Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry PRAC 6640-35

Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry PRAC 6640-35 

Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry PRAC 6640-35 

 

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Assignment: Practicum – Week 2 Journal Entry (Due in Week 4)

Learning Objectives

Students will:

 Develop diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy*

 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 4.

Select a client whom you observed or counseled this week. 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 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders, 5th edition

(DSM-5), explain and justify your diagnosis for this client.

 Explain any legal and/or ethical implications related to counseling this client.

 Support your approach with evidence-based literature.

Due By Day 7 of Week 4

No assignment due this week.

 

Week in Review

Now that you have:

 Developed diagnoses for clients receiving psychotherapy

 Analyzed legal and ethical implications of counseling clients with psychiatric

disorders

Next week, you will:

 Assess clients presenting for psychotherapy

 Develop genograms for clients presenting for psychotherapy

Next Week

 

To go to the next week:

Week 3

 

Learning Resources

Required Media – Library Resource

 

Sommers-Flanagan, J., & Sommers-Flanagan, R. (2012). Clinical interview: Intake,

assessment, & therapeutic alliance [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net.

 

Required Readings

 

Petiprin, A. (2016). Psychiatric and mental health nursing. Nursing Theory. Retrieved from

http://www.nursing-theory.org/theories-and-models/psychiatric-and-mental-health-

nursing.php

 

Document: Practicum Site Information form (Word Document)

 

Document: Practicum Journal Template (Word document)

 

Note: This template is provided by the College of Nursing and is designated to document

practicum activity. You are required to use this template for all journal entry submissions.

 

Document: NP Student Clinical Orientation (PowerPoint file)

 

Document: Practicum Manual (PDF). Retrieved from

http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ld.php?content_id=7356923

 

Optional Resources

American Nurses Association. (2014). Psychiatric-mental health nursing: Scope and

standards of practice (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.