PRAC-6640-35 Psychotherapy Individuals

Practicum Week 1

This week, you begin preparing for your practicum experience by verifying your practicum preceptor and site information and beginning your first Practicum Journal.

Learning Resources

Required Media – Library Resource 

 Required Readings

 Note: This template is provided by the College of Nursing and is designated to document practicum activity. You are required to use this template for all journal entry submissions.

Optional Resources

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Assignment 1: Practicum Site Information

Prior to starting the course, you should have applied for a practicum site following the guidelines for PMHNP practice. Now it is time to make it official. For this Assignment, you provide your Clinical Faculty with information about your practicum site, your preceptor, and your clinical calendar.   

Assignment 2: Practicum–Week 1 Journal Entry (Due in Week 4)

As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your practicum experience. By applying the concepts you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment that prompts you to reflect on your practicum experiences and relate them to the material presented in the classroom. This week, you begin documenting your practicum experiences in your Practicum Journal.

Looking Ahead: Practicum Assignments

Review this outline of your practicum assignments and their due dates. This will give you time to connect with your preceptor so that you can fulfill the requirements of each practicum assignment.

Week 1:

  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will select one nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your practice in psychotherapy. You will explain why you selected these theories and support your approach with evidence-based literature. You also will develop at least three goals and at least three objectives for the practicum experience in this course. Submit by Day 7 of Week 4.

Week 2:

  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will write about a client you observed or counseled.
    Submit by Day 7 of Week 4.

Week 3:

  • Assignment: Practicum – Assessing Clients: You will assess a client and develop a genogram for a client presenting for psychotherapy. Submit by Day 7 of Week 3.

Week 4:

  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will write about a client you observed or counseled and explain whether cognitive behavioral therapy would be effective with this client. You also will submit your Practicum Journal Entries from Weeks 1,2 and 4. Submit your Week Week 1, 2, and 4 Practicum Journal Entries by Day 7 of Week 4.

Week 5:

  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will write about a client you observed or counseled that suffers from a disorder related to trauma.Submit by Day 7 of Week 7.

Week 6:

  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will write about a client you observed or counseled and explain whether motivational interviewing would be effective with this client. Submit by Day 7 of Week 7.

Week 7:

  • Assignment: Practicum – Assessing Clients: You will write a progress note and privileged psychotherapy note for the client you assessed in Week 3 for the Comprehensive Client Assessment. Submit by Day 7 of Week 7
  • You also will submit your Weeks 5 and 6 Practicum Journal Entries. Submit by Day 7 of Week 7.

Week 8:

  • Discussion: Clinical Supervision: You will, consider a client whom you do not think is adequately progressing according to expected clinical outcomes.  By Day 3, you will post a Kaltura video for this discussion assignment and respond to a colleague’s post by Day 6.

Week 9:

  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will write about a child or adolescent client you observed or counseled. Submit by Day 7 of Week 10.

Week 10:

  • Discussion: Clinical Supervision: You will consider an older client you are counseling whom you do not think is adequately progressing according to expected clinical outcomes. By Day 3, you will post a Kaltura video for this discussion assignment and respond to a colleague’s post by Day 6.
  • Practicum Journal Entry: You will reflect on your overall practicum experience. You will submit both the Week 9 and  Week 10 Practicum Journal Entries. Submit both by Day 7 of Week 10.