NUR 527 - Mental Health Nursing Practicum

Units: 2
When Offered: Summer
Practicum learning experience of nursing services with persons who have the medical diagnosis of mental illness in both inpatient and community treatment settings. Focus is on the changing healthcare systems and collaborative health promotion/disease prevention, as well as the nurse-person, nurse-group, nurse-community patterns of relating, and management of common acute and chronic mental health problems with individuals and families.
Practicum: Six (6) hours/week practicum
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Dean
Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): NUR 526