Psychiatric Mental Health NP Practicum II: Expanding Clinical Reasoning
** available as of 06/15/2026
** available as of 06/15/2026
Building upon foundational skills and competencies, this practicum focuses on advancing clinical reasoning and expanding diagnostic and management capabilities of psychiatric mental health patients across the lifespan. Students will refine their management skills and begin caring for patients with increasingly complex psychiatric mental healthcare needs. Students will continue incorporating health promotion strategies while integrating evidence-based practice.
Outcomes: Conduct and document an advanced psychiatric history and mental health assessment with consideration for level of care and treatment setting; Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans for common and complex psychiatric mental health conditions, considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and caregivers to promote health, self-care management, and health literacy; Coordinate psychiatric mental health care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with consideration to legal, ethical, and social aspects to care.
Outcomes: Conduct and document an advanced psychiatric history and mental health assessment with consideration for level of care and treatment setting; Justify clinical decision-making in the formulation of differential diagnoses; Implement evidence-based therapeutic plans for common and complex psychiatric mental health conditions, considering patient preferences, socio-economic, and cultural contexts; Engage in shared decision-making with patients and caregivers to promote health, self-care management, and health literacy; Coordinate psychiatric mental health care for children, adolescents, adults, and older adults with consideration to legal, ethical, and social aspects to care.