Subject: Nursing Skills Lab
Course Number: 430A
Course Title: PMHNP Behavioral Health Skills Lab
Units: 1
School: Nursing
Department: Community Health Care Systems

Course Description: This course is an immersive, interactive lab experience that provides PMHNP students with foundational skills for therapeutic relationship building and diagnostic interviewing. It introduces the student to self-reflective practice and principles of psychotherapeutic care. Students will learn techniques for establishing a therapeutic alliance with individuals across the lifespan. Using simulation techniques, students will develop skills in psychiatric interviewing and diagnostic reasoning.
Prerequisites: None
Restrictions: Open to PB-DNP students or with consent of instructor
Activities: Direct - Workshop, Student - Workshop, Student - Lab-Skills, Synchronous - Workshop, Synchronous - Lab Skills

Instructor of Record: Staff
May the student choose the instructor for this course? Yes
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? Yes

Quarter(s) Offered: Spring
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: Yes
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? Yes
Repeat course for credit? No