Section 1: Psychiatric Nursing Foundations
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12-Week Study Plan
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SECTION 1: Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing Foundations (2:36)
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The Psychiatric Mental Health Team (Downloadable PDF)
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20 Psychiatric Terms and Definitions (Downloadable PDF)
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Scope of Practice and the Nurse Practice Act (2:35)
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Professional Performance Standards (1:57)
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Code of Ethics, Principles of Ethical Care, and Just Culture (3:28)
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Privacy, HIPAA, and Duty to Warn (2:45)
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Special Considerations When Caring for a Victim of Abuse, Vulnerable Adult, or Rape Victim (1:59)
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Legal Issues and Terminology Every Psychiatric Nurse Should Know (Downloadable PDF)
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Trauma Informed Care (2:11)
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Culturally Sensitive Nursing Care (4:01)
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Introduction to Theorists (1:27)
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Erikson's Developmental Stages (7:44)
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Jean Piaget and John Bowlby (3:46)
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Harry Stack Sullivan and Hildegard Peplau (2:36)
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Freud's Contributions: Defense Mechanisms, Transference and Countertransference (6:25)
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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (5:19)
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Four Lobes of the Brain and the Limbic System (3:08)
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Neurotransmitters 101 (3:38)
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Introduction to the Therapeutic Relationship (2:11)
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Therapeutic Relationship: Barriers and Enhancers (3:32)
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Therapeutic Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal (6:26)
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"Untherapeutic" Communication: Verbal and Nonverbal (12:48)
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Psychiatric Assessment Tools (4:50)
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Suicide Risk Assessment (+ Downloadable PDF) (4:29)
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Practice Questions (11:27)
Section 2: The DSM-5-TR and Psychiatric Diagnoses
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SECTION 2: Introduction to the DSM-5-TR and Psychiatric Diagnoses (2:59)
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Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders (6:16)
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Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders (11:22)
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Bipolar and Related Disorders (8:11)
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Depressive Disorders (8:33)
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Anxiety Disorders (9:36)
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Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders (8:31)
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Feeding and Eating Disorders (8:11)
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Gender Dysphoria, Gender Identity, and Sexual Orientation (4:30)
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Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders (Downloadable PDF)
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Neurocognitive Disorders (5:37)
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Psychiatric Disorders Seen in Children and Adolescents (8:11)
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Neurodevelopmental Disorders (3:43)
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Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders (4:25)
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Introduction to Personality Disorders (4:22)
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Personality Disorders: Cluster A (4:00)
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Personality Disorders: Cluster B (7:05)
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Personality Disorders: Cluster C (5:02)
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APNA's Essentials of Caring for Those with Personality Disorders (Downloadable PDF)
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Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders (2:53)
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Practice Questions (18:48)
Section 3: Medications, Interventions and Therapies
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Introduction to Medications, Interventions and Therapies (2:04)
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Medication Reconciliation (4:55)
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First Generation Antipsychotics (Typical) (5:26)
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FGAs: Side Effects, Adverse Reactions, and Nursing Interventions (11:06)
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Second and Third Generation Antipsychotics and Adverse Effects (8:53)
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Mood Stabilizers and Anticonvulsants (11:29)
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An Example of Key Teaching Points for Patients on Lithium
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Antidepressants (13:18)
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Currently Available Antidepressants 2024 (Downloadable PDF)
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Anxiolytics (2:01)
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Key Lab Values to Know (4:39)
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Lab Values Relevant to Behavioral Health (Downloadable PDF)
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Blood Alcohol Levels (Downloadable PDF)
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Milieu Therapy (2:28)
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Group Therapy and Irvin Yalom's "11 Curative Factors" (3:49)
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Therapeutic Groups RNs Can Run (8:53)
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CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR and MI (16:26)
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ECT: Procedure and Nursing Interventions (6:34)
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TMS, tDCS DBS and VNS (5:14)
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Overview of Nursing Interventions in Support of Psychiatric Patients (3:52)
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Nursing Interventions for Psychotic Disorders and Bipolar Disorders (+ 2 Downloadable PDFs) (7:55)
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Nursing Interventions for Depressive Disorders and Suicidality (+ Downloadable PDF) (3:06)
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Nursing Interventions for Alcohol Withdrawal and Opioid Withdrawal (+2 Downloadable PDFs) (5:57)
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Nursing Interventions for Anxiety Disorders, Trauma-Related Disorders and O-C Disorders (+ 2 Downloadable PDFs) (6:03)
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Nursing Interventions for Neurocognitive Disorders and Delirium (+ 2 Downloadable PDFs) (3:54)
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Nursing Interventions for Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders (+ 2 Downloadable PDFs) (3:59)
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Outpatient Psychiatric Care Options (Downloadable PDF)
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Psychiatric Emergencies, Seclusion and Restraint (5:01)
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APNA Standards of Practice for Use of Seclusion or Restraints (Downloadable PDF)
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Practice Questions (22:27)
Section 4: Critical Topics in Psychiatric Nursing
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Introduction to Critical Topics in Psychiatric Nursing (1:46)
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The Keys to Best-Practice Documentation (9:30)
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Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (11:57)
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Research Terms to Know for the Exam (Downloadable PDF)
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Psychiatric Nursing Case Management 101 (6:30)
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Five Stages of (Behavioral) Change (6:55)
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Tobacco Cessation (5:47)
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Three Types of Crisis (5:13)
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Three Levels of Prevention (3:24)
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Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) (2:30)
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Sentinel Event / Serious Reportable Event (SRE) (Downloadable PDF)
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Healthy People Report 2020/2030 and the IOM Report (4:58)
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Practice Questions (15:46)
