approved by the instructor such as a calculator, etc. If the exam is missed, students are to notify the faculty instructor one hour prior to the exam and make an appointment to take an alternate exam at the faculty s discretion. If a student is late or arrives after the test or quiz has begun, the faculty may impose a 10% point deduction and /or administer an alternate exam. All test booklets and articles related to the exam are to be returned to the instructor before students leave the room. Questions to the faculty during the test must not be related to the test items. Students will be given a list of suggested remediation resources upon request. Students alone are responsible for following up with remediation recommendations and maintaining a passing grade. Instructors are not required to review exam during class time and may provide explanations to test questions upon request at a time convenient to the instructor. Grade Posting Faculty will inform students at the start of the course how grades can be accessed by students. Please do not repeatedly ask for grades outside of the classroom period. Most grades will be posted on the learning management system (MOODLE). It is at the faculty s discretion to review with students the correct answers to any test/ quiz, etc. Student Handbook All students must review the Registered Nursing Program Student Handbook polices and sign the attached form stating that they have read and had an opportunity to ask questions regarding the rules governing the program. END