NPG 455 - PMHNP III: Group and Family Psychotherapies Across the Lifespan
6 credits ( 2 didactic credits / 4 clinical credits )
- Prerequisite:
NPG 450, NPG 454
Description:
This is the last of three clinical courses for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) students. In this course, students systematically explore evidence-based, theory-driven group and family psychotherapies for specific disorders across the lifespan and examines the role of the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner within systems of care. Students synthesize relevant evidence, previous knowledge, feedback, and self-reflection to demonstrate expected competencies in the PMHNP role. Learning activities and clinical experiences allow students to refine culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and person-centered approaches in their processes of assessment, differential diagnoses, psychoeducation, and treatment planning. Students further analyze the ethical, legal, public policy, advocacy, quality, safety, interprofessional, and organizational concerns impacting advanced psychiatric mental health nursing practice while maintaining professional standards, therapeutic boundaries, and their own wellbeing.
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