658a/b/c. Specialty Practicum in Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing and Primary Care. 2 credit hours in fall term, 4 credit hours in spring term, and 2 credit hours in summer term. This clinical course provides students in the primary care concentration with direct care experience of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and the opportunity to develop psychiatric expertise, primary care skills, and clinical judgement. The focus of the practicum is on comprehensive assessment and management of adults with SPMI in acute and ambulatory psychiatric settings. Emphasis is on co-morbid conditions that are prevalent among individuals with SPMI and behaviors that may exacerbate those conditions. Preceptors provide individual supervision in the clinical setting. Clinical conferences focus on the process of clinical reasoning through the case presentation method, including formulation of clinical diagnoses, and discussion of management strategies. Professional role development of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse focuses on the nurse-patient relationship and the interaction of nurse, patient, and environmental factors. Required for all psychiatric nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist students in the primary care concentration in the first year of specialization. Six hours per week in the fall term, twelve hours per week in spring term, and a minimum of 90 total clinical hours in summer term. V. Hamrin, coordinator.
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