Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With ADHD NURS 6630N

Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With ADHD NURS 6630N 

Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With ADHD NURS 6630N 

The Assignment

Examine Case Study: A Young Caucasian Girl With ADHD You will be asked to make

three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider

factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point stop to complete the following:

 Decision #1

o Which decision did you select?

o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the

Learning Resources.

o What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with

evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

o Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results

of the decision. Why were they different?

 Decision #2

o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the

Learning Resources.

o What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with

evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

o Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results

of the decision. Why were they different?

 Decision #3

o Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the

Learning Resources.

o What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with

evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

o Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results

of the decision. Why were they different?

Also include how ethical considerations might impact your treatment plan and

communication with clients.

Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of three academic resources. While you

may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource

requirement.

Submission and Grading Information

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Making Connections

 

Now that you have:

 Assessed clients presenting with ADHD

 Developed personalized plans of therapy for clients with ADHD

 Examined factors that influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in clients

requiring therapy for ADHD

 Explored ethical and legal implications of prescribing therapy to clients with ADHD

Next week, you will build on your assessment and treatment skills as you examine

clients presenting for therapy for impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction.

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the

Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Note: Review all materials from the Discussion.

Conners, C. K., Sitarenios, G., Parker, J. D. A., & Epstein, J. N. (1998). Revision and

restandardization of the Conners' Teacher Rating Scale (CTRS-R): Factors, structure,

reliability, and criterion validity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 279-291.

Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.

Required Media

Laureate Education (2016d). Case study: A young Caucasian girl with ADHD

[Interactive media file]. Baltimore, MD: Author

Note: This case study will serve as the foundation for this week’s Assignment.

 

To prepare for this Assignment:

 This case study will serve as the foundation for this week’s Assignment.

 

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