Clinical: 14 hours/week
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities. Learning activities occur in psychiatric nursing practice settings, group discussions, and self-study. Nursing practice experience provides students with opportunities to apply knowledge and use skills related to psychiatric nursing within a holistic context. Critical reflection through journal writing, practice appraisal and participation in clinical seminars will allow exploration and integration of nursing theory promoting self-directed learning.
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework and Philosophy
- Psychiatric Nursing care of clients with ongoing, persistent health challenges
- Psychiatric Nursing role and responsibilities
- Psychiatric Nursing Scope of Practice related to knowledge and skills
- Psychiatric Nurse- Client therapeutic relationship
- Entry Level Competencies
- Nursing Process including:
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Professional Standards, Code of Ethics and Practice Standards
Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Apply the Department of Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework including:
- Curricular Threads (Wellness-Illness Continuum, Professional Values, Professional Caring, and Health Care Delivery System)
- Concepts (Crisis, Comfort, Hope, Loss, Power, Resiliency, Connectedness)
- Variables (Client System, Psychological Variable, Physiological Variable, Sociocultural Variable, Spiritual Variable, Developmental Variable);
- Integrate knowledge, skills and attitudes related to nursing theory and research, therapeutic relationships, clinical practices, and pharmacological interventions when caring for the persons, families, and groups experiencing ongoing health challenges;
- Demonstrate integration of evidence informed practice based on seven areas of competencies. Students must achieve an expected level of competency based on defined levels of supervision in each semester. Specific competency areas are:
- Therapeutic Relationships and Therapeutic Use of Self
- Body of Knowledge and Applications
- Collaborative Practice
- Advocacy
- Quality Care and Client Safety
- Health Promotion
- Ethical, Professional and Legal Responsibilities;
- Demonstrate culturally safe and anti-racist care as it relates to the diversity of individual lived experiences, and the physical, mental/emotional, spiritual, and cultural client needs;
- With assistance, synthesize and apply prior learning, and learning from concurrent semester courses, in psychiatric nursing practice.
Assessment is consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
This is a mastery course.
A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
PNUR 2201 and PNUR 2221 and PNUR 2230 and PNUR 2261 and PNUR 2285
Students in the BSPN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.
Students must complete all clinical requirements prior to the first day of clinical practice or access to the clinical site may be denied. Clinical requirements are mandated by the Health Authorities and Public Health orders and will be communicated by the program to each student.