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98 School of Nursingdevelopment are integrated into the understanding of mental disorders. These includepsychodynamic, relational, and cognitive perspectives. Required for all psychiatric–mental health nursing students in the first year of specialization. Open to others withpermission of the instructor. Two hours per week. D. Olsen.661b, Models of Treatment. 1.5 credit hours. This course builds on 657a, MentalHealth Assessment Across the Life Span. It is designed to assist the student in comprehensivetreatment planning and understanding the dynamics of the therapeutic relationshipin implementing interventions. Students utilize models of care specifically suited toindividual patients and patient problems identified in advanced psychiatric nursing practice.Course content is arranged in four sections: treatment planning, therapeutic contracting;directive/problem-focused models of care; psychodynamic/evocative modelsof care; biologic models of care. Required for all psychiatric clinical nurse specialist studentsin the first year of specialization. One and one-half hours per week. J. Pasacreta.7ooa/b, Child Care Health Consultation. 1 credit hour per term. This elective clinicalcourse provides pediatric nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner studentswith the opportunity to gain knowledge and experience in child care health consultation.The course provides a forum for examining health and developmental issues of youngchildren in early care and education settings, the evolving role of the advanced practicenurse child care health consultant, and opportunities for health promotion and familyintervention, as well as policy implications. Open to pediatric nurse practitioner andfamily nurse practitioner students in the final year of specialization. Open to others withpermission of the instructor. Two hours per week in a child care setting and two hoursevery other week of clinical conference. A. Crowley.7o4a/b/c, Master’s Independent Study. This elective study is initiated by the studentand negotiated with faculty. The purpose is to allow in-depth pursuit of individual areasof interest and/or practice. A written proposal must be submitted and signed by the student,the faculty member(s), and the appropriate specialty director. Credit varies accordingto the terms of the contract.7o9a, Legal Issues in Nursing Practice. 1 credit hour. This elective course provides thestudent with information about the legal regulation of advanced nursing practice andabout selected clinical practice situations. Readings include cases, statutes, and regulationsfrom the legal literature as well as articles from the fields of law, medicine, and nursing.Instruction in the use of the law library is provided. Two hours per week for eightweeks. S. Cohn.713a (EMD 557a), Public Health Issues in HIV/AIDS. 2 credit hours. This is an electiveintroductory broad-based course for students of all levels interested in the HIV/AIDSepidemic. The course covers pathogenesis, clinical care, natural history of infection, laboratorytesting, transmission, and prevention of HIV/AIDS, and is designed to give studentsa general, comprehensive understanding of HIV/AIDS issues. The course is recommendedfor students beginning work in public health or HIV/AIDS, or for those whowish to expand their specialized knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Offered through the Departmentof Epidemiology and Public Health. Two hours per week. K. Khoshnood.