Students learn about acute, episodic, and life-threatening mental and physical illness for stable and unstable persons across the life span. Attention is specifically given to select cognitive, mood and effect, social functioning disorders, and psychiatric emergencies as well as select cardiovascular, 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.
Prerequisities
Successful completion of all Semester 4 courses
Dates
January - April
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If you are in an LPN-BScN cohort, you will automatically be registered for this course.
LPN-BScN courses are retricted to students in the StFX LPN-BScN Program.
