Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Practice IV

Graduate / Professional

This is the fourth course in a series of four that aim to develop the clinical and leadership skills required for advanced psychiatric mental health nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on incorporating emerging evidence and innovation into clinical decision making, ordering and documenting diagnostic and screening tests, evaluating care outcomes, and adjusting the plan of care with the interprofessional team. Students are expected to foster community partnerships, participate in system-level change initiatives, determine population priorities for care, and design policy to impact health equity. Students expand their leadership skills by engaging in professional organization and professional service opportunities. In their clinical setting, students collaboratively provide care for individuals, groups, and families for complex presentations (more than two diagnoses) involving multiple systems engagement. 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 III. 0 Course cr HTBA