COURSE  

NR548 – Psychiatric Assessment for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

General Directions:

1. Select an issue or trend that impacts psychiatric mental health practice. Examples include ethical issues, mental health treatment disparities, substance abuse, recovery, or wellness issues.
2. Select one of the phenomena of concern for psychiatric mental health nurses as described by the American Nurses Association et al. (2022) text on pp. 4-5.

Source: American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, & International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses. (2022). Psychiatric–mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (3rd ed.). American Nurses Association.

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
   1. Describe the issue or trend.
   2. Provide an example from practice.
   3. Discuss how the phenomenon you selected relates to or impacts your selected issue/trend.
2. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice:
   1. Respond to at least one peer.
   2. Respond to a second peer.
   3. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.

• Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.

1. Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the collaboration café topic (not a response to a peer), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
2. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic and two to student peers) on two different days during the week.

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