Advanced Practice Psychiatric/ Mental Health Nursing Practicum II

Catalog description

Delivery of mental health care to adults with mental health problems, including collection of subjective and objective data using the techniques of interview; deriving psychiatric diagnoses; deriving nursing diagnoses; planning care for acute and chronic mental health issues using community resources; use of interventions including short-term problem-focused psychotherapy, group therapy and psychopharmacologic modalities. Establishment of collaborative role with other health care providers. This is a pass/fail course. Students must pass the lecture, seminar and practicum to advance in the specialty program.