Psychiatric notes are a way to reflect on your practicum experiences and connect them to the didactic learning you gain from your NRNP courses. Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation notes, such as the ones required in this practicum course, are often used in clinical settings to document patient care.
For this Assignment, you will document information about a patient that you examined in a group setting during the last 4 weeks, using the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note Template provided. You will then use this note to develop and record a case presentation for this patient.
Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about clinical practice guidelines.
Select a group patient for whom you conducted psychotherapy for a mood disorder during the last 4 weeks. Create a Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note on this patient using the template provided in the Learning Resources. There is also a completed template provided as an exemplar and guide.
Use the attached template to complete the assignment and make sure to address each section.
Also be sure to address the reflections section.
Reflection notes: What would you do differently in a similar patient evaluation? Reflect on one social determinant of health according to the HealthyPeople 2030 (you will need to research) as applied to this case in the realm of psychiatry and mental health. As a future advanced provider, what are one health promotion activity and one patient education consideration for this patient for improving health disparities and inequities in the realm of psychiatry and mental health? Demonstrate your critical thinking.
I need at least 4 peer reviewed references.
Information that I have for the patient. You can make up the rest.
The client is a 28-year-old Caucasian female with a diagnosis of Major depressive disorder, single episode, mild (F32.0). Today the client is participating in group therapy and psycotherapy for her mood disorder, this will help the client to interact with his peers experiencing the same issues. This will help the client to improve her perspective of viewing things and assist in providing additional support.
