This course is designed to enable the nursing students to recognize the psychosocial physiological, environmental and life style factors which affect or may affect the family with a psych-geriatric individual. Related aspects of psychology, sociology, nutrition, pharmacology and psychopathology are utilized.
The concepts taught will be applied and the basic needs of the individual and family will be used in determining their care within the framework of the nursing process methodology. Teaching/learning experiences will enable nursing students to intervene using well establish nursing interventions appropriate to their level of learning.
- Lecturer: Rishi Arjoon