Assignment

Part 1: Progress Note

Using the client family from your Week 3 Practicum Assignment, address in a progress note (without violating HIPAA regulations) the following:

• Treatment modality used and efficacy of approach
• Progress and/or lack of progress toward the mutually agreed-upon client goals (reference the treatment plan for progress toward goals)
• Modification(s) of the treatment plan that were made based on progress/lack of progress
• Clinical impressions regarding diagnosis and or symptoms
• Relevant psychosocial information or changes from original assessment (e.g., marriage, separation/divorce, new relationships, move to a new house/apartment, change of job)
• Safety issues
• Clinical emergencies/actions taken
• Medications used by the patient, even if the nurse psychotherapist was not the one prescribing them
• Treatment compliance/lack of compliance
• Clinical consultations
• Collaboration with other professionals (e.g., phone consultations with physicians, psychiatrists, marriage/family therapists)
• The therapist’s recommendations, including whether the client agreed to the recommendations
• Referrals made/reasons for making referrals
• Termination/issues that are relevant to the termination process (e.g., client informed of loss of insurance or refusal of insurance company to pay for continued sessions)
• Issues related to consent and/or informed consent for treatment
• Information concerning child abuse and/or elder or dependent adult abuse, including documentation as to where the abuse was reported
• Information reflecting the therapist’s exercise of clinical judgment

Note: Be sure to exclude any information that should not be found in a discoverable progress note.

Part 2: Privileged Note

Based on this week’s readings, prepare a privileged psychotherapy note that you would use to document your impressions of therapeutic progress/therapy sessions for your client family from the Week 3 Practicum Assignment.

In your progress note, address the following:

• Include items that you would not typically include in a note as part of the clinical record.
• Explain why the items you included in the privileged note would not be included in the client family’s progress note.
• Explain whether your preceptor uses privileged notes. If so, describe the type of information he or she might include. If not, explain why.

 

1) Minimum 5 full pages and 8 slides

 

               Part 1: minimum 1 page

               Part 2: minimum 8 Slides with Speaker notes

               Part 3: minimum 1 page

               Part 4: minimum 3 pages 

               

Submit 1 document per part

2)¨******APA norms (Mandatory) 

            All paragraphs must be narrative and cited in the text- each paragraphs

            Bulleted responses are not accepted

            Dont write in the first person 

            Dont copy and pase the questions.

            Answer the question objectively, do not make introductions to your answers, answer it when you start the paragraph

3) It will be verified by Turnitin and SafeAssign

4) Minimum 16  references not older than 5 years

           Minimum 3 references in part 1

           Minimum 6 references in part 2

           Minimum 3 references in part 3

           Minimum 4 references in part 4      

5) ***************Identify your answer with the numbers, according to the 

question.

Example:

Q 1. Nursing is XXXXX

Q 2. Health is XXXX

 

6) You must name the files according to the part you are answering: 

Example:

Part 1.doc 

Part 2.doc

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Part 1:

 

1) Describe a model that you might use to introduce a policy change of your choosing other than what you will address in the upcoming assignment. 

2) Why is it relevant to this policy change? 

3) How would you implement that model?

Part 2:

Purpose:  you will create a slide presentation in which you will present information to support the passage of HR 5223. 

Your presentation should put forth a convincing argument based on your research and should be designed as if you were addressing a group of legislators whose support you are trying to obtain.

Your slide and audio presentation must address:

1) A description of current risks that healthcare providers face from violence in the workplace.

2) Information from professional nursing associations which support your argument for minimizing the risk of violence in the healthcare setting.

3) Identification of a theoretical or regulatory model which would be applicable to the passage of HR 5223.

4) Identification of stakeholders who will benefit from the passage of HR 5223 and how they would benefit.

5) Potential barriers to passage of HR 5223 and how they can be overcome.

Part 3:

Topic:  Employer and employee rights

1) Evaluate how the topic impacts your role as an advanced practice nurse. 

2) What are the legal implications related to your role? 

3) Analyze how understanding of the chosen topic will impact your future role as an advanced practice nurse. 

Part 4

Select a local or state health care policy or legislation that was enacted in the last 5 years (Florida). Then:

1) Summarize the policy or legislation.

2) Analyze at least one strength and one weakness of the policy or legislation.

3) Discuss the impact of the policy or legislation for all stakeholders, both providers and consumers.