Chamberlain NR548 Week 3 Discussion Latest 2024

NR548 Psychiatric Assessment for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Week 3 Discussion

The Psychiatric Interview

Purpose

The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising scholarly literature regarding psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) practice. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared.?This discussion will support the professional formation of the PMHNP role. 

Course Outcomes

This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:??

CO 1: Apply advanced practice nursing knowledge to collecting health history information and examination findings for psychiatric mental health patients across the lifespan. (POs 1, 2)

CO 2: Adapt health history and mental status examination to the developmental, gender-related, age-specific, and special population needs of the individual patient. (POs 1, 2)

Due Date

Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by?Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Instructor and peer responses are due?by?Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT.?Students must post on a minimum of two separate days.?A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline?Wednesday?at 11:59 p.m. MT,?regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59?p.m.?MT on Sunday (i.e.,?the?student will receive an automatic 0).?????

Total Points Possible

This discussion is worth a total of 100 points.

Preparing the Discussion

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

Include the following sections

Application?of?Course?Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.

 Provide one example of how therapeutic communication techniques differ between nurses and psychiatric mental health practitioners (PMHNPs).

Select one verbal component of therapeutic communication. Discuss the importance of the component in relation to the overall goal of a therapeutic alliance. 

Select one nonverbal component of therapeutic communication. Discuss the importance of the component in relation to the overall goal of a therapeutic alliance. 

Discuss one pitfall to avoid when establishing a therapeutic alliance. Identify strategies the PMHNP can use to avoid this pitfall.

Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations.

Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.

Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.

Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.

Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.

Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.

Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue:?Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.

Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer on a topic.

Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.

Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.

Professionalism in Communication:?Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.?

Reference Citation:?Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.?

Wednesday Participation Requirement:?Provide?a?substantive?response to the graded?discussion?topic (not?a?response?to a peer or faculty),?by?Wednesday,?11:59 p.m. MT?of?each week.?

Total Participation Requirement:?Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student?peer,?and one to a faculty question)?on two different days during the week.??

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