nursing assignment.

Walden University PMHNP PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills List

Target Patient Population: 40 children/adolescents and 40 adults/older adults

Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in:

• Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan • Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions • Performing and interpreting a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical

examination (including laboratory and diagnostic studies) • Performing and interpreting a mental status examination • Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history • Performing and interpreting a functional assessment (activities of daily living,

occupational, social, leisure, educational). Diagnostic reasoning skill in:

• Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list • Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5 based on assessment data • Differentiating between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological

symptoms/changes Pharmacotherapeutic skills in:

• Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management)

• Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary • Documenting (e.g., adverse reaction, the patient response, changes to the plan of

care) Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

• Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalities across the lifespan • Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for

psychotherapeutic plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management, modality appropriate for situation)

• Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers

• Develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care • Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers • Promote health and disease prevention techniques

Professional skills: • Maintains professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to improve clinical practice in mental health

settings • Identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions • Demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy • Practices within scope of practice

Walden University PMHNP PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills List

• Demonstrate ability Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument(s), interpreting results, and making recommendations and referrals

• Demonstrates selecting the correct screening instrument appropriate for the clinical situation

• Implements the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients • Interprets results for screening instruments accurately • Develops an appropriate plan of care based upon screening instruments response

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Walden University PMHNP PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills List

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