title: Innovative teaching strategy for pharmacology in psychiatric-mental health nursing: moving from content to concepts.
abstract: Faculty teaching an undergraduate psychiatricmental health nursing course noted that the vast content related to psychotropic medication interventions needed to be conceptualized creatively to help students develop expertise. In this article, an innovative pedagogical approach is presented for teaching nursing students psychopharmacology by moving from content to concepts.
authors: Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio, USA. cobjfb@columbus.rr.com
authors: Joy F
authors: JF
authors: Bonnivier
authors: April L
authors: AL
authors: Magoteaux
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011600:Psychopharmacology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013338:Students, Nursing
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs