Course

PNUR Clinical Practice III (Episodic Health Challenges II)

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Course Code
PNUR 2461
Credits
5.00
Semester Length
15
Max Class Size
8
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
Students will have opportunities to integrate specialized psychiatric and medical knowledge and skills in caring for persons, families, and groups experiencing episodic health challenges in medical-surgical and acute mental health care settings. The professional psychiatric nursing role will continue to be developed and strengthened. Clinical Group Discussions will assist with the integration of concepts and issues related to the clinical practice setting.
Course Content

In this course, within the context of the Douglas College Department of Psychiatric Nursing’s Philosophy and Conceptual Framework, students will focus on developing the psychiatric nursing role and promoting health in clients with episodic health challenges in a variety of medical/surgical and mental health care settings.  Students will have opportunities to apply knowledge of psychiatric nursing concepts and skills and to establish nurse-client relationships within caring environments.  Evidence based practice is integrated throughout five domains of practice.  Specific domains of practice that will be addressed are:      

  1. Professional Domain
  2. Health Domain
  3. Therapeutic Relationships Domain
  4. Clinical Judgment Domain
  5. Collaborative Leadership Domain 
Learning Activities

In this course, students engage in a variety of learning activities.  Learning activities occur in nursing practice settings, group discussions, and self-study.  Nursing practice experience provides students with opportunities to apply knowledge and use skills related to psychiatric nursing within a holistic context.  Critical reflection through journal writing, practice appraisal and participation in clinical seminars will allow exploration and integration of nursing theory promoting self-directed learning.

Means of Assessment

The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy.  An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
 
This is a mastery course.

Learning Outcomes

In this course the student will use the Douglas College Department of Psychiatric Nursing Curricular Threads (Wellness-Illness Continuum, Professional Values, Professional Caring, and Health Care Delivery System); Concepts (crisis, comfort, hope, loss, power, resiliency, integrity) and Variables (Client System, Psychological Variable, Physiological Variable, Sociocultural Variable, Spiritual Variable, Developmental Variable) to integrate knowledge, skills and attitudes related to nursing theory and research, therapeutic relationships, clinical practices, and pharmacological interventions when caring for persons, families, and groups experiencing episodic health challenges.  It is the intent of this course to integrate knowledge and skills from the previous semester.

Textbook Materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:

 

A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

Requisites

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

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Institution Transfer Details for PNUR 2461
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025