Monthly Archives: April 2025

• Explain your views on allowing a minor to explore their gender identity.
• Discuss how a psychiatric nurse practitioner could create space for a minor to discuss their gender identities and expressions during a session?
• Use the US clinical guidelines to support your response. 

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted, and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources- scholarly articles only.  

• As a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP), how do you approach the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, particularly in cases where traditional antipsychotic medications and psychosocial interventions have been ineffective?
• What are the challenges and opportunities in utilizing biomarkers of inflammation to aid in the early diagnosis and personalized treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, and how can PMHNPs stay current with advancements in this rapidly evolving field?

After studying Module 6: Lecture Materials & Resources, discuss the following:

You see a 3-year-old with hypertension (documented on three different visits) in your primary care clinic.

• Describe the workup, differential diagnoses, assessment, and management.
• How would your plan of care be different if the child were 10 years old?
• What risk factor counseling and advice would you include?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

Describe your clinical experience for this week.

• Did you face any challenges, any success? If so, what were they?
• Describe the assessment of a patient, detailing the signs and symptoms (S&S), assessment, plan of care, and at least 3 possible differential diagnosis with rationales.
• Mention the health promotion intervention for this patient.
• What did you learn from this week’s clinical experience that can beneficial for you as an advanced practice nurse?
• Support your plan of care with the current peer-reviewed research guideline.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

case study

A 79-year-old male remarks on his first visit that he has noticed a gradual decrease in vision in both his eyes since last year. His old medical record has not yet arrived at your office. He states that since he moved from Florida a year ago, he has not had an eye examination and does not yet know an ophthalmologist. He is having difficulty carrying on his activities of daily living that involve his sight. He states that he cannot recognize people at some distance until they come quite close and he is often frightened by his perception of strangers speaking to him. Watching television and reading are becoming increasingly difficult for him. He states that glare is a problem and notes that a few times he almost tripped over something on the floor. He still drives his car in the local community. He asks if you think he may have a cataract. He says his wife had two cataracts in the past and he remembers her complaining of vision problems which have now resolved.

Vital Signs: BP 128/84; HR 82; RR 18; BMI 24.

Chief Complaint: Decrease in my vision; glare is very bothersome!

Discuss the following:

1) What additional subjective data are you seeking to include past medical history, social, and relevant family history?
2) What additional objective data will you be assessing for?
3) What are the differential diagnoses that you are considering?
4) What laboratory tests will help you rule out some of the differential diagnoses?
5) What radiological examinations or additional diagnostic studies would you order?
6) What treatment and specific information about the prescription that you will give this patient?
7) What are the potential complications from the treatment ordered?
8) What additional laboratory tests might you consider ordering?
9) What additional patient teaching may be needed?
10) Will you be looking for a consult?

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources

Describe your clinical experience for this week.

must be on geriatric patient 

• Did you face any challenges, any success? If so, what were they?
• Describe the assessment of a patient, detailing the signs and symptoms (S&S), assessment, plan of care, and at least 3 possible differential diagnosis with rationales.
• Mention the health promotion intervention for this patient.
• What did you learn from this week’s clinical experience that can beneficial for you as an advanced practice nurse?
• Support your plan of care with the current peer-reviewed research guideline.

Submission Instructions:

• Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.