Course

Nursing Practice: Community Health & Mental Health

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Course code
NURS 3413
Credits
5.00
Semester length
15 weeks
Max class size
8
Method(s) of instruction
Clinical
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This clinical course emphasizes nursing practice from a population health approach for individuals, families, groups, and communities, including people who have been economically or socially marginalized. Practice experiences occur in various mental health settings, with clients experiencing acute and persistent health challenges, substance use disorders, concurrent disorders, and comorbidities, including acuity, persistence, and chronicity associated with those health challenges. Practice placements also include various public health and community settings. Students complete one half of the semester in community and the other half in mental health. Students expand and deepen their understanding and ability to integrate trauma-informed practices, harm reduction principles, and teaching and learning approaches for health promotion and illness or injury prevention.
Course content

Role of the Nurse

  • Clinician
  • Professional
  • Communicator
  • Collaborator
  • Coordinator
  • Leader
  • Advocate
  • Educator
  • Scholar

Nursing Process

  • Assessment
  • Diagnosis
  • Planning
  • Implementation
  • Evaluation

BCCNM

  • Entry-level Competencies
  • Professional Standards
  • Practice Standards
  • Scope of Practice: Standards, Limits, and Conditions

CNA Code of Ethics

Learning activities
Faculty will facilitate the student's integration of nursing theory and promote the development of critical inquiry, clinical reasoning and judgement through learning activities such as decision-making analysis, discussion, reflective writing, and practice appraisal. 
 
Means of assessment

These are two separate clinical placements in community and mental health with two different instructors. However, these placements constitute one course, and the evaluative components for both rotations contribute to the total course grade. Students must repeat the entire course if they receive a non-mastery grade for either of the rotations. This is a mastery course. The means of assessment are consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the evaluative components of the course.

Learning outcomes

Upon the successful completion of the course, students will be able, with minimal assistance, to:

1. Apply the BSN Department's Conceptual Framework including:

  • Curriculum themes (critical inquiry, leadership, and relational practice);
  • Curriculum threads (health promotion, interprofessional collaboration, teaching and learning, nursing art and science, and health); 
  • The ethic of care;

2. Integrate concurrent nursing theory, concepts, and knowledge into clinical practices;

3. Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and judgment to provide safe, competent, ethical, compassionate, and evidence-informed care as outlined in the BCCNM Entry-level Competencies;

4. Demonstrate culturally safe, trauma and violence-informed practices as they relate to the diversity of the individual's lived experience, including the physical, mental/emotional, and spiritual care.

Textbook materials

The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the required textbooks and materials that students must purchase.

Requisites

Prerequisites

NURS 3311 AND NURS 3312 AND NURS 3313 AND NURS 3315 AND NURS 3316

Students in the BSN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.

Students must complete all clinical requirements before the first day of clinical practice, or access to the clinical site will be denied. The Health Authorities and Public Health orders mandate the clinical requirements, which will be communicated by the program to each student.

Corequisites

NURS 3411 AND NURS 3412 AND NURS 3415 AND NURS 3417

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer details for NURS 3413
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
6
Remaining seats:
2
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 080 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 081 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 082 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 083 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 084 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 085 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 086 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.

CRN Days Instructor Status
Maximum seats
8
Currently enrolled
7
Remaining seats:
1
On waitlist
0
Building
Off Campus Location
Room
None
Times:
-
Section notes

NURS 3413 087 - Thursday/Friday AND/OR Saturday/Sunday Clinical Off Campus Jan 9 - Apr 11, 2025.