Lecture: 2 hours/week
In this course, students may engage in the following learning activities: discussion, group work, problem-solving, peer-review, role play/simulation, and self-awareness exercises.
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Phases of the nurse-client relationship
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Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework
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Mental status exam
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Limit setting, conflict resolution, de-escalation, and risk assessment
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Self-awareness, critical reflection, and constructive feedback
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Professional documentation and communication in accordance with British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) Professional and Practice Standards
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Advanced therapeutic communication skills for interviewing patients experiencing episodic mental health challenges or variances in wellness, including:
- Cognitive impairment
- Mood instability
- Eating disorders
- Altered personality patterns
- Altered emotional patterns (irritability, anger, and verbal/physical aggression)
- Acute psychosis
- Abuse and trauma-related experiences
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
1. Apply advanced therapeutic communication skills including empathy, assertiveness, limit setting, conflict resolution, de-escalation, and points of disengagement in client interactions;
2. Integrate the application of the mental status exam and risk assessment when working with clients experiencing mood instability, eating disorders, altered personality and emotional patterns, and acute psychosis;
3. Demonstrate self-awareness, critical reflection, and constructive feedback in therapeutic relationships;
4. Use effective collaboration to manage aggression and physical violence, de-escalate crises, and safely use seclusion;
5. Demonstrate professional documentation of psychiatric nursing assessments and therapeutic interventions of clients who are confused, distressed, aggressive, agitated, or resistant; and
6. Implement cultural humility and cultural safety practices in therapeutic communication with clients and their families.
Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course.
Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation in the course as part of the student’s graded performance. Where this occurs, expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the Instructor’s Course Outline. This is letter-graded course.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the semester.
Students registered in the BSPN Degree program - PNUR 3301 and PNUR 3321 and PNUR 3330 and PNUR 3350 and PNUR 3361.
Students registered in the LPN Access to Psychiatric Nursing Degree program - PNUR 3402 and PNUR 3171 and PNUR 4575.
Students in the BSPN and LPN Access programs are required to maintain a minimum grade of 65% in all courses in order to progress in the program.
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