Chapter 1: Foundational Mental Health Concepts

• Identify safety/protective interventions for the client and others
• Identify safety/protective concerns for the nurse
• Explain various mental health treatment approaches
• Support diversity across the life span in client-centered care

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Chapter 2: Therapeutic Communication and the Nurse-Client Relationship

• Identify advanced therapeutic communication techniques
• Describe barriers to effective therapeutic communication
• Explore guidelines for effective communication during telehealth

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Chapter 3: Stress, Coping, and Crisis Intervention

• Describe the role of stress in exacerbating symptoms of mental health disorders
• Identify safety/protective interventions for the client and others
• Provide health teaching on stress management techniques and adaptive coping strategies
• Recognize the use of defense mechanisms
• Recognize a client in crisis
• Describe crisis intervention

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Chapter 4: Application of the Nursing Process to Mental Health Care

• Apply the nursing process to mental health care
• Apply the subcategories of the Implementation standard of care to mental health care
• Explain various mental health treatment approaches
• Promote a therapeutic environment
• Compare NCLEX Next Generation terminology to the nursing process

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Chapter 5: Legal and Ethical Considerations in Mental Health Care

• Identify safety/protective interventions for the client and others
• Identify safety/protective concerns for the nurse
• Explain the nurse role as a collaborative advocate for the health needs of the community
• Support diversity across the life span in client-centered care
• Explore the nurse’s role and legal and ethical responsibilities when providing care to clients with mental health disorders

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Chapter 6: Psychotropic Medications

• Relate the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous system to mental health disorders and psychotropic medications
• Describe classes of psychotropic medications, their mechanisms of action, side effects, and health teaching topics

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Chapter 7: Depressive Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of depressive disorders
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with depressive disorders
• Plan outcomes for clients with depressive disorders
• Describe safety/protective interventions for clients with depressive disorders
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with depressive disorders
• Analyze treatments for clients with depressive disorders
• Apply the nursing process to clients with depressive disorders at risk for suicide

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Chapter 8: Bipolar Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of bipolar disorders
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with bipolar disorders
• Plan outcomes for clients with bipolar disorders
• Describe safety/protective interventions for clients with bipolar disorders
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with bipolar disorders
• Analyze treatments for clients with bipolar disorders
• Apply the nursing process to clients with bipolar disorders at risk for suicide

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Chapter 9: Anxiety Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of anxiety disorder behaviors, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Plan outcomes for clients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Analyze treatments for clients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder
• Apply the nursing process to clients with anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder at risk for suicide

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Chapter 10: Personality Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of personality disorder behaviors
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with personality disorders
• Plan outcomes for clients with personality disorders
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients with personality disorders
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with personality disorders
• Analyze treatments for clients with personality disorders
• Apply the nursing process to clients with personality disorders at risk for suicide

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Chapter 11: Thought Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of thought behaviors
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with thought disorders
• Plan outcomes for clients with thought disorders
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients with thought disorders
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with thought disorders
• Analyze treatments for clients with thought disorders
• Apply the nursing process to clients with thought disorders at risk for suicide
• Compare and contrast delirium, psychosis, and schizophrenia

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Chapter 12: Childhood and Adolescence Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Plan outcomes for clients with mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients with mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Analyze treatments for clients with mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Apply the nursing process to clients with mental health disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood and adolescence at risk for suicide
• Explain conditional confidentiality and mandatory reporting related to caring for children and adolescents

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Chapter 13: Eating Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of eating disorder behaviors
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with eating disorders
• Plan outcomes for clients with eating disorders
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients with eating disorders
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with eating disorders
• Analyze treatments for clients with eating disorders
• Apply the nursing process to clients with eating disorders at risk for suicide

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Chapter 14: Substance Use Disorders

• Identify assessment cues of substance use behaviors
• Identify nursing priorities for clients with substance use disorders
• Plan outcomes for clients with substance use disorders
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients with substance use disorders
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients with substance use disorders
• Analyze treatments for clients with substance use disorders
• Apply the nursing process to clients with substance use disorders at risk for suicide
• Assess clients for signs of intoxication, dependency, and withdrawal symptoms and intervene appropriately
• Apply the nursing process to clients experiencing withdrawal or toxicity from substances
• Describe care for clients with nonsubstance-related dependencies (e.g., gambling, sexual addiction)
• Describe the neurobiology and risk factors for substance use disorders
• Describe protective factors and prevention programs for substance use disorders

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Chapter 15: Trauma, Abuse, and Violence

• Identify assessment cues of clients and families experiencing trauma, abuse, and/or violence
• Identify assessment cues of adverse childhood experiences in a client’s history
• Identify factors promoting the cycle of trauma, abuse, and/or violence
• Identify nursing priorities for clients and families experiencing trauma, abuse, and/or violence
• Plan outcomes for clients and families experiencing trauma abuse and/or violence
• Differentiate safety/protective interventions for clients and families experiencing trauma, abuse, and/or violence
• Apply evidence-based practice when planning care and interventions for clients and families experiencing trauma, abuse, and/or violence
• Analyze treatments for clients and families experiencing trauma, abuse, and/or violence
• Apply the nursing process to clients and families experiencing trauma, abuse, and/or violence who are at risk for suicide
• Incorporate trauma-informed care
• Describe strategies to remain safe if workplace violence occurs

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Chapter 16: Community Assessment

• Identify the needs of the populations that impact health-seeking behaviors
• Identify available resources for the health needs of the community
• Explain the nurse role as a collaborative advocate for the health needs of the community
• Apply evidence-based practice when implementing the nursing process in the community
• Differentiate the role of the registered nurse in community health care settings

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Chapter 17: Vulnerable Populations

• Describe vulnerable populations
• Identify the needs of the populations that impact health-seeking behaviors
• Discuss support systems and organizations available for vulnerable populations
• Describe the role of the nurse as an advocate for vulnerable populations

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Chapter 18: Environmental Health and Emergency Preparedness

• Analyze the nursing role in emergency preparedness planning within the community
• Explain the nurse role as a collaborative advocate for the health needs of the community
• Describe the nurse’s role in promoting environmental health
• Apply principles of triage
• Outline tips for preventing and managing stress for disaster responders

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