Professional Psychiatric Nursing Concepts
Overview
- Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework
- Psychiatric Nursing Variable Assessment Guide
- Nursing knowledge, metaparadigms, concepts, theories, models, and frameworks
- History and evolution of psychiatric nursing
- Professionalization and professional self-concept in psychiatric nursing practice
- Canadian healthcare delivery system and Canadian mental healthcare
- Leadership in profesional psychiatric nursing practice
In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities such as discussions, group work, case studies, reading assignments, and remote/virtual meetings.
The course evaluation is consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course in the Instructor Course Outline. This is a graded course.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Analyze selected nursing theories and concepts;
- Identify and apply components of theory and concepts that are applicable to psychiatric nursing practice;
- Analyze the psychiatric nursing professional role in relation to other disciplines providing mental health services;
- Examine the role of nursing theory in the development of professional identity;
- Apply the Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework to psychiatric nursing practice;
- Discuss and integrate research and/or theoretical perspectives to psychiatric nursing concepts and practice.
Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of the 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 3700 |
|---|---|
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
Course Offerings
Winter 2026
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CRN
12670
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Instructor last name
Walsh
Instructor first name
Barb
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Course status
Waitlist
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PNUR 3700 090 is restricted to BSPN Degree Completion students. It is strongly recommended that students take PNUR 3700 prior to taking other PNUR Degree Completion courses. Offered online.
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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CRN
14038
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Instructor last name
TBA
Instructor first name
(Faculty)
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Course status
Open
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PNUR 3700 091 is restricted to LPN Access to BSPN students only. Offered online.
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CRN
17599
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Instructor last name
Walsh
Instructor first name
Barb
|
Course status
Open
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PNUR 3700 092 is restricted to BSPN Degree Completion students. It is strongly recommended that students take PNUR 3700 prior to taking other PNUR Degree Completion courses. Offered in an online asynchronous format.