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If you have a disability (learning, mental, physical) that affects your ability to participate effectively and have access to any program or service at Amarillo College please contact Disability Services at (806) 345-5639 . Our offices are located in the Enrollment Center, Suite 700. More information may be found at www.actx.edu/disability.
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As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. Amarillo College offers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. If you or someone you know are suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus by calling the AC Counseling Center at 806-371-5900. The AC Counseling Center website is https://www.actx.edu/counseling/ . Also, if you are in need of social services (affordable housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, childcare, medical/dental/vision, legal), please call the AC Advocacy & Resource Center at 806-371-5439. The AC Advocacy & Resource Center website is https://www.actx.edu/arc
Tutoring for Success applies to any student whose overall performance in the course falls below 75%. The instructor will create the task in the Student Engagement Portal (Watermark) to direct the student to the appropriate tutoring service, which may be faculty- or SI-led, discipline-specific, and/or general. The tutoring service assigned, the due date for when the tutoring must be completed, and the amount of tutoring required are at the discretion of the instructor. Additionally, the task will alert the student’s success team. Students who do not fulfill the assigned tutoring task may be subject to program- and course-specific penalties that could result in a grade reduction and/or in not being allowed to progress in the course until the tutoring requirement has been satisfied.
Students who do not attend class on or prior to the census date will be administratively dropped. Effective Fall, 2016
Students who wish to withdraw from a course must complete all steps indicated on the Academic Withdrawal Request form by the course withdrawal deadline.
NOTE: Students who are attending Texas institutions of higher education, for the first time fall 2007 and later, may not withdraw from more than six courses during their academic career. This withdrawal limitation does not include dual credit or developmental classes (Senate Bill 1231 Rule 4.10.) For more information on Drop and Withdrawal Policies, please visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
The Amarillo College Privacy Policy is found at https://www.actx.edu/-amarillo-college-privacy-notice , and applies to all Amarillo College students. If you have questions about this privacy statement or you believe that your personal information has been released without your consent, send email to humanresources@actx.edu .
RNSG-2161-001 Clinical-Mental Health Nursing
Corequisite: RNSG 2213
A health-related work- based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
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Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(1 sem hr; 3 clinical)
Clinical
Varcarolis’s Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Halter, 8th Ed. 2017, Saunders, Elsevier
Lippincott Course Points Plus. Williams & Wilkins.
Course Manual, pen/pencil, Plan of Care template, Interaction Process Analysis (IPA) template
Please do not bring electronic devices to the clinical setting. Cell phones and other devices such as SMART watches are not permitted in the patient care areas as per the facility policies. Analog watches only.
Member of the Profession
1. Utilize an ethical-legal framework and applicable professional standards and requirements for nursing practice in mental health situations.
2. Analyze own continuing competency needs in mental health nursing practice.
3. Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for quality nursing care of mental health patients who require psychiatric medications, therapeutic communication, constant observation, and the promotion of mental health nursing practice.
4. Implements and functions within the Texas legal scope of professional nursing practice and agency, college, and nursing program policies and procedures including nursing peer review in the care of mental health patients and their families.
Provider of Patient-Centered Care
1. Function with increased autonomy to assist in the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of the health of mental health patients and their families.
2. Utilize a systematic process and clinical reasoning to implement holistic patient-centered care for psychiatric medications, therapeutic communication, constant observation, and their patient’s families.
3. Apply nursing concepts specific to meeting the unique psychosocial needs of psychiatric medications, therapeutic communication, constant observation, and their families.
4. Apply effective health teaching strategies in the care of mental health patients and their families.
5. Utilize basic skills competently in the care of psychiatric medications, therapeutic communication, constant observation,
6. Demonstrate compassionate behaviors and appropriate communication skills in the care of diverse mental health patients and their families within the hospital environment.
7. Utilize available resources in meeting the needs of mental health patients who require psychiatric medications, therapeutic communication, constant observation, and their families for comprehensive, quality care.
Patient Safety Advocate
12. Incorporate evidence-based practice data from current literature to improve safety and quality of care for mental health patients and their families.
13. Demonstrate knowledge of governmental and organizational accreditation requirements and professional standards for safety as it pertains to the mental health patients and their families.
Member of the Healthcare Team
14. Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to provide holistic patient-centered care to mental health patients and families.
15. Demonstrate appropriate coordination, collaboration, and communication skills in a timely manner with patients, families, and the healthcare team in the care of the mental health patients.
16. Utilize current technology in the efficient management of holistic patient-centered care for mental health patients and their families.
17. Assume the professional nursing role within the health care team while providing care to mental health patients and their families.
18. Observe the nursing care of other team members through effective assignment, delegation of nursing activities, and supervision in the care of the mental health patients and their families.
19. Participates with health care teams during local or global health emergencies or pandemics to promote health and safety and prevent disease in the care of the mental health patients and their families.
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
Student performance: As students, you are considered full partners in helping to develop an environment which is conducive (positive) to learning. In order to assure that all students have the opportunity to gain from the time spent in clinical, it is expected that unless approved by the instructor, as part of a learning activity, that students will not engage in any activity or behavior that takes away from the learning environment (milieu). Any inappropriate behavior in the clinical setting may/will result in the student being asked to leave the clinical site. (see Associate Degree Nursing Student Handbook, Professional Conduct, American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, and the AC student Rights and Responsibilities).
Academic Integrity & Accountability Policy (see ADN Student Handbook): Students are expected to maintain high academic standards and not engage in ANY form of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to plagiarism, collusion, cheating on exams, clinical or other assignments.
The Clinical Performance Evaluation of Competencies (CPEC) is the clinical tool utilized to determine your clinical grade. The following clinical assignment grades are directly embedded within the CPEC scoring:
Student behaviors, level of engagement, and all other clinical assignments are also considered during the calculation of the CPEC.
NOTE: There is no rounding of grades.
Attendance: Attend 100% of clinical experiences. No more than 1 excused* absence will be permitted without a documented extenuating circumstance. Any missed time must be made-up on at day/time designated by the course instructor. More than 1 clinical absence may result in course failure. (*Planned events, vacations, & work schedules are not excused absences.) More than one clinical absence may result in a clinical failure.
Disability statement: Any student who, because of disabling condition, may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirement should contact DisAbility services (phone 371-5436) as soon as possible.
The clinical calendar will be released by the end of Week 1.
Academic Grievance Policy:
A student who has a grievance concerning an academic course in which he or she is enrolled should make an appeal in the following order:
1) Instructor: Ruth O. Whitehead via Remind or an office appointment.
2) ADN Asst. Program Director: Teresa Herrera (806) 467-3002
3) Dean of Health Sciences: Kim Crowley 354-6087. The Dean will convene a Division Committee to review and make a determination on the grievance.
6) Associate VP of Academic Affairs: Becky Burton 371-5122
7) VP of Academic Affairs: Dr. Tamara Clunis 371-5226
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