Course

Psychiatric Nursing Clinical Practice V: Preceptorship Experience

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing - Psychiatric
Course Code
PNUR 4661
Credits
9.00
Semester Length
15 weeks
Max Class Size
20
Method(s) Of Instruction
Practicum
Course Designation
None
Industry Designation
None
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This practicum course is a preceptorship experience where students demonstrate integration, synthesis, and application of program theoretical concepts to clinical practice in a selected clinical focus area/agency. Students will demonstrate integration of psychiatric and medical knowledge and skills in caring for persons, families, groups, and communities across the lifespan experiencing acute and complex health challenges within a variety of health settings. The professional psychiatric nursing role will be developed and strengthened within the context of the health care team including assuming aspects of psychiatric nursing leadership role. Entry to practice competencies will be demonstrated within the preceptorship experience to attain course mastery.
Course Content
  • Department of Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework and Philosophy
  • Psychiatric Nursing care of clients with episodic, ongoing, and complex challenges
  • Psychiatric Nursing role and responsibilities, including leadership roles
  • Psychiatric Nursing Scope of Practice related to knowledge and skills
  • Psychiatric Nurse- Client therapeutic relationship
  • Entry Level Competencies with supervision from preceptor
  • Nursing Process including:
    • Assessment
    • Diagnosis
    • 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 classrooms and psychiatric nursing practice settings. Psychiatric 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 and practice appraisal will allow exploration and integration of psychiatric nursing concepts, issues, and trends impacting the profession of psychiatric nursing.

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 successful completion of this course, the student will:

  1. Apply the Douglas College Department of Psychiatric Nursing Conceptual Framework to psychiatric nursing practice;
  2. Demonstrate clinical judgement in the application of knowledge to psychiatric nursing practice;
  3. Demonstrate integration of theoretical concepts and psychiatric nursing skills;
  4. Apply nursing research to psychiatric nursing practice;
  5. Demonstrate the use of resources in the delivery of psychiatric nursing services;
  6. Analyze the role of a psychiatric nurse; 
  7. Demonstrate use of foundational and advanced therapeutic communications skills; 
  8. Demonstrate knowledge and application of clinical practice skills;
  9. Develop, implement, and evaluate health promotion; 
  10. Self evaluate clinical practice performance;
  11. Demonstrate Clinical Practice Competencies with minimal supervision from preceptor. Specific competency areas that will be addressed are:
    • Therapeutic Relationships and Therapeutic Use of Self
    • Body of Knowledge and Application
    • Collaborative Practice
    • Advocacy
    • Quality Care and Client Safety
    • Health Promotion
    • Ethical, Professional and Legal Responsibilities;
  12. Demonstrate leadership and interprofessional collaboration as it relates to healthcare;
  13. Demonstrate culturally safe and anti-racist care as it relates to the diversity of individual lived experiences, and the physicial, mental/emotional, spiritual, and cultural client needs;
  14. 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 4501 and PNUR 4521 and PNUR 4562 and 4572 and PNUR 4573

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 preceptorship 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

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

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

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Institution Transfer Details for PNUR 4661
Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) KPU PSYN 4245 (10)

Course Offerings

Summer 2024