Title: Assignments with Drop Boxes in Module 8
Course: NUR 1521C Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing > Section: Course Assignments Overview

Important!

These assignments all have drop boxes in Module 8. They are described here to help students prepare for the overall course by making it clear these assignments must be completed along with the work in Modules 1-7.

Clinical Rotation Hours

(points assigned in evaluation below)

The clinical rotation component for this course consists of thirty (30) hours. The breakdown of the 30 clinical hours is as follows in three (3) Parts:

Part #1. Clinical preparation/orientation: 2 hours
Part #2. Independent Study: 4 hours
Part #3. Clinical Experience within a psychiatric facility: 24 hours (typically divided into three 8 hour days)

Directions for each of the components listed above are as follows:

Part #1. Clinical preparation/orientation: 2 hours

The clinical instructor will review facility protocol with students. The clinical instructor may use a video conference or other online sources to communicate the information to the students. The instructor may wish to use a chat room, or other modality to answer student questions.

Part #2. Independent Study - Observational Community Experience: 4 hours (no points, but required)

Support Groups, Two (2 groups): (2 hours per group – 1 hour for the actual group and 1 hour to document the experience) Students must upload two papers, one each documenting the two groups visited. While no specific points are awarded for these two papers, they are required to pass the Clinical Component of this course.

Part # 3. Clinical Experience within a psychiatric facility: 24 hours (typically divided into three 8 hour days) Students must locate a facility (with the assistance of the instructor and or program) that will allow them to enter the actual inpatient units and interact with the patients. This will require that part of the 24 hours include a designated orientation time period. Signed documents used by both the facility and nursing program related to privacy guidelines, especially the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) will need to be procured and completed prior to students entering the inpatient units.

Mental Status Assignment Paper - Worth 50 Points

Complete a Mental Status Assessment using a provided form. Save this form as a Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text(.rtf) before uploading.

Clinical Evaluation - 50 Points

A clinical evaluation conference will be held upon completion of each course for the purpose of student/professor identification and clarification of the student’s strengths and weaknesses so that the student may better plan his/her continued professional growth and development.

Final Exam - 250 Points

This comprehensive final exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions worth 2.5 points each for a total of 250 points. It covers the content in Modules 1 - 7. You will have two hours to complete the exam.