Decision Making When Treating Psychological Disorders

Psychological disorders, such as depression, bipolar, and anxiety disorders can present several complications for patients of all ages. These disorders affect patients physically and emotionally, potentially impacting judgment, school and/or job performance, and relationships with family and friends. Since these disorders have many drastic effects on patients’ lives, it is important for advanced practice nurses to effectively manage patient care. With patient factors and medical history in mind, it is the advanced practice nurse’s responsibility to ensure the safe and effective diagnosis, treatment, and education of patients with psychological disorders.

For this Discussion, you will select an interactive media piece to practice decision making when treating patients with psychological disorders. You will recommend the most effective pharmacotherapeutic to treat the psychological disorder presented and examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics on a patient’s pathophysiology.

To Prepare

·        Review this week’s interactive media pieces and select one to focus on for this Discussion.

·        Reflect on the decision steps in the interactive media pieces, and consider the potential impacts from the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics on the patient’s pathophysiology.

Assignment

Post a brief explanation of the psychological disorder presented and the decision steps you applied in completing the interactive media piece for the psychological disorder you selected. Then, explain how the administration of the associated pharmacotherapeutics you recommended may impact the patient’s pathophysiology. How might these potential impacts inform how you would suggest treatment plans for this patient? Be specific and provide examples.

Resources: Please use two of these resources on top of other resources you may use. ( Use rreferences from year 2015 and above.)

Rosenthal, L. D., & Burchum, J. R. (2018). Lehne’s pharmacotherapeutics for advanced practice providers. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

·        Chapter 24, “Antipsychotic Agents and Their Use in Schizophrenia” (pp. 231–246)

·        Chapter 25, “Antidepressants” (pp. 247–265)

·        Chapter 26, “Drugs for Bipolar Disorder” (pp. 267–274)

·        Chapter 27, “Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs” (pp. 275–285)

·        Chapter 28, “Management of Anxiety Disorders” (pp. 287–292)

·        Chapter 29, “Central Nervous System Stimulants and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder” (pp. 293–299)

Interactive media:

Laureate Education (Producer). (2019a). Adult geriatric depression [Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

In this interactive media piece, you will engage in a set of decisions for prescribing and recommending pharmacotherapeutics to treat adult geriatric depression.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2019c). Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

In this interactive media piece, you will engage in a set of decisions for prescribing and recommending pharmacotherapeutics to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2019d). Bipolar therapy [Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Write  a 2 page   3 different professional Nursing jobs/  society. Describe     professional   criteria  for achieving   those nursing roles describe the job/type of work and benefits and downfalls  compared to the other two roles you .

Further guidance on Plan assignment 2018

As this is a ‘plan’, it should suit how your mind thinks about the ‘Main’ task, so we don’t want to be too prescriptive about format for this task. So, bullet points, mind maps etc can be used if you wish.

That said, we are listing below some pointers for the MAIN assignment, as we wish to see an indication in your Plan of what you intend to include for each of these. At this stage, of course, you may have fuller information for some sections, but are quite sketchy for others – but try to give some indication for all of them.

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Download and use the Cover Sheet template (entering your student ID number, not your name).

Give a title, eg “Plan for main ‘Foundations’ assignment, on the topic of xxxxx”.

1) BACKGROUND TO YOUR TOPIC. a) Why and how is your topic considered to be a Public Health concern? Use data as part of stating your case (with sources, of course).

b) What, on balance, appear to be the main causal factors that need to be addressed to improve the public’s health?

2) PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS ON YOUR TOPIC. What assumptions are being made in work on this topic :

· About health: eg. is the focus on prevention (pathogenic), or is a salutogenic/positive health perspective being adopted?

· About evidence/data: eg. Is professionals’ data on health the main source of evidence, or citizens’ own subjective perception of their health?

· About people & power: When a decision is made to take public health action, is it made by professionals/elites, or by citizens?

To help explain the above, you should relate the interventions/approaches to at least one of our 5 models of Health Promotion/Public Health, as well as discussing any specific theory that might underlie a particular approach (eg behaviour change theory), though this will vary for different topics & approaches.

c) On balance, do the types of interventions/approaches fit well with the main causal factors mentioned in your background, or is there a mismatch?

3) ETHICS. This may have been touched upon in earlier sections, but if not yet done, you should consider the interventions on your topic in terms of an ethical framework (eg Nuffield, which we will cover later in the module).

4) HISTORY & POLICY/POLITICS FOR YOUR TOPIC INTERVENTIONS. These may be covered as part of the Background, or later. On policy, a key consideration is: Does policy (eg of the current UK government) fit with the evidence on causes, or is there a mismatch?

Don’t use too many words on excessive historical detail – only if it adds context.

5) CONCLUSION. Summarise (briefly) at least one key point from each of the above 4 sections.

State what your actual word count is (& even if you write in prose/essay-style, try not to exceed, say 700 words for the Plan).

6) REFERENCES. Ensure these are all present, and in Harvard format. They are not included as part of your word count.

Read the following case study and answer the questions below. Response should be at least 75 to 100 words.

Wayne is a public health/community nurse who lives in South Texas. During the summer, Wayne’s community experienced uncontrollable wildfires that devastated the area. Because he lived in the area, Wayne was called upon to help triage and care for victims of the fires. Many of the wildfire victims were Wayne’s family, personal friends, and work colleagues.

1. After the fires were controlled and the most critically ill residents were transported to the hospital, Wayne began recovery efforts. What is Wayne’s priority recovery goal for this population? What steps should Wayne take to reach this goal?
2. Wayne performs psychosocial assessments on the wildfire victims. Which victims are more likely than others to need crisis intervention?
3. Wayne is worried about the major health concerns after a disaster and how they may affect his community. What are some of these major health concerns? What can Wayne do to improve the health concerns?