NURS 3134
Professional Practice in Mental Health
(4 Credits) 24 Clinical hours In a variety of settings and contexts, students will focus on the integration of primary health care and population health strategies within a relational lens to promote health and provide care to a diverse and inclusive adult population and families experiencing acute and chronic mental health concerns in a variety of settings and contexts. Using relational practice, students will demonstrate evidence-informed, ethical, safe, and effective nursing care to demonstrate critical thinking, clinical judgment, and collaboration with a focus on the integration of previous and current theoretical and practical knowledge. Note: It is recommended that students complete NURS 3132 Mental Health and NURS 3134 Professional Practice in Mental Health concurrently to best support the integration of theory and clinical practice.DIGNEWLINEStudents must be prepared to attend clinical anywhere in Calgary and be open to options outside of Calgary. Section information text: This is a holding section for clinical placements. All students will register in the holding section, and then be randomly assigned to a clinical placement and its corresponding section. Once you have been placed, you cannot change your placement. Day and evening placements. Placement TBD. Please note clinical placements are subject to change. This course has a different start and end date than the regular academic schedule. Students may have to be available for connect care pre-training prior to the actual start of the clinical course. Additional lab day on campus is TBA.