bulletin 2002/nursing/pages.7 - Yale University

68 School of NursingYear OneRequired Clinical Courses: 630a,* 632, 634a or b, 640b.†Required Seminars: 625b, 633a, 635b, 637a, 639a, 641b.Required Research Courses: 525a/b, 529a.Year TwoRequired Clinical Courses: 640a,† 830a/b, 834a/b.Required Seminars: 717a, 717b, 827a, 833a/b, 845a, 849a.Required Research Course: 721a/b.Scholarly Inquiry Praxis.*A seven-week course.†A six-week course; students take either 640a or b.Chronic Illness Care ConcentrationThe Chronic Illness Care (CIC) concentration includes a cluster of didactic and clinicalcourses that pediatric nurse practitioner students may elect in the second year of themaster’s program. This concentration prepares the pediatric nurse practitioner studentfor a role in the care of children with chronic conditions within the context of the family.The nursing role is dynamic as it crosses health care settings and the pediatric nursepractitioner interacts with other members of the health care team in providing comprehensivefamily-centered care to children with complex and chronic health conditions.The scholarly inquiry praxis for CIC students is designed to focus on an issue or topicrelevant to care of children with chronic conditions.Year TwoRequired Clinical Courses: 828a/b.Required Seminar: 827a.The course plans for scheduled part-time study can be obtained from the Student AffairsOffice or the specialty director. A Post Master’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificateoption is also available and described on page 73.psychiatric–mental health nursing specialtySandra Talley, Director,Psychiatric–Mental HealthNursing SpecialtyThe aim of this curriculum is to prepare psychiatric nursepractitioners to provide a wide range of services to adultsand their families. It includes the study and application oftheories of practice. Students are taught to examine and formulatebehavior using a model of multiple explanations: cultural/ethnic,intrapsychic, developmental, neurobiologic,familial, and social. Extensive supervised clinical studyfocuses on various types of assessment and psychotherapeuticinterventions. The curriculum is designed to meet theneeds of the changing health care environment. It focuses ondeveloping skills that allow for flexibility in assessment,diagnosis, and specialization for populations defined ashigh-risk consumers of psychiatric care. On completion of