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Jul 08, 2024
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NUR 7201 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practicum 10 lecture hours 15 lab hours 5 credits
Course Description
APRN application of knowledge from research and theory will guide the development of skills related to prevention of illness, therapeutic relationships, and assessment, diagnosis, and management of acute and chronic mental health problems. Care strategies will include psychotherapy, psychopharmacological prescribing, patient education, follow-up, and referral. A variety of modalities will be used to demonstrate the development of the skills in safe, effective, ethical, integrative, and holistic person-centered care and health promotion while advancing knowledge of the scope of practice of the psychiatric mental health APRN.
Prereq: NUR 6000 , NUR 6030 , NUR 6200 , NUR 6210 , NUR 6220 , NUR 6230
Coreq: NUR 7200
Note: This practicum course requires 180 hours of psychiatric mental health advanced practice nursing and clinical supervision in a psychiatric mental health setting.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate culturally appropriate person-centered therapeutic relationship building, assessment, intervention, and evaluation skills in the holistic care of clients across the lifespan
- Interpret subjective and objective data to develop appropriate diagnoses and evidence-based management plans for selected patients with psychiatric mental health diagnoses.
- Select appropriate medications according to patient age, presentation, and unique patient factors.
- Employ appropriate health promotion and disease prevention strategies in the management of the healthcare needs of the psychiatric mental health patient.
- Facilitate a holistic integrative plan of care to promote wellness across the lifespan.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to improve the quality of healthcare.
- Involve the patient and family in the formulation of management plans that align with their goals and perspectives of mental health and wellness.
- Apply ethical and legal principles to the healthcare needs and management of acutely ill psychiatric mental health patients.
Prerequisites by Topic
- Advanced physical assessment
- Advanced pathophysiology
- Theory and role
- Evidence-based practice
- Advanced pharmacology
- Neurobiology and pharmacology
Course Topics
- Mental and behavioral health issues of psychiatric mental health patients across the lifespan
- Assessment, diagnosis, and management of psychiatric mental health patients across the lifespan
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Analyze weekly progress of PMHNP practice skills
Coordinator
Rebecca Sobanski
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