Psych Clin: Comm

Catalog description

This course provides an opportunity for the student to consolidate theory and skills developed in previous levels and to implement new theory and skills learned in the psychiatric client needs courses in settings not limited to acute care. The student functions in collaboration with members of the healthcare team within the context of community-based settings. The student functions interdependently to maintain standards, develop relationships, and assume accountability. The student applies the nursing process to perform assessments, select nursing diagnoses, and develop a plan for care. The distributive psychiatric clinical will involve the students in current issues of mental health as well as illness, getting a sense of psychiatric care needs in our community. Students will spend a total of 28 hours in clinical practice activities over the semester; in addition, students will be expected to spend substantial time preparing for and following up after each clinical day. Prerequisite(s): Matriculation in Nursing, permission of department.