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Apr 24, 2024
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NUR 7201 - Practicum 1: Infants, Children, and Adolescents0 lecture hours 15 lab hours 5 credits
Course Description
This practicum course requires 180 hours of psychiatric mental health nursing advanced practice and clinical supervision in a psychiatric mental health setting. APRN application of knowledge from select research and theory bases for creating therapeutic relationships, contextual assessment, diagnosis, care planning, treatment, and evaluation of psychiatric mental health strengths and needs of infants, children and/or adolescents are demonstrated. A variety of modalities will be used to demonstrate the development of the skills of designing innovations in safe, effective, ethical (relational), integrative, and holistic person-centered care and health promotion while advancing knowledge of the scope of practice of psychiatric mental health APRN roles of nurse-psychotherapist, prescriber, educator, and consultant-liaison. This course also includes the first of a five-class module on APRN addictions nursing - the care of infants and children whose health is challenged by substance abuse. (prereq: NUR 6000 , NUR 6030 , NUR 6200 , NUR 6210 , NUR 6220 , and NUR 6230 ) (coreq: NUR 7200 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate person-centered and culturally informed assessment, intervention, and evaluation skills (use of tools, modalities, and techniques) of the beginning APRN psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in the care of select populations
- Critique skills required for ethical (relational) use of interventions with specific client populations
- Evaluate effectiveness of assessment, intervention, and evaluation strategies
- Participate actively in clinical supervision experiences in the practicum
- Approach practice and projects with a spirit of curiosity and inquiry and an awareness of best practices in person-centered care
Prerequisites by Topic
- Advanced physical assessment
- Advanced pathophysiology
- Theory and role
- Evidence-based practice
- Advanced pharmacology
- Neurobiology and pharmacology
Course Topics
- Assessment of infant, child, and adolescent health patterns
- Mental and behavioral health issues of infants, children, and adolescents
- Mental health, cultural, and developmental diagnoses for infants, children, and adolescents
- Neurophysiological science, nursing theory, and psychotherapy microskills applied in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs of care for infants, children, adolescents and their parents and caregivers
- Therapeutic relationships skills (verbal and non-verbal) with infants, children, and adolescents
- Therapeutic modalities for non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatment of infants, children, and adolescents
- Modeling healthy communication, relationships, and boundaries
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Prevention (primary, secondary, tertiary) screening
- Impact of addiction on attachment
- Analyze weekly progress of PMHNP practice skills
Coordinator
Dr. Victoria Carlson-Oehlers
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