NURS6630 week 6 Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis and Schizophrenia
NURS6630 week 6 Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis and Schizophrenia.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Psychosis and schizophrenia greatly impact the brain’s
normal processes, which interferes with the ability to think clearly. When
symptoms of these disorders are uncontrolled, clients may struggle to function
in daily life. However, clients often thrive when properly diagnosed and
treated under the close supervision of a psychiatric mental health
practitioner. For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this
week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat clients
presenting with psychosis and schizophrenia.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Assess client factors and history to develop personalized
plans of antipsychotic therapy for clients
Analyze factors that influence pharmacokinetic and
pharmacodynamic processes in clients requiring antipsychotic therapy
Evaluate efficacy of treatment plans
Analyze ethical and legal implications related to
prescribing antipsychotic therapy to clients across the
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider how to
assess and treat clients requiring anxiolytic therapy.
The Assignment
Examine Case Study: Pakistani Woman with Delusional Thought
Processes. 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
Which decision did you select?
Why did you select this decision? Support your response with
evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision?
Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve
with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
Decision #2
Why did you select this decision? Support your response with
evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision?
Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve
with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?
Decision #3
Why did you select this decision? Support your response with
evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision?
Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.
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.