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Class #4 Mood Disorders/Suicide
The NUR 211 final exam is scheduled for Wednesday, 12/21/09 from 10am - 12pm in
Room #7-211.
Please bring your Ackley book and your Unit #2 lecture guides to conference this week.
math exam for week #12 is next week. Please check the schedule if you need to take a second math exam.
Monday, 12/14/09 is a mandatory class on Domestic Violence. It will be from 10am - 11:50am in the student forum
Lecture: Mood Disorders includes Depression and Bipolar Disorder. In addition to the assigned readings, there are 2 required videotapes, 1 CD-ROM and 3 worksheets for depression. For mania, there is 1 reqiured videotape, 1 CD-ROM and 2 worksheets. For Suicide, there is 1 required videotape, 1 required CD-ROM and 1 CAI.
Conference: There will be structured learning in conference that will enrich your understanding of psychosis and mood disorders based on case studies and the nursing process. There is pre-conference learning in the unit #2 conference guide.
Clinical: Objectives relate to milieu, love and belonging needs, Yalom's curative factors of group therapy, caring for clients and the management of client care.
The Unit 2 test will arrive quickly so stay on top of your work. The test will by given during your conference on Thursday, 12/3/09 or Friday, 12/4/09.
You are halfway through this course. If you have not already done so, try to do your self-help group observation soon.
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