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 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.
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.
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.
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.