To Prepare:  Review the Learning Resources concerning emergency psychiatric medicine.  Consider a case where your adult client had a psychiatric emergency. (Note: If you have not had an adult client with a psychiatric emergency, ask your preceptor to describe one of their clients with a psychiatric emergency to use as an example for this Discussion.) Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ ...

To prepare: Review the media, Johnson Family Session 3, in this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights provided on CBT in family therapy. Reflect on your practicum experiences with CBT in family and individual settings. Note: For this Discussion, you are required to complete your initial post before you will be able to view and respond to your colleagues’ postings. Begin by clicking on the Post to Discussion Question link and then select Create Thread to complete your ini...

Evaluate clients for treatment of mental health disorders  Analyze decisions made throughout diagnosis and treatment of clients with mental health disorders The Assignment: Examine Case 2: You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the diagnosis and treatment for this client. Be sure to consider co-morbid physical as well as mental factors that might impact the client’s diagnosis and treatment. At each Decision Point, stop to complete the following:  Decision #1: Differential...

To prepare:  Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on structural and strategic family therapies.  Refer to Gerlach (2015) in this week’s Learning Resources for guidance on creating a structural family map. The Assignment In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:  Summarize the key points of both structural family therapy and strategic family therapy.  Compare structural family therapy to strategic family therapy, noting the strengths and...

To prepare:  Select a client family that you have observed or counseled at your practicum site.  Review pages 137–142 of Wheeler (2014) and the Hernandez Family Genogram video in this week’s Learning Resources.  Reflect on elements of writing a comprehensive client assessment and creating a genogram for the client you selected. The Assignment Part 1: Comprehensive Client Family Assessment Create a comprehensive client assessment for your selected client family that addresses (without...

Select two clients you observed or counseled this week during a family therapy session. Note: The two clients you select must have attended the same family session. Then, address in your Practicum Journal the following:  Using the Group Therapy Progress Note in this week’s Learning Resources, document the family session.  Describe (without violating HIPAA regulations) each client, and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.  Using the Di...

In preparation for this course’s practicum experience, address the following in your Practicum Journal: Select one nursing theory and one counseling theory to best guide your practice in psychotherapy. Note: For guidance on nursing and counseling theories, refer to this week’s Learning Resources. Explain why you selected these theories. Support your approach with evidence-based literature. Develop at least three goals and at least three objectives for the practicum experience in this...

The purpose of this assignment is for learners to: Develop professional presentation/communication skills. Demonstrate an advancing understanding of the political landscape of APN practice. Demonstrate the ability to analyze the literature and be able to disseminate the information orally. Demonstrate and practice professional communication and leadership, while advancing the education of peers. Course Outcomes 1. Analyze the development of advanced practice nursing roles from a historica...

Reflect back over the past eight weeks and describe how the achievement of the course outcomes in this course have prepared you to meet the MSN program outcome #4, the MSN Essential II, and the NP Core Competencies #2. Program Outcome #4 Integrate professional values through scholarship and service in health care. (Professional identity) MSN Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the promotion of high ...

Requirements: 1. To complete this application, you will need to access to the following databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, and the Joanna Briggs Institute. You may access these databases through the Chamberlain College of Nursing Online Library. 2. The APN Professional Development Plan paper is worth 225 points and will be graded on quality of information, use of citations, use of Standard English grammar, sentence structure, and overall organization based on the required compon...