MASTER OF ARTS IN NURSING

Major in: PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

FOUNDATION COURSES

COURSE CODE: EDUC 200

COURSE TITLE: METHODS OF RESEARCH

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is intended to equip the graduate school students with the necessary knowledge and understanding of the basic concepts, principles, types of research, research methods, statistical procedure and data analysis. It deals with the nature and characteristics of research and its scientific methodology to solve problems and enlighten the graduate students the systematic endeavor starting from the problem formulation through writing and presenting a research.

COURSE CODE: EDUC 201

COURSE TITLE: STATISTICAL METHODS

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to acquaint the graduate school students with the statistical techniques and computational procedures involved in the application and interpretation of results employed in educational research.

COURSE CODE: NSG 200

COURSE TITLE: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK IN NURSING

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course deals with the study of the different concepts, models, philosophies and theories specific to nursing. Analysis and application of these philosophical-theoretical constructs to nursing practice, nursing education, nursing research and nursing administration are given emphasis.

COURSE CODE: NSG 201

COURSE TITLE: GROUP DYNAMICS AND HUMAN INTERPERSONAL RELATION

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course deals with the analysis of the individual, his relation with other people/groups and group activities that can be used by nurse managers to enhance skills as he/she works with groups and train them to achieve organizational objectives.

MAJOR COURSES

COURSE CODE: PN 201

COURSE TITLE: THEORIES OF BEHAVIOR AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course introduces health behavior theory and its applications relevant to public health practice. The course is designed to introduce students to concepts fundamental to the understanding of human health behavior. An important focus of the course is on the identification of risk and protective factors for psychopathology.

COURSE CODE: PN 202

COURSE TITLE: MENTAL HEALTH PSYCHIATRIC NURSING I

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course includes applying the caring attributes and processes while acquiring the knowledge and skills to care for the client, family, and groups of clients with psychiatric-mental health problems across the life span. It includes an introduction to the current basic concepts of mental health and mental illness and to the knowledge and skills needed to provide psychiatric-mental health nursing therapeutic interventions in the hospital and the community.

COURSE CODE: PN 203

COURSE TITLE: MENTAL HEALTH PSYCHIATRIC NURSING II

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course presents the student with the opportunity to demonstrate caring and processes when providing safe, comprehensive and collaborative nursing care to the adult client and groups of clients with acute and chronic psychiatric-mental health problems within the mental health care delivery system. The focus is on the nurse/client therapeutic relationship, affecting a therapeutic milieu and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team when providing safe, comprehensive and collaborative nursing care. Current knowledge, skills, therapeutic interventions and continuity of care within the hospital and the community are emphasized.

COURSE CODE: PN 204

COURSE TITLE: PSYCHOTHERAPHY

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is an introduction to the theory and techniques of psychotherapy. This includes an emphasis on the relationship between models of psychopathology and psychotherapy, an overview of various approaches to psychotherapy, and a discussion of foundational therapeutic techniques.

FUNCTIONAL MINORS

COURSE CODE: LMN 201

COURSE TITLE: NURSING SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 1

(ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS IN NURSING)

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course deals with the application of principles of administrative process to the management and coordination of care for groups of patients. Integrated are concepts related to management of health care environment and its resources and measures to sustain the care rendered by those with less education and experience.

COURSE CODE: LMN 202

COURSE TITLE: NURSING SERVICE ADMINISTRATION 2

(NURSING MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP)

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course presents the concepts, theories, principles, processes and functions of management in a health care setting. Integrated in each management function are leadership roles needed by a nurse clinical manager in meeting the demands of a health care delivery system.

COGNATE COURSES

COURSE CODE: NSG 202

COURSE TITLE: SOCIETAL COMPONENTS RELATED TO HEALTH

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course analyzes the current sociological concepts affecting help-seeking behavior, social patterns of illness, health care delivery system, behavior in various stages of wellness and illness and the nurse’s role in ensuring an adaptive response to health and illness.

COURSE CODE: NSG 203

COURSE TITLE: CLINICAL TEACHING

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course covers concepts and principles of clinical teaching, and exploration of clinical educator’s methods and processes of clinical teaching. Principles of supervision, preparation of clinical teaching plans and evaluation of students’ performance are also emphasized.

COURSE CODE: NSG 204

COURSE TITLE: CLINICAL INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This is an examination of computer technology as a tool in various arenas of the health care system. An emphasis will be placed on "hands on" skills with a variety of software services including staffing packaged, patient acuity, and classification systems, staff development tracking packages, quality assurance systems, and care management data bases for patient care.

COURSE CODE: EDUC 211

COURSE TITLE: HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGIES

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This praxis course examines the new pedagogies being used in higher education teaching. This course is an integration of all aspects of instruction which are primarily designed for college instructors who are not education graduates. Its coverage includes college teaching methods, principles and techniques. An overview of the functions of colleges and universities as well as the code of Professional Ethics and the structures of Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education will also be discussed.

COURSE CODE: ENGL. 201

COURSE TITLE: ADVANCED SPEECH IMPROVEMENT

COURSE CREDIT: 3 UNITS

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to provide an opportunity for graduate school students to study and participate in advanced course of oral communication. It allows students to learn effective methods of communicating both their own ideas and those of others. The goals of the course are to emphasize the technical approach to oral communication, to develop an appreciation for listening and to foster a feeling of ease when presenting material to the group