Psych clinicals w/ no inpatient?

[DonKlonopin]

After they offered me admission and a decent scholarship, I toured in-person at a well-reputed but expensive private ABSN program's campus. And while I was very impressed with their facilities, enthusiastic faculty and alumni, I did learn that the psych portion of the ABSN's clinicals will only be simulation (but they have in-person clinicals for all the remaining non-psych subject at all of the city's best hospitals).

Is this typical curriculum for a BSN/ADN-level clinical or is this abnormal? Should I only expect to have psych inpatient clinicals in a future psych MSN/DNP program someday?

As someone who is 30+ and very confident that the psych population is MY patient population—might it diminish my chances of getting hired into a hospital/psych ward as a fresh RN graduate someday if I've never had the chance to interact w/ real psych patients?

[FullGlass, BSN, MSN, NP]

That is odd.  My ABSN program had in-person psych.  Frankly, I don't see how simulation can replace the real thing.

[FolksBtrippin, BSN, RN]

This is pretty common these days. Schools lost their clinicals during covid, and sometimes didn't get them back. Also, psych hospitals since covid are frequently understaffed and unsafe for students and facilities. It's been quite a mess, and I say that as a psych nurse who also works in hospice.
I highly doubt this will  affect your chances of being hired into psych, which has a high need for interested candidates. 

If you like the school, I don't think this should disqualify them for you. See if you can volunteer at a homeless shelter, soup kitchen, or get a part time job working in a psych hospital, group home, etc to get a feel for the population and the nursing work. 
 

Hope you stick with it. We need you.