Course

Psychiatric Nursing Concepts V (Survey of Nursing Specialties)

Important Notice

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

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing - Psychiatric
Course Code
PNUR 3501
Credits
4.50
Semester Length
15
Max Class Size
40
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course examines a person’s lived experience with complex ongoing variances in wellness throughout the lifecycle and their impact on client system stability and harmony. The Douglas College Department of Psychiatric Nursing conceptual framework is expanded upon to include individuals, groups, families and communities. This course integrates previously learned concepts of crisis, comfort, hope, loss, power, resiliency and integrity in relationship to complex and ongoing variances in wellness. Legal/ethical issues and health care trends relevant to individuals, groups, families and communities are critically examined. Issues for the elderly and persons living with disabilities are discussed. Human pathophysiology and pharmacology as they relate to specific exemplars of complex variances in wellness will be examined.
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 and groups experiencing complex and ongoing variances in wellness through an understanding, acquisition and integration of psychiatric nursing theory.  Specific theory for those persons living with disabilities as well as for the elderly will be examined.

VARIABLES

  • Physiological Variable
    • Metabolism
    • Oxygenation
    • Circulation
    • Cellular Dynamics
    • Elimination
    • Mobility
    • Reproduction
    • Neuro-sensory
    • Protection
  • 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, judgement, intelligence, abstraction, orientation, memory)
    • Perception (perceptual abilities/deficits, meaning-making, alterations: hallucinations, delusions, illusions)
  • Exemplars:
    • introduction 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, introduction 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
    • The older adult
  • Exemplars:
    • Variances in Development: mentally challenged                                 Variances in Relating: community concepts, ADHD

CURRICULAR THREADS

  •  Wellness-Illness Continuum
    • Holism
    • Primary Prevention
    • Variance from Wellness
    • Prevention as Intervention—Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
    • Universal experiences: Crisis, Hope, Comfort, Loss, Power, Integrity, Resiliency
  • Professional Values
    • Professional attributes: Compassion, Comportment, Commitment, Conscience, Competence, Confidence, Collegiality
    • Legal & Ethical issues & guidelines
    • Standards of Practice
    • 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
    • Multidisciplinary Collaboration
    • Leadership
    • Information Technology (Infomatics)
    • Program Management

RELATED PHARMACOLOGY

  • Application of pharmacological principles to exemplars.
Learning Activities

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.

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 graded course.

Learning Outcomes

Students will continue to develop their application and integration of the Douglas College Department of Psychiatric Nursing conceptual framework and the Psychiatric Nursing curricular threads (wellness-illness continuum, professional values, professional caring & health care delivery system), and within the context of the environmental, health and psychiatric nursing domains, to integrate the care of the person, family and community domains (client system, psychological, physiological, sociocultural, spiritual & developmental variables) for clients experiencing complex and ongoing variances in wellness. Students will continue to expand and integrate knowledge pertaining to pathophysiology and pharmacology concepts related to selected illness exemplars. 

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 3501
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025