NUR 685 - PMHNP III: Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Care of the Complex Patient

Credit(s): 7

NUR 685: PMHNP III: Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Care of the Complex Patient is the last, in a sequence of three mental health clinical courses through the lifespan for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner student with an emphasis on the complex psychiatric client. This course will explore health promotion, disease prevention and wellness in the complex mental health patient population. Building upon NUR 655, NUR 665, and NUR 675 the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner student will continue to learn principles of assessment, diagnosis, planning, treatment, and evaluation of common and chronic illness in more complex psychiatric patient populations. Interdisciplinary collaboration, the role of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner related referrals and consultations will be reinforced. The course will include care of the more complex patient, those with multiple comorbidities, complex mental health disorders, psychiatric emergencies, care of specific populations with unique needs such as the LGBTQ, Intellectually Disabled, and Chemically Dependent client. The course explores regulatory principles and scope of practice when providing care to the complex patient. This course includes 240 hours of a precepted clinical component where the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner student engages with the complex client in approved mental health care settings.