NUR 255 - Specialty Care Clinical:Psychiatric Nursing

Institution:

Onondaga Community College

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Description:

This course provides an opportunity for the student to apply theory and skills mastered to date and to implement new theory and skill learned in the psychiatric client needs course. The student functions in the role of provider of care in collaboration with the instructor, members of the nursing team and the client within the context of family. The student functions in the role of manager of care, exercising limited independence in collaboration with other members of the health care team to act as a client advocate. The student functions in the role of member within the discipline of nursing, exercising limited independence to maintain standards, develop relationships, and assume accountability for learning and self-evaluation. The student utilizes the nursing process to perform ongoing assessments that include the family, to select nursing diagnoses, to plan care that incorporates principles of teaching/learning, and to implement and evaluate client and family-centered care. Prerequisite: NUR 220 Co-requisite: Completed and current health form on file. Current CPR certification, Malpractice insurance, NUR 240.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sunyocc.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 498-2622

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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