Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Practice III

Graduate / Professional

This is the third practicum in a series of four that aim to develop the clinical and leadership skills required for advanced psychiatric mental health nursing practice. Building on first year clinical skills, emphasis is placed on advancing clinical reasoning and decision making, beginning use of pharmacologic interventions and safe prescribing practices, performing and documenting comprehensive mental health assessments, guiding care coordination, and counseling patients, groups, and families on health promotion and disease prevention. Students continue to build systems-level thinking by analyzing population data against benchmarks, managing team interactions, and evaluating quality and safety in the practice environment. Students analyze the impact of structural and cultural factors on individual- and population-level care delivery and develop lifelong learning strategies. Students are assigned to psychiatric clinical placements to align with competency development, previous clinical experiences, and interests. Students use the clinical case conference format to integrate and apply clinical skills. Clinical case conference meets weekly; clinical practicum hours are 225 for this course. Prerequisite: Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Practice II. 0 Course cr HTBA