Psychiatric Nursing Concepts I
Curriculum guideline
It is the intent of faculty to facilitate student learning, foster ways of knowing and promote critical thinking through a variety of teaching/learning methods including lecture, audio-visual aids, group discussion, case study analysis, computer assisted learning programs and group and/or individual research and presentations.
In this course, within the context of the Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing philosophy and conceptual framework, students will first focus on developing the psychiatric nursing role and promoting health in clients through an understanding, acquisition and utilization of psychiatric nursing theory. Students will next begin exploring variances of wellness and learn to develop the Psychiatric Nursing role in promoting health in clients experiencing chronic conditions.
Specific concepts that will be addressed are:
VARIABLES
- Physiological Variable
- Metabolism
- Oxygenation
- Circulation
- Cellular Dynamics
- Elimination
- Mobility
- Reproduction
- Neuro-sensory
- Protection
Exemplars:
- Alzheimers, dementia
- Psychosis, hallucinations, delusions
- Early psychosis intervention
- Psychological Variable
- Self-concept (self-esteem, body image, identity, self-ideal, roles, sexuality)
- Emotion (affect, mood)
- Communication (verbal/non-verbal, speech patterns, use of gestures, language proficiency, accent)
- Cognition (thinking processes, insight, judgment, intelligence, abstraction, orientation, memory)
- Perception (perceptual abilities/deficits, meaning-making, alterations: hallucinations, delusions, illusions)
Exemplars:
- intro to anxiety, withdrawal, stigma, crisis and Mental Status Exam (as tool for assessment).
- Sociocultural Variable
- Relationships; significant others
- Social history: family, education, work
- Awareness of diversity issues, into to culture, sub-culture
- Genogram, ecomap, lifeline (as tools for assessment)
- Spiritual Variable
- Purpose & meaning
- Interconnectedness
- Faith
- Forgiveness
- Religion
- Creativity
- Transcendence
- Developmental Variable
- Growth
- Lifespan
- Transition
CURRICULAR THREADS
- Wellness-Illness Continuum
- Holism
- Determinants of Health
- Variance from Wellness
- Prevention as Intervention--Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
- Universal Experiences: Crisis, Comfort, Hope, Loss, Power, Connectedness, Resiliency
- Professional Values
- Professional attributes: Compassion, Comportment, Commitment, Conscience, Competence, Confidence, Collegiality
- Legal & Ethical issues & guidelines
- Professional Standards for Psychiatric Nursing
- Professional Role
- Cultural Competence
- Advocacy
- Professional Caring
- Nursing Process
- Therapeutic Use of Self
- Clinical Skills
- Teaching & Learning
- Group Process
- Health Care Delivery System
- Primary Health Care
- Psychosocial Rehabilitation
- Case Management
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Leadership
- Information Technology (Informatics)
- Program Management
RELATED PHARMACOLOGY
- Cursory application of pharmacological principles to exemplars
DOUGLAS COLLEGE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
- Variables
- Client system
- Basic structure, process, function
- Environment
- Health, Wellness-Illness continuum
- Prevention as Intervention
- Stressors, stability
- Recovery
In this course students will use the Psychiatric Nursing Curricular Threads (wellness-illness continuum, professional values, professional caring & health care delivery system), and in the context of the environmental, health and psychiatric nursing domains, will integrate the care of the person domain (client system, psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual & developmental variables).
The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
This is a graded course.
A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
Students in the BSPN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.