This comprehensive course from the Practical Nursing series of competency-based curricula is designed to prepare students for employment by systematically guiding the students' learning activities from the simple to the complex. These materials prepare health care practitioners to function effectively in the rapidly changing health care industry. The information helps the instructor ensure student mastery of specific outcomes. This instructor guide contains an introduction and five units: (1) basic principles; (2) crisis intervention; (3) addictive/dependent behaviors; (4) psychosocial disorders; and (5) legal aspects. Each instructional unit includes basic components that form a unit of instruction: (1) performance objectives; (2) suggested activities; (3) pretests; (4) pretest answers; (5) information sheets; (6) assignment sheets and their answers; (7) job sheets and practical tests; and (8) written tests and test answers. Handouts, supplements, transparency masters, and activity sheets may be included in some or all of the units. Materials contain simple graphic symbols keyed to eight basic skills: reading, writing, mathematics, science, oral communication, interpersonal, creative thinking and problem solving, and employability. Sixty-three references are included. (NLA)