The Assignment: 5 pages

Examine Case Study: An African American Child Suffering From Depression. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

Introduction to the case (1 page)

• Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.

Decision #1 (1 page)

• Which decision did you select?
• Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
• Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #2 (1 page)

• Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
• Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #3 (1 page)

• Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
• Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Conclusion (1 page)

Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of five academic resources. While you may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource requirement. You should be utilizing the primary and secondary literature.

Week 4 Project

Study the resources in your community related to the illness group chosen in Week 1 (Attached). In a Microsoft Word document of 4-5 pages formatted in APA style, describe the resources, including the following information:

·  Identify and discuss a minimum of three community or national resources for your illness group preferably in your community.

·  Include in your response all the information the patient should know about the services.

o  Benefits

o  Specific services they offer.

o  Fee schedules, if and when appropriate.

o  Criteria for eligibility.

o  Application process.

o  Availability of transportation.

·  Discuss integration of these resources into a plan of care.

·  Discuss potential advantages and disadvantages for vulnerable populations in seeking these resources.

Support your responses with examples and information from library resources, textbook and lectures.

·  Papers are professional papers so you should use third person.  Try not to use first or second person when completing.  Review APA format.

Please note that the title and reference pages should not be included in the total page count of your paper.

On a separate references page, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the  University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the  University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.

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Treating Childhood Abuse

Child abuse can result from physical, verbal, or sexual harm. Child abuse or maltreatment affects young people of all ages. Even though the federal government and states have programs to investigate allegations of abuse, prevent abuse, and educate caregivers, child maltreatment is still a terrible misfortune for millions of children and families (Sadock, Sadock, & Ruiz, 2017, pg. 3228). Early identification of child abuse can keep children safe by stopping abuse and preventing future abuse from occurring. Treating child abuse is a significant undertaking requiring clinical training and education. However, although not every child needs therapy, it is crucial to employ strategies to assess the child for abuse and determine the child’s need for treatment during the intake stage. 

Strategies to Employ to Assess the Patient for Abuse

Strategies to employ to assess the patient for abuse include screening questions about abuse and neglect, open-ended questions, or closed-ended questions. Screening questions should be utilized routinely asked of both parents and children. For instance, a routine intake assessment could be mandated as a child enters a new school, part of a medical examination, or case management services (Monroe County Department of Human Services, 2020). The screening questions should be asked without creating lasting anxiety or fear. The screening questions could be alternate between focusing on uncovering abuse and about more conventional topics to keep the interview positive and informational. When answers from a child describe or relate to abuse or neglect, the therapist or counselor must avoid blaming, accusing, or making the child feel ashamed of what occurred (Monroe County Department of Human Services, 2020).

How Might Exposure to the Media and/or Social Media Affect the Patient?

About 45% of teens are online almost always, and 97% use a social media platform (Mayo Clinic, 2019). Exposure to media or social media could affect the patient positively or negatively. Social media can provide teens with valuable support, especially for those who experience exclusion or have disabilities or chronic illnesses (Mayo Clinic, 2019). Furthermore, social media allows teens to create online identities, communicate with others, entertainment, self-expression, exposure to current events, interact across geographic barriers, help teens avoid depression, and build a social network.

Although social media has some positive impact on teens, it can also negatively impact such as distraction and disruption of sleep, exposure to bullying, rumor spreading, unrealistic views of others’ lives, and peer pressure (Mayo Clinic, 2019). A 2019 study of 12 to 15 years of age in the U.S revealed that those who spent more than three hours a day using social media might be at heightened risk for mental health problems (Mayo Clinic, 2019). Furthermore, another study of 13 to 16 years of age in 2019 in England found that those who were using social media more than three times a day predicted poor mental health and wee-being in teens. There is a link between a high level of social media use and depression or anxiety symptoms.

Type of Mandatory Reporting (if any) is Required in this Case

When there is reasonable suspicion that child abuse has occurred, mandated reporters must call the hotline. In this case, mandatory reporting is not required because the patient is 19 years old, an adult, not a child. The state law only applies to individuals under 18 years (Monroe County Department of Human Services, 2020). Since the patient is older than 18 years, the local police should be called.

References

Mayo Clinic. (2019). Teens and social media use: What’s the impact? Retrieved from

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/tween-and-teen-health/in-depth/teens-and-social-media-use/art-20474437#:~:text=Social%20media%20harms%20However%2C%20social%20media%20use%20can,related%20to%20how%20much%20social%20media%20teens%20use.

Monroe County Department of Human Services (2020). Screening Questions for Routine Intake

Assessment. Retrieved from https://www.dorightbykids.org/how-do-i-recognize-child-abuse-and-neglect/screening-questions-for-routine-intake-assessment/

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Kaplan & Sadock’s comprehensive textbook of

psychiatry (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

List 8  PROGRESS NOTES in SOAP format of the   Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Role  with  Adult and Older Adult . Describe the   activities you completed during this   time   period with patients.

NOTE: ( The progress notes has to be related with what the         Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner do with Adult and Older adult  with different psychiatric conditions). 8 different     notes     with different patients scenarios.