NR548 Psychiatric Assessment for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
NR548 Week 3 Discussion: The Psychiatric Interview
Preparing the Discussion
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
Include the following sections
Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
Provide one example of how therapeutic communication techniques differ between nurses and psychiatric mental health practitioners (PMHNPs).
Select one verbal component of therapeutic communication. Discuss the importance of the component in relation to the overall goal of a therapeutic alliance.
Select one nonverbal component of therapeutic communication. Discuss the importance of the component in relation to the overall goal of a therapeutic alliance.
Discuss one pitfall to avoid when establishing a therapeutic alliance. Identify strategies the PMHNP can use to avoid this pitfall.
Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations.
Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
SOLUTION
Nurses and PMHNPs both use therapeutic communication, but their techniques often vary due to differences in training and role focus. Whereas a nurse can offer comforting and brief words when seeing the patient for a few minutes both during the room rounds and while offering discharges, a PMHNP examines the clients psychological self, and in a more time-limited way will explore the clients pathology. For instance, a nurse who is caring for a patient may use
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