Pediatric Psychiatric Mental Health Care Principles and Practice

Catalog description

This course will focus on evidence-based management of pediatric psychiatric mental health disorders. Students will synthesize and translate knowledge from nursing and other disciplines as a framework for clinical judgement, evidence-based practice, and ethical decision making in caring for children in a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner role. Students will complete 200 hours of direct care clinical under the supervision of qualified clinical preceptors and nursing faculty to achieve entry level clinical competency in the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner role.