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Sep 27, 2024
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NURS 721 - Assessment & Management in PMH Settings: Clinical Practicum (1 to 12 units)
Psychiatric-mental health clinical practicum emphasizing psychiatric assessment, diagnostic evaluations, treatment planning, leadership and evaluations strategies for the PMHNP.
Maximum units a student may earn: 12
Prerequisite(s): NURS 701 .
Grading Basis: Graded
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. identify the scope of practice of a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
2. describe the role of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in psychiatric settings.
3. construct a psychiatric evaluation including family, cultural, financial, vocational, community, health promotion, and safety assessments to clients across the lifespan.
4. utilize research, national guidelines and clinical evidence to promote primary, secondary and tertiary prevention for individuals and families.
5. utilize the DSM-V to formulate differential diagnoses.
6. identify medical problems and interpret lab values essential to the diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders.
7. recognize therapeutic interventions including individual, group, or family therapies.
8. review medication regimens with attention to side effects, benefits, need for life changes, cost, laboratory monitoring, and client self-management skills.
9. demonstrate clinical expertise by providing comprehensive care to clients with complex psychiatric conditions.
10. analyze strategies for management of acute and chronic psychiatric conditions in populations across the lifespan, including interviewing, safety assessment, rapport building, assessment, health promotion, and identification of diagnoses and differentials.
11. evaluate and revise treatment plans, medication regimens, goals, and health promotion interventions using evidence-based practice to improve outcomes.
12. incorporate social, policy, and legal resources to construct comprehensive treatment plans including evidence-based practice.
13. differentiate various roles of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in clinical settings.
14. develop differences in treatment planning based on age, diagnosis, symptoms, community resources, and theoretical perspectives for positive outcomes.
15. formulate therapeutic interventions including individual, group, or family therapy and desired outcomes.
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