Course code
PNUR 2640
Credits
3.00
Semester length
4
Max class size
Lecture 32
Course
Professional Issues in Psychiatric Nursing
Important Notice
This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.
Typically offered
To be determined
Overview
Course description
This course promotes integration and internalization of the values, concepts, patterns, interventions and skills relevant to professional psychiatric nursing practice within the health care delivery system. The focus will be on assisting the student to assume the professional role including beginning leadership skills when working with persons, families, groups and groups experiencing a wide range of complex health challenges.
Course content
Content presented will be evidenced based. Exemplars may vary.
I. VARIABLES
II. CURRICULUM THREADS
III. PHARMACOLOGY
IV. THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS
V. CARING PRACTICE
C Professional Context of Practice
Exemplars:
CRPNBC Standards of Practice
CRPNBC Code of Ethics
professional competencies
legislation relevant to Mental Health Nursing
Best Practices
psychiatric nursing scope of practice
health care system changes
labour representation
strategies for career planning
C Leadership
Exemplars:
leadership styles
decision making
delegation
C Organizational Context
Exemplars:
organizational structure & function
organizational culture
attaining optimal health care outcomes
quality assurance
accreditation
power & empowerment
C Change & Transition
Exemplars:
change theory
This course content includes integration of all the previous semesters knowledge, skills and attitudes pertaining to competent psychiatric nursing practice. This course content builds on all previous PNUR courses to promote further integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes to assume the professional role of a psychiatric nurse at entry to practice level.
Learning activities
It is the intent of the faculty to facilitate student learning, foster ways of knowing, and promote critical thought through a variety of teaching/learning methods including: lecture, laboratory, demonstration and return demonstration, group discussion, role-playing, case study analysis, computer assisted learning programs, audio visual aids, and group or individual research and presentation.
Means of assessment
The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
This is a graded course.
Learning outcomes
This course is intended to prepare the student to successfully assume the professional role of a psychiatric nurse at entry to practice level. In this course the student will use the Psychiatric Nursing curricular threads (professionalism, health promotion, and caring), concepts (crisis, comfort, hope, loss, power, resiliency, integrity) and variables (psychosocial, physiological, cultural, spiritual, developmental) to integrate knowledge, skills and attitudes related to nursing theory, therapeutic relationships, caring practices and pharmacological interventions when caring for the person and family experiencing episodic, ongoing and complex health challenges.
Textbook materials
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students
A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
Requisites
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.
Course Transfers to Other Institutions
Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.
| Institution | Transfer details for PNUR 2640 | |
|---|---|---|
| There are no applicable transfer credits for this course. | ||
Course Offerings
There are no course offerings this semester.