
ESSENTIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE for Subspecialty Development in Geropsychiatric Nursing
Author(s) -
Linda Garand,
Kathleen C. Buckwalter
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.254
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1938-2413
pISSN - 0279-3695
DOI - 10.3928/0279-3695-19940401-07
Subject(s) - practicum , subspecialty , nursing , medicine , clinical nurse specialist , mental health , psychology , medical education , psychiatry
1. Subspecialization in geropsychiatric nursing builds on the specialist preparation obtained in graduate level psychiatric/mental health or gerontologic nursing education. 2. Development of a subspecialty requires a base of substantive knowledge gained in the classroom, supplemented by a series of supervised clinical experiences. 3. Clinical practicum experiences with specific role options for the geropsychiatric clinical nurse specialist and experiences with special populations are essential to the further development of geropsychiatric nursing as a subspecialty.