Assignment 1: 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. In your role,  however, you must be able to synthesize current literature and apply it  to your own clients. For this Assignment, you begin practicing this  skill by examining current literature on psychodynamic therapy and  considering how it might translate into your own clinical practice.

                                                

                                            To prepare:

Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide.

Select one of the psychodynamic therapy articles from the Learning Resources to evaluate for this Assignment. 

Note: In nursing practice, it is not uncommon to review  current literature and share findings with your colleagues. Approach  this Assignment as though you were presenting the information to your  colleagues.
 

 

                                        The Assignment

In a 5- to 10-slide PowerPoint presentation, address the following:

Provide an overview of the article you selected.

What population is under consideration?

What was the specific intervention that was used? 

Is this a new intervention or one that was already used?

What were the author’s claims?

Explain the findings/outcomes of the study in the article. 

Include  whether this will translate into practice with your own clients. If so,  how? If not, why?

Explain whether the limitations of the study might impact your  ability to use the findings/outcomes presented in the article. 

Support  your position with evidence-based literature.

Note: The presentation should be 5–10 slides, not  including the title and reference slides. Include presenter notes (no  more than ½ page per slide) and use tables and/or diagrams where  appropriate. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from  the article you selected. Support your approach with evidence-based  literature.

Check for plagiarism
 

 

A graduate school nurse has to prepare a presentation for a freshman class of nursing students on anxiolytic and hypnotic agents. The learning objectives include a review of the states that are affected by anxiolytic and hypnotic agents and key nursing considerations for patients receiving these medications. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, and 5)

a.What are the definitions of the states affected by anxiolytic or hypnotic agents?

b.What are the key nursing implementation considerations for a patient receiving a benzodiazepine?

c.What should the nurse teach the students about the indications for zaleplon (Sonata) and zolpidem (Ambien)?

Case Study, Chapter 23, Antiseizure Agents

A patient had a tonic–clonic seizure and has been started on a phenytoin medication. The patient tells the nurse he is very upset about not being able to drive and has several questions about epilepsy. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, and 5)

a.What should be included in the patient teaching about the classification of generalized seizures?

a.How does phenytoin work?

c.What are the key implementation and rationale considerations for this patient who is receiving medication to treat generalized seizures?

Case Study, Chapter 26, Narcotics, Narcotic Antagonists, and Antimigraine Agents

A new graduate RN has been assigned to a medical–surgical unit. The new graduate RN is in the week of nursing orientation and is administering medications. The RN has to administer an antimigraine medication to an adult patient, a narcotic to an older adult in acute pain, and a narcotic antagonist to a third patient. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 3, and 5)

a.What is the gate control theory of pain, and how does this block pain for a patient?

b.What are the key lifespan considerations for an older adult when administering narcotics?

c.What are the key nursing implementation considerations for a patient receiving a narcotic antagonist?

d.What are the key lifespan considerations for an adult when administering antimigraine medication?

Case Study, Chapter 30, Adrenergic Agonists

A patient is experiencing serious ventricular arrhythmias and shock following a heart transplant. The physician has ordered isoproterenol and dopamine to be administered to the patient. (Learning Objectives 2, 4, and 5)

a.What is the therapeutic action for isoproterenol?

b.What are the adverse effects of isoproterenol?

c.What is the therapeutic action for dopamine?

d.What are the adverse effects of dopamine?

e.What are the key nursing implementation considerations for patients receiving an adrenergic agent?

Case Study, Chapter 36, Adrenocortical Agents

A second-year nursing student has to prepare medication cards for clinical on adrenocortical agents. The specific medication cards that have to be prepared are for prednisone (Deltasone) and fludrocortisone (Florinef). Additionally, the student nurse has to prepare a patient teaching plan for mineralocorticoids. (Learning Objectives 1, 2, 4, and 5)

a.What are the physiological effects of the adrenocortical agents?

b.What are the key nursing implementation teaching points that need to be reviewed with a patient receiving an adrenocortical agent?

c.What are the most common adverse reactions for fludrocortisone (Florinef)?

d.What are the indications for prednisone (Deltasone)?

Case Study, Chapter 38, Agents to Control Blood Glucose Levels

A diabetes registered nurse educator is preparing an in-service presentation for student nurses on agents to control blood glucose levels for diabetes mellitus. The in-service will include a brief review of the pathophysiology of diabetes mellitus. Drugs to be included in the presentation will include insulin, chlorpropamide (Diabinese), glyburide (Micronase), and metformin (Glucophage). (Learning Objectives 1, 4, and 5)

a.What alterations in metabolic pathways and changes to basement membranes occur with diabetes mellitus?

b.What are the key nursing implementation considerations for patients taking insulin?

c.What are the indications for chlorpropamide (Diabinese)?

d.What are the most common adverse effects of glyburide (Micronase)?

e.What are the therapeutic actions for metformin (Glucophage)?

f.What are the lifespan considerations for children who use antidiabetic agents?