title: Customized role play: strategy for development of psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner competencies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the teaching/learning strategy of customized role play to enhance psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) students' entry level competency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Customized role play facilitates application of new content, understanding of the patient's experience, and assessment of skill deficits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New PMHNP graduates have entry level proficiency across the life span with a range of psychotherapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Nursing, University of North Carolina School of Nursing, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Grace B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hubbard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012381:Role Playing
keywords: Entry level competence; psychiatric nurse practitioner; role play