Exploration of Bluelight Go to BlueLight Discussion Forums   This is a site where addicted individuals share information about drugs of abuse including misuse of many prescription drugs.   Browse, research a recreational or prescription drug.   Post your findings in a brief summary. (150-250 words).   What is “the word on the street?”   […]

Pediatric ADHD Education You are meeting with the parents of a child being evaluated for ADHD. For this assignment briefly address the following questions.       What information would you provide to educate parents/caretakers regarding etiology and symptoms of ADHD?   What treatment options would you discuss with the parents/caretakers?   What information/resources would […]

Introduction to the PMHNP SOAP Note The PMHNP SOAP note is a tool utilized to guide clinical reasoning to assess, diagnosis, and develop a treatment plan for a patient based on information presented and current evaluation of the patient. These notes serve as an important source of information about the health status of the patient […]

Depression Treatment Guidelines Review the depression treatment guidelines (APA, VA/DoD, NICE) in clinical resources and compare the recommendations. Which guidelines do you find most useful? Least useful? Why? Compare and contrast each of the guidelines, and provide rationale for which one you are most likely to use as a first-line reference tool going forward in […]

Neurotransmission Tell a ‘story’ by describing how a neuronal impulse creates a cascade of events to occur within the neuron and between neurons. Imagine that you are explaining how neuronal activation occurs, and what the step-by-step processes are, as you would, to a fellow nurse practitioner that has not specialized in psychiatric nursing but is […]

Get To Know Your Peers Introduce yourself to your instructor and classmates by recording a one-to two-minute video on Zoom. Please follow How to record using Zoom for recording instructions and post your video file to this discussion forum. Please let us know:   Where you are from   Your experience in health care   […]

Complementary Treatment At this point: You should have chosen and posted your non-herbal complementary treatment topic.   For this discussion will complete the following in a one-page summary:   Describe the complementary treatment.   What is it?   What are its proposed benefits?   Are there any risks?   Describe access to the treatment – […]

Pregnancy and Lactation Research Note: Consider your prior case studies for Depression in Module 5 and Bipolar Mania in Module 7. Revisit and thoroughly review them.   How would your treatment plan (medications, therapy, etc) change for the pregnant female in Module 5 with Depression and Module 7 with Bipolar Mania?   How would this […]

Geriatric Case Study E.L. is a 84 year-old-woman who lives in her own home with a full-time caregiver and attends a day program on weekdays. E.L. has a history of bipolar disorder and moderate dementia. At baseline she is cantankerous and opinionated. More recently her caregiver reports that behaviors are agitated and oppositional.   E.L. […]

Written Health History The purpose of this assignment is for you to obtain and document a comprehensive health history.   Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.   To Complete Your Assignment:   Identify a patient in the clinical setting or friend, peer, or family member, that […]