Applied Sciences Assignment

 

Students will individually create a comic strip illustrating a clinical interaction between a psychiatric nurse practitioner and a patient with a somatic symptom disorder. The comic should include the patient’s symptoms, diagnosis, treatment plan, and psychopharmacology. Students will submit their comic to the discussion board and a short reflection on the role of psychopharmacology in managing the disorder.

Guidelines

• Choose one somatic symptom disorder
• Create a 4- to 6-frame comic strip depicting:
  
  • The patient's presentation and symptoms
  • The assessment and diagnostic process
  • The treatment plan, including psychopharmacology
• Submit your comic on the discussion platform along with a 200-word reflection on the importance of psychopharmacology in treating the disorder.
• Respond to at least three peers' comics and reflections, focusing on:
  
  • The clarity and effectiveness of their comic in explaining the disorder and treatment
  • Suggestions to improve the depiction of the nurse-patient interaction
  • Additional considerations they could include in their reflection about psychopharmacology

Free Tools Recommendations

• CanvaLinks to an external site. offers customizable templates, including comic strip templates, that students can easily modify to create their comic strips. It's user-friendly and provides free graphic templates.
• PixtonLinks to an external site. is a free online tool specifically for creating comics. It provides students with characters, backgrounds, and props to build scenes and make engaging comic strips.
• Storyboard ThatLinks to an external site. is a tool allows students to create storyboard-style comics using a simple drag-and-drop system. It offers customizable characters and a variety of settings and text options.
• Make Beliefs ComixLinks to an external site. is a simple, free tool designed for students to create comic strips. It offers a straightforward interface with basic tools and preset characters, backgrounds, and speech bubbles.