PRAC-6640-35 Practicum Week 5

PRAC-6640-35 Practicum Week 5

PRAC-6640-35 Practicum Week 5

This week, you develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy and consider legal and ethical implications of counseling these clients.

Learning Resources

Optional Resources

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Assignment: Practicum – Week 5 Journal Entry (Due Week 7)
Learning Objectives

Students will:

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*
Evaluate the efficacy of therapeutic approaches for clients*
Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders*

* The Assignment related to this Learning Objective is introduced this week and submitted in Week 7.

Select a client whom you observed or counseled that suffers from a disorder related to trauma. Then, address the following in your Practicum Journal:

Describe the client (without violating HIPAA regulations) and identify any pertinent history or medical information, including prescribed medications.
Using the DSM-5, explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.
Explain whether any of the therapeutic approaches in this week’s Learning Resources would be effective with this client. Include expected outcomes based on these therapeutic approaches. Support your approach with evidence-based literature.
Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.

Due By Day 7 of Week 7

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No Assignment due this week.

Week in Review

Now that you have:

Developed diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy
Evaluated the efficacy of therapeutic approaches for clients
Analyzed legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders

Next week, you will:

Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy
Evaluate the efficacy of motivational interviewing techniques for clients
Analyze legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric disorders

Next Week

To go to the next week:

Week 6