NRNP PRAC 6635 Week 5: Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation and Patient Case Presentation; Midterm Clinical Evaluation

What do I have to do? When do I have to do it?

Review your Learning Resources. Days 1–7

Assignment 1: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.

Assignment 2: Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation and Case Presentation Submit by Day 7.

Assignment 3: Midterm Evaluation Your Preceptor will evaluate your clinical skills by Day 7.

Consider the experiences you have had thus far, either in the healthcare workplace or at your practicum site. As you likely know, a nurse’s job does not begin and end with one-to-one patient contact. It includes meetings, documentation, trainings, and collaboration. In particular, the nurse is a member of an interdisciplinary team and must use oral and written communication to inform others of a patient’s status. A central skill of advanced practice nursing, then, is the ability to present a patient’s history, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment plan to relevant parties involved in treatment.

This week, in addition to your Meditrek tracking, you will develop a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and video case presentation on one of the patients you have interacted with in your clinical practicum. Also, as you approach the halfway point of your practicum, your Preceptor will assess your clinical skills this week in a Midterm Clinical Evaluation.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Describe clinical hours and patient encounters

Assess patients across the lifespan in mental health settings

Formulate differential diagnoses for patients in mental health settings across the lifespan

Develop a case study presentation based on a clinical patient

Compare preceptor evaluation with self-evaluation to assimilate level of clinical performance

Learning Resources

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