PRAC6665 Week 8 Dissociative and Somatic Symptom-Related Disorders Introduction As a reminder, consult the DSM-5, clinical practice guidelines, and your textbooks from previous coursework as needed to support the experiences you are encountering at your site. If you encountered a patient at your practicum site with a dissociative or somatic symptom-related disorder, consider what patient…
PRAC 6665 Week 7 Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation Introduction Your weekly practicum Learning Resources support your knowledge of the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients across the lifespan. It is recognized that at your site, you likely are seeing patients with a variety of mental health disorders and other comorbidities. Consult the…
PRAC 6665 Week 6 Eating, Sleeping, And Elimination Disorders Introduction You are at the halfway point of your practicum and have now received feedback via your midterm clinical evaluation. Consider this feedback, as well as the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the quarter, and benchmark your progress thus far. Which goals…
PRAC 6665 Week 5 Midterm Clinical Evaluation Introduction All people—including clinicians and professionals—can have personal “blind spots” (i.e., individuals might not recognize an aspect of themselves that others see, positive or negative). That blind spot could relate to communication style, interpersonal skills, clinical skills, or discipline knowledge. Evaluative feedback is one way to see yourself…
PRAC 6665 Week 4 Mood Disorders Across the Lifespan Introduction There is a strong likelihood that you will encounter both children/adolescents and adults at your practicum site who suffer from mood disorders. Depressive disorders, for instance, affect up to 3 percent of children and 8 percent of adolescents (Thapar et al., 2015). This increases in…
PRAC 6665 Week 3 Focused SOAP Note and Patient Case Presentation Introduction Consider the experiences you have had thus far, either in the healthcare workplace or at your practicum site. As you likely know, a nurse’s job does not begin and end with one-to-one patient contact. It includes meetings, documentation, training, and collaboration. In particular,…
PRAC 6665 Week 2 Practicum Experience Plan Introduction When setting sharp, clearly defined goals and objectives, you focus on what you wish to accomplish and how and when you will get there. Based on your assessment of your strengths and opportunities related to psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) clinical skills, you can develop goals and…
PRAC 6665 Week 1 Competencies of Advanced Nursing Practice Introduction Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. —Xun Kuang, Chinese Confucian philosopher Welcome to your PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan I Practicum! The practicum experience is an experiential learning opportunity which allows you to gain and…
NURS 6670 Week 4 Alcohol-Related Disorder My client CK, a 25 years old African American student, has lived with friends in an apartment who are all alcoholics for 6 years now after high school was diagnosed as an Alcohol related disorder. Review this week’s Learning Resources concerning treating patients with substance-related and addictive disorders. Reflect…
NURS 4430 Week 11 Therapy for Patients With Dementia Alzheimers and Comorbid States As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, you will frequently work with patients across the life span who may also have comorbid conditions. For instance, you may treat a 16-year-old female with Down syndrome and increasing violent behaviors; a middle-aged male with schizophrenia, diabetes,…
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