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Perez-Millan, Mercedes

School of Nursing

GENERAL INFORMATION

Perez-Millan
Psychiatric Nursing- Course coordinator 
School of Nursing
Phone: 305-237-4465
E-mail: mperezmi@mdc.edu 
Medical Campus
950 NW 20 ST
Miami, FL 33127

COURSE INFORMATION

SCHEDULE

                  * Call for appointment

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

ARNP  Nurse Practitioner Certificate, Post Master's Program, in Psychiatric Nursing  
Florida International University, Miami, FL 2002

MSN  Clinical Specialist, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA, 1977

BSN  Nursing
Florida International University, Miami, FL, 1974

ADN Nursing
Mayfair College, Chicago, IL, 1970   
  

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

I believe that every student has the potential to learn and make a difference in society, and that it is the job of the instructor to help and guide them. In fact, the more difficult the student - the greater reward. 

CURRENT PROJECTS

Adding lectures in Power-Point and other learning activities to Webpage to enhance classroom teaching

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

American Nurses Association
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Florida Nurses Association
National League for Nurses
Sigma Theta Tau

INTERESTS

I enjoy outdoor activities like camping, mountain biking, kayaking, wild-life photography, and traveling.
Volunteer work for the American Red Cross, Disaster Team, Mental Health Services.

ONLINE RESOURCES / LINKS

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Holistic Nurses Association
American Nurses Association
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Florida Nurses Association

PSYCHIATRIC 

CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES:
Depression;  Bipolar;  Schizophrenia; SubstanceAbuse

PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY:

Practice Test

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS: 
1. Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing
2. Legal and Ethical Issues
3. The Nurse-Client Relationship
4. Crisis
5. Anxiety Disorders
6. Mood Disorders- Depression
7. Mood Disorders- Bipolar
8. Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders
9. Child and Adolescent
10.Eating Disorders
11.Substance Abuse
12.Personality Disorders
13.Human Abuse
14.Cognitive Disorders
15.Sexual Dysfunctions and Disorders
16.Psychopharmacology
17.Somatoform/ Dissociative Disorders

18.Critical Thinking

19.Psychiatric Nursing Assessment

WEB LINKS

Anxiety Disorders:

National Institute of Mental Health 

Freedom From Fear
 

Substance abuse:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration 

Child and Adolescent:
Children and Adult with Attention Deficit Disorder

Cognitive Disorders: 
Alzheimer's Association

Mood Disorders:
Depression Central 

Eating Disorders:  
National Eating Disorders Association  
Eating Disorder Movies

Schizophrenia:
National Institute of Mental Health
National Alliance on Mental Illness

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