NRNP 6650 Week 2 Assignment : Hernandez Family Assessment Assignment : Hernandez Family Assessment Assessment is as essential to family therapy as it is to individual therapy. Although families often present with one person identified as the “problem,” the assessment process will help you better understand family roles and determine whether the identified problem client […]
NRNP 6650 Week 3 Assignment: Experiential Versus Narrative Family Therapies Assignment: Experiential Versus Narrative Family Therapies Although experiential therapy and narrative therapy are both used in family therapy, these therapeutic approaches have many differences in theory and application. As you assess families and develop treatment plans, you must consider these differences and their potential impact […]
NRNP 6650 Week 4 Assignment: Structural Versus Strategic Family Therapies Assignment: Structural Versus Strategic Family Therapies Although structural therapy and strategic therapy are both used in family therapy, these therapeutic approaches have many differences in theory and application. As you assess families and develop treatment plans, you must consider these differences and their potential impact […]
NRNP 6665 Week 1 Assignment: Child and Adolescent Assessment Week 1: Child and Adolescent Assessment All diagnoses, from infancy to adulthood, begin with an examination. While an organic basis for most medical disorders can be determined through the use of diagnostic testing, the field of psychiatry is different in that patients cannot be sent to […]
NRNP 6665 Week 1 Discussion: Comprehensive Integrated Psychiatric Assessment iscussion: Comprehensive Integrated Psychiatric Assessment Photo Credit: Seventyfour / Adobe Stock Many assessment principles are the same for children and adults; however, unlike with adults/older adults, where consent for participation in the assessment comes from the actual client, with children it is the parents or guardians […]
NRNP 6665 Week 2 Discussion: Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care Discussion: Ethical and Legal Foundations of PMHNP Care Advanced practice nursing in all specialties is guided by codes of ethics that put the care, rights, duty, health, and safety of the patient first and foremost. PMHNP practice is also guided by ethical codes […]
NRNP 6665 Week 3 Assignment 1: Prescribing for Children and Adolescents Off-label prescribing is when a physician gives you a drug that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved to treat a condition different than your condition. This practice is legal and common. In fact, one in five prescriptions written today are for […]
NRNP 6640 Week 2 Discussion: Does Psychotherapy Have a Biological Basis? Discussion: Does Psychotherapy Have a Biological Basis? Many studies have found that psychotherapy is as effective as psychopharmacology in terms of influencing changes in behaviors, symptoms of anxiety, and changes in mental state. Changes influenced by psychopharmacology can be explained by the biological basis […]
NRNP 6640 Week 2 Discussion: Assessment Tools Discussion: Assessment Tools Assessment tools have two primary purposes: 1) to measure illness and diagnose clients, and 2) to measure a client’s response to treatment. Often, you will find that multiple assessment tools are designed to measure the same condition or response. Not all tools, however, are appropriate […]
NRNP 6640 Week 3 Assignment: Applying Current Literature to Clinical Practice Literature in psychotherapy differs from other areas of clinical practice. Generally, there are no clinical trials in psychotherapy because it is often neither appropriate nor ethical to have controls in psychotherapy research. This sometimes makes it more difficult to translate research findings into practice. […]
