Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: apply moral, legal, professional, and ethical standards with emphasis on confidentiality with clients who have deficits in ego functioning; use nursing and scientific principles of mental health and apply the nursing process to meet the holistic health needs of psychiatric clients; recognize the impact of developmental tasks in relation to the client's chronological age, personality development, and behavior; use therapeutic communication and attending skills to communicate with a psychiatric client; employ teaching concepts and principles to assist clients and their families learn adaptive ego functions; and develop self-understanding and self-esteem to facilitate therapeutic use of self. Version 3: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: demonstrate accountability for continuous quality improvement, research-based practice, consumer advocacy, and cost-effective use of health care resources within the legal/ethical standards while caring for acutely ill patients; integrate knowledge from biological, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to provide safe, technically competent and holistic nursing care to acutely ill patients; function as an effective member of an interdisciplinary healthcare team by utilizing critical-thinking and nursing process skills to implement a plan of care for patients that have rapidly changing health needs; Incorporate a caring relationship, therapeutic communication, positive interpersonal and information management skills to provide support to the patient and family; integrate principles of the teaching/learning process to promote, maintain, and restore optimal wellness to the patient experiencing an acute illness; and demonstrate a commitment to being a contributing member of the nursing profession through analysis of personal and professional growth.