Practicum Site Information   Prior to starting the course, you should have applied for a practicum site following the guidelines for PMHNP practice. Now it is time to make it official. For this Assignment, you provide your Clinical Faculty with information about your practicum site, your preceptor, and your clinical calendar.    To Prepare:   […]

Assessing Client Progress   Learning Objectives   Students will:   Assess progress for clients receiving psychotherapy   Differentiate progress notes from privileged notes   Analyze preceptor’s use of privileged notes   To prepare:   Reflect on the client you selected for the Week 3 Practicum Assignment.   Review the Cameron and Turtle-Song (2002) article in […]

As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that you are able to connect your classroom experience to your practicum experience. By applying the concepts you study in the classroom to clinical settings, you enhance your professional competency. Each week, you complete an Assignment that prompts you to reflect on your practicum experiences and […]

Assess clients presenting for psychotherapy   Develop genograms for clients presenting for psychotherapy   To prepare:   Select a client whom you have observed or counseled at your practicum site.   Review pages 137–142 of the Wheeler text and the Hernandez Family Genogram video in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on elements of writing a […]

Research Paper Full Sentence Outline   Develop a full-sentence outline of your research topic, taking care to structure your thoughts on the topic in a coherent fashion that clearly illustrates your objectives and intentions.   Your full sentence outline should identify your thesis statement, the leadership in healthcare topic, and also a leadership theory or […]

Annotated Bibliography Part I   Develop an annotated bibliography for use in your research paper. The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate progress in compiling research and to indicate a methodology for organizing research sources.   Recommended: Before you begin, review chapters 4–6 in A Pocket Style Manual (APA).   Include the following in […]

Annotated Bibliography Part II   The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate progress in compiling research and to indicate a methodology for organizing research sources.   Recommended: Before you begin, review chapters 4–6 in A Pocket Style Manual (APA).   Include the following in your annotated bibliography:   APA citations and annotations for three […]

Identify a topic related to health care and leadership; this will be the subject of your research paper due in week 7. You will then be working to incorporate a leadership theory or approach discussed in this course and apply it to your leadership in healthcare topic in later weeks.  Make sure that your leadership […]

Describe which type of morality Kenny is displaying when he makes the decision to steal medical supplies for the homeless man. Watch both examples of Sara’s reporting decisions and analyze the consequences of each decision. Think about what you learned from the team leadership chapter in your text. What benefits came from Sara reporting Kenny […]

Tomas did not get the care he deserved due to his doctor’s prejudice toward his identity. Sara faced challenges with the same doctor challenging her leadership abilities as a woman. Have you, or someone you know, faced barriers similar to those in this episode or described in this week’s readings? Share an example of a […]