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In this assignment you will analyze and synthesize the components of a complete psychiatric assessment with a formulated diagnosis and rationale, as well as clinical interventions for treatment, based on evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and theoretical knowledge you have covered in the PMHNP program thus far. This assignment allows you to demonstrate all course objectives in practice:

MN663-1: Prepare a consistent approach to the evaluation and management of mental health disorders and conditions for adult/geriatric clients and clients across the lifespan presenting in the acute and/or primary care setting.

MN663-2: Inspect diagnostic testing based on the history and mental health assessment for adult/geriatric clients presenting with acute, chronic, and complex mental health disorders in the acute and/or primary care setting.

MN663-3: Formulate evidence-based, therapeutic, patient-centered treatment plans that incorporate traditional and complementary pharmacological/non-pharmaceutical interventions for adult/geriatric clients in the acute and/or primary care setting.

MN663-4: Design age-appropriate mental health and physical health maintenance and screening plans for adult/geriatric clients with mental health disorders taking into consideration cultural, gender, ethnicity, spiritual, and social competencies.

MN663-5: Examine professional values and ethical/legal standards of the PMHNP role with relation to client safety, outcome improvement and collaborative relationships in the delivery of mental health care to the adult/geriatric client population.

Your writing Assignment should:

• follow the conventions of Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
• be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
• be a minimum of 4 pages in length, not including cover or reference page;
• display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics; and;
• use APA formatting and citation style.

1. Instructions
   1. Select a client or case that you have worked within either in your current nursing practice or your PMHNP student clinical setting. Ensure that you correctly remove the appropriate information (name, etc.) to remain HIPAA compliant.
   2. Prepare a full mental health evaluation on your client. Use the resources presented in the course to help guide your evaluation. Kaplan &Saddock’s Synopsis of Psychiatry has a robust list of the categories of information you should collect and present in your evaluation report (5.1. Parts of the Initial Psychiatric Interview). This should include the following:
      1. A full psychiatric, physical, social, family, and work history including verbal reports of the client, your observations of the client, and a summary of any diagnostic aids that you have used.
      2. The use of at least one psychiatric screening or assessment tool from the literature to assist in your assessment of the client
      3. A full physical assessment in addition to the mental status exam and psychiatric history
   3. Develop a DSM-5 diagnostic assessment:
      1. Support your diagnosis through a thoughtful, evidence-based rationale of the data collected in your evaluation.
   4. Propose a practical, evidence-based plan of care:
      1. Keep in mind the role of the psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner is to assess all aspects of the patient’s health status, including health promotion, and disease prevention. Psychiatric care is interdisciplinary. Your plan of care may include the use of other mental health professionals for the delivery of appropriate care. For example, someone who has been chronically back pain, and has been out of work may have these factors contributing to his or her depression and may require a pain specialist and social services to address those aspects of the client’s poor psychological functioning.

Requirements

1. 1. Support your assessment, diagnosis, and treatment and management plan with appropriate literature citations.
   2. The paper should be no more than ten pages in length, not including a title page and references.
   3. Use current APA formatting and citations.
   4. Acronyms should not be used.
   5. The assessment must be well written and be of professional quality. It must be clear, and well developed, free of spelling, grammatical, and syntactical errors and in full sentences format.

Requirements

1. Support your assessment, diagnosis, and treatment and management plan with appropriate literature citations.
2. The paper should be no more than ten pages in length, not including a title page and references.
3. Use current APA formatting and citations.
4. Acronyms should not be used.
5. The assessment must be well written and be of professional quality. It must be clear, and well developed, free of spelling, grammatical, and syntactical errors and in full sentences format.