656a/b. Specialty Practicum in Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing. 3 credit hours per term. Clinical experiences enable students to integrate knowledge derived from courses and readings with that obtained from the study of their own nursing practice. Experiences include supervised clinical work with clients in various stages of development across the life span in inpatient and outpatient settings. Individual supervision is offered in assessment, crisis intervention, case management, brief therapy, individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and the use of medications. The supervisory conferences focus on the clinician-patient relationship, the application of theories to clinical practice, and the life-span issues affecting mental health and illness. Two terms required for all psychiatric nursing students in the first year of specialization. Nine hours per week including one hour of clinical conference. V. Hamrin, coordinator.
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