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NUR676

Primary Care for Mental Health

Course DirectorySNHU NUR676 has 2 direct prerequisites, with 9 courses in its complete prerequisite tree, and is required by 1 other course.

Graduate · 3 credits

In this course, students will explore the mental and psychosocial conditions that are most commonly seen among individuals and families in a primary care setting. Students will evaluate evidence-based practices including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, collaborative, and non-traditional approaches to manage mental and psychosocial conditions across the lifespan. Students will use approaches that support holistic collaborative treatment of individuals and families living with mental health conditions. This course includes 30 hours of psychopharmacology content to prepare nurse practitioner students for the practice of prescribing psychiatric medications, including controlled substances, as well as addiction management principles.

Prerequisite Tree

  • NUR656 — Primary Care of Women
    • NUR636 — Primary Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents
      • NUR616 — Primary Care of Adults and Gerontological Patients
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
      • NUR626 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum I
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
    • NUR646 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum II
      • NUR616 — Primary Care of Adults and Gerontological Patients
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
      • NUR626 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum I
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
  • NUR669 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum III
    • NUR636 — Primary Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents
      • NUR616 — Primary Care of Adults and Gerontological Patients
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
      • NUR626 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum I
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
    • NUR646 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum II
      • NUR616 — Primary Care of Adults and Gerontological Patients
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
      • NUR626 — Primary Care Across the Lifespan Practicum I
        • NUR600 — Advanced Pharmacology for the Prescriber, Immersion
          • NUR555 — Advanced Clinical Pathophysiology
          • NUR560 — Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning

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