NURS 6650: Psychotherapy With Groups and Families Outcomes and Alignment Chart
University Outcomes
1. Facilitate positive social change where they work, in their communities, and in
society.
2. Use their knowledge to positively impact their profession, communities, and
society.
3. Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning.
4. Apply their learning to specific problems and challenges in their workplace and
professional settings.
5. Demonstrate information literacy.*
*Information literacy is defined as the ability to know when there is a need for information, and
being able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or
problem at hand.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the methods of inquiry used in their
professional or academic field.
7. Practice legal and ethical integrity in their professional work.
8. Effectively communicate their ideas and the rationale behind them to others.
9. Support diversity and multiculturalism within their profession, communities, and
society.
Program Outcomes
1. Synthesize organizational/systems leadership for cost-effective specialist nursing
practice that contributes to high-quality healthcare delivery, advancement of the
nursing profession, and social change.
2. Critique evidence-based literature drawing from diverse theoretical perspectives
and pertinent research to guide decision making that demonstrates best
practices for specialist nursing practice in a global society.
3. Integratively assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate cost-effective
healthcare strategies that reduce health disparities by patient/population
advocacy for access to specialist nursing care.
4. Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate using audience-specific oral,
written, and information technology for professional delivery of specialist nursing
care.
5. Evaluate health needs of diverse populations for necessary teaching/coaching
functions based on specialist nursing knowledge to restore/promote health and
prevent illness/injury.
6. Exhibit ongoing commitment to professional development and value of nursing
theories/ethical principles (altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, social
justice) in accordance with ethically responsible, legally accountable, specialist
nursing practice.
7. Implement specialist nursing roles to promote quality improvement of patientcentered
care in accordance with professional practice standards that transform
health outcomes for diverse populations.
Course Outcomes
1. Evaluate evidence-based psychotherapeutic counseling theories for groups and
families
2. Apply psychotherapeutic counseling techniques and methods for groups and
families
3. Assess clients presenting for group and family psychotherapy
4. Develop psychiatric diagnoses for clients across the lifespan
5. Analyze ethical and legal implications of counseling clients presenting for group
and family psychotherapy
Weekly Objectives Alignment Chart
Week 1: Legal and Ethical
Considerations for Group and
Family Therapy
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Compare legal and ethical
considerations for group and
family therapy to legal and
ethical considerations for
individual therapy
D 5 PO: 2, 3, 4, 6
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze the impact of legal
and ethical considerations on
therapeutic approaches for
clients in group and family
therapy
D 5 PO: 2, 3, 4, 6
UO: 4, 5, 8
Recommend strategies to
address legal and ethical
considerations for group and
family therapy
D 5 PO: 2, 3, 4, 6
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 2: Family Assessment
and Phases of Family Therapy
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Assess client families
presenting for psychotherapy
A 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 3: Experiential and
Narrative Family Therapy
Met In
(D#/A#
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
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/Other)
Assess client families
presenting for psychotherapy
D, P 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Evaluate the effectiveness of
therapeutic approaches for
client families receiving
psychotherapy
D 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Apply narrative family therapy
concepts to client families with
impaired family functioning
D 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 4:Structural and
Strategic Family Therapy
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Compare structural family
therapy to strategic family
therapy
A 1 PO: 2, 7
UO: 4, 5, 8
Create structural family maps A 2 PO: 2, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Justify recommendations for
family therapy
A 3 PO: 2, 7
UO: 4, 5, 8
Develop genograms for client
families presenting for
psychotherapy
P 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze nursing and
counseling theories to guide
practice in psychotherapy
P 1 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Summarize goals and
objectives for personal
practicum experiences
P 2 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Produce timelines for
practicum activities
P 2 PO: 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Apply documentation skills to
examine family therapy
sessions
P 2 PO: 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Develop diagnoses for clients
receiving family psychotherapy
P 1, 4 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze legal and ethical
implications of counseling
P 5 PO: 3, 4, 5, 6
UO: 4, 5, 7, 8
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clients with psychiatric
disorders
Analyze practicum
experiences involving family
therapy sessions
P 1 PO: 4
UO: 4, 8
Week 5: Solution-Focused and
Cognitive Behavioral Family
Therapy
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Compare the use of cognitive
behavioral therapy for families
to cognitive behavioral therapy
for individuals
D 1 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze challenges of using
cognitive behavioral therapy
for families
D 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Recommend effective
cognitive behavioral therapy
strategies for families
D 1 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 6: Foundations of Group
Work and Types of Groups
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Evaluate the application of
current literature to clinical
practice
A 1 PO: 2, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Assess knowledge of concepts
and principles related to the
psychotherapy of groups and
families
E 1, 3, 4, 5 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 7: Group Processes Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Analyze group processes and
stages of formation
A 1 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze curative factors of
groups
A 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze the impact of curative
factors on client progress
A 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Recommend strategies for
managing intragroup conflict
A 1 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Create progress notes P 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Create privileged notes P 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Justify the inclusion or
exclusion of information in
P 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
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progress and privileged notes
Evaluate preceptor notes P 1 PO: 4
UO: 4, 8
Develop effective
documentation skills for family
therapy sessions
P 2 PO: 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Develop diagnoses for clients
receiving family psychotherapy
P 1, 4 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Evaluate the efficacy of
solution-focused therapy and
cognitive behavioral therapy
for families
P 1 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze legal and ethical
implications of counseling
clients with psychiatric
disorders
P 5 PO: 3, 4, 5, 6
UO: 4, 5, 7, 8
Analyze practicum
experiences involving group
therapy sessions
P 1 PO: 4
UO: 4, 8
Week 8: Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy for Groups
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Compare the use of cognitive
behavioral therapy for groups
to cognitive behavioral therapy
for families
D 1 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze challenges of using
cognitive behavioral therapy
for groups
D 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Recommend effective
strategies in cognitive
behavioral therapy for groups
D 1 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 9: Group Therapy for
Addiction
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Evaluate psychotherapeutic
approaches to group therapy
for addiction
A 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Week 10: Group Therapy with
Children and Adolescents
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Assess clients presenting for
child and adolescent group
psychotherapy
D 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Evaluate the effectiveness of
therapeutic approaches for
D 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
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clients receiving child and
adolescent group
psychotherapy
Develop client termination
summaries
P 1, 3 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Develop effective
documentation skills for group
therapy sessions
P 2 PO: 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Develop diagnoses for clients
receiving group psychotherapy
P 1, 4 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Evaluate the efficacy of
cognitive behavioral therapy
for groups
P 1 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze legal and ethical
implications of counseling
clients with psychiatric
disorders
P 5 PO: 3, 4, 5, 6
UO: 4, 5, 7, 8
Develop effective
documentation skills to
examine group therapy
sessions with children and
adolescents
P 2 PO: 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Develop diagnoses for child
and adolescent clients
receiving group psychotherapy
P 1, 4 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5
UO: 4, 5, 8
Analyze legal and ethical
implications of counseling child
and adolescent clients with
psychiatric disorders
P 5 PO: 3, 4, 5, 6
UO: 4, 5, 7, 8
Week 11: Group Therapy with
Older Adults
Met In
(D#/A#
/Other)
Course Outcome(s) Program Outcome(s)
University Outcome(s)
Analyze group therapy
sessions with older adults
D 1 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Recommend strategies for
improving the effectiveness of
group therapy sessions for
older adults
D 1 PO: 2, 3, 4
UO: 4, 5, 8
Assess knowledge of concepts
and principles related to the
psychotherapy of groups and
families
E 1, 3, 4, 5 PO: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
UO: 4, 5, 8
Legend
D = Discussion
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A = Assignment
P = Practicum