Psychiatric-Mental Health Capstone Practicum & Intensive

Catalog description

The student will synthesize all elements of clinical management skills and knowledge and continue to analyze, apply, and evaluate diverse aspects of patient assessment and healthcare intervention. This precepted clinical practicum will be with an approved provider in psychiatric mental health setting. Focus topics include clinical management skills, case studies, chart reviews, and practice critique, with a capstone product evidencing increasing complex psychiatric mental health clinical management skills. At the end of this course the student will be prepared for entry into clinical practice providing psychiatric mental healthcare across the lifespan after first passing the national certification for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner.