Using standards of practice and key clinical points for teaching psychiatric--mental health nursing.
To optimize opportunities for clinical experiences in psychiatric-mental health nursing education, it is essential that the approach be directed to the student-patient interaction. Clinical experiences, which rely on the assumption that spending time in a facility prepares students for practice, is unacceptable. One approach to correcting the problem is to develop comprehensive clinical guidelines that direct student experiences and assure mastery of identified outcomes. The authors focus on the use of key clinical points to direct student experiences in psychiatric-mental health nursing.
Ford
M T
MT
Behavioral Medicine Unit, Skilled Nursing Facility, Memorial Medical Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. tford@mmclc.org
Karshmer
J F
JF
Hales
A
A
D019090:Case Management / Q000592:standards; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003376:Counseling / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008884:Milieu Therapy / Q000592:standards; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000592:standards; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009736:Nursing Process / Q000592:standards; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D012648:Self Care; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*