Designed to provide the student with opportunities to apply the nursing process and clinical judgment within an acute care setting to clients with commonly occurring disease states. The experience focuses on the application of knowledge and skills, evidence-based practice, clinical judgment and relationship-centered care.

Designed to provide the student with opportunities to apply the nursing process and clinical judgment within an acute care setting to clients with commonly occurring disease states. The experience focuses on the application of knowledge and skills, evidence-based practice, clinical judgment and relationship-centered care.

In this psychiatric nursing clinical course the nursing process and a situation-based interpretive approach serve as framework for professional nursing action. A special focus is placed on the integration of personal knowledge, therapeutic use of self and communication skills inherent in nurse-client relationships. Through a variety of clinical experiences, the student applies mental health concepts and principles of therapeutic communication in caring for people and families with alterations in mental health.

In this psychiatric nursing clinical course the nursing process and a situation-based interpretive approach serve as framework for professional nursing action. A special focus is placed on the integration of personal knowledge, therapeutic use of self and communication skills inherent in nurse-client relationships. Through a variety of clinical experiences, the student applies mental health concepts and principles of therapeutic communication in caring for people and families with alterations in mental health.