Psychiatric Nursing Clinical Practice I

Overview

Course description

Students will have opportunities to apply and integrate psychiatric and medical knowledge and skills in caring for individuals experiencing serious, persistent, and ongoing health challenges in mental health and medical settings. The student will be introduced to the psychiatric nursing role and focus on developing self-awareness. Students will begin to assess and set priorities to organize care with individuals in the context of family and groups. Clinical group discussions will assist with the integration of concepts and issues related to the clinical practice setting.

Course content

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
Diagnoses
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation

Professional Standards, Code of Ethics and Practice Standards

Learning activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities. Learning activities occur in nursing practice settings, group discussion, 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.

Means of assessment

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.

Learning outcomes

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 Variables, Developmental Variable, Sociocultural Variable, Spiritual Variable, Developmental Variable);

Apply 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
Advocacy
Quality Care and Client Safety
Health Promotion
Ethical, Professional and Legal Responsiblility;

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.

Textbook materials

A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

Requisites

Prerequisites

PNUR 2101 and PNUR 2121 and PNUR 2130 and PNUR 2170 and PNUR 2171 and PNUR 2175 and PHIL 3125

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.

Corequisites

PNUR 2201 and PNUR 2221 and PNUR 2230 and PNUR 2285

Equivalencies

PNUR 1261

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

May 2024 (Current)