PRAC – 6665 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Care Across the Lifespan I Practicum
PRAC – 6665 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Care Across The Lifespan I Practicum
Welcome to your PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan I Practicum! The practicum experience is an experiential learning opportunity which allows you to gain and refine your clinical advanced nursing skills under the mentorship of a Preceptor. As you engage with patients in the practicum setting, your involvement will extend your learning about a variety of psychiatric and mental health care needs for patients across the lifespan.
Throughout the next 11 weeks, you will evaluate your skill development, reflect on patient encounters, and generate goals related to your growth as an advanced practice nurse. This week, you start by assessing your strengths and opportunities related to psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) clinical skills.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Complete practicum site form
Assess clinical skills related to advanced psychiatric-mental health nursing practice
Develop measurable goals and objectives for the practicum experience
The Practicum Manual describes the structure and timing of the classroom-based and practicum experiences and the policies students must follow to be successful in the nurse practitioner (NP) specialties.
Click here and follow the instructions to confirm you have downloaded and read the entire MSN Nurse Practitioner Practicum Manual and will abide by the requirements described in order to successfully complete this program.
Week 1: Competencies Of Advanced Nursing Practice
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment 1: Practicum SiteInformation
Submit Assignment 1 by Day 2.
Assignment 2: Clinical Skills Self-Assessment
Submit Assignment 2 by Day 7.
Assignment 3: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs
Track your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek throughout this practicum course.Each week, Your logs must be completed by Day 7.
Week 2: Practicum Experience Plan
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Reminder: Introductory Communication
Complete your orientation email by Day7.
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour and PatientLogs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Assignment 2: Practicum ExperiencePlan (PEP)
Submit Assignment 2 by Day 7.
Week 3: Focused SOAP Note And Patient Case Presentation
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Assignment 2: Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation
Submit by Day 7.
Week 4: Mood Disorders Across The Lifespan
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Week 5: Midterm Clinical Evaluation
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Assignment 2: Midterm ClinicalEvaluation
Your Preceptor will evaluate your clinical skills by Day 7.
Week 6: Eating, Sleeping, And Elimination Disorders
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters
in Meditrek by Day 7.
Week 7: Focused SOAP Note And Patient Case Presentation
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Assignment 2: Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation
Submit by Day 7.
Week 8: Dissociative And Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Week 9: Focused SOAP Note And Patient Case Presentation
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment 1: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek by Day 7.
Assignment 2: Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation
Submit by Day 7.
Week 10: Disruptive, Impulse-Control, And Conduct Disorders; Final Clinical Evaluation
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Assignment: Clinical Hour andPatient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek. All hours and patients for this practicum must be entered by Day 7 of this week.
Final Clinical Evaluation
Your Preceptor will evaluate your clinical performance by Day 7.
Week 11: Journal
What do I have to do?
When do I have to do it?
Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1–7
Retrieve your Patient Log
Log into Meditrek and print out your Patient Log for this quarter.
