NUR 6350 MENTAL HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFESPAN PRACTICUM
This clinical practicum focuses on the integration of theoretical knowledge and clinical guidelines for the treatment of mental health disorders affecting clients across the lifespan who require special attention from the advanced practice psychiatric nursing role. Emphasis is placed on effective management of current practice issues without compromising the special needs of these populations. These issues deal with the areas of effective evidence-based treatments, interface with families, developmental task resolution, legal and ethical decision-making, socialization, placements, and co-morbidities in care. This content is then conceptualized and operationalized relative to the advanced practice psychiatric nursing role and its interface with both the interdisciplinary psychiatric team of care and other health care professionals involved in the holistic treatment of the patient.