Advancing Nursing Practice Through Collaborative Learning
A client is referred to your clinic following an inpatient hospitalization for treatment of opioid use disorder. ,The client complains of depression anxiety panic attacks and insomnia. How would you determine what the “actual” issue is with this client? Discus the role of comprehensive assessment in the differential diagnosis, with emphasis on how you would approach this assessment. Include a discussion of how DSM-5 criteria can help you to distinguish between these conditions. What would the treatment plan be? Be sure to include ethical/legal considerations in your response.
Purpose:
The purpose of required threaded discussions is an interactive dialogue among instructors and students to assist the student in organizing, integrating, applying, and critically appraising one’s knowledge regarding the nursing profession and selected area of practice. Scholarly information obtained from current sources as well as professional communication is required. The articles should have been published within the past 5 years and be peer reviewed. In some cases, you will need to pull in content from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Advancing Nursing Practice Through Collaborative Learning
Applying information advances nursing practice. It promotes analysis and use of principles and knowledge in real-life clinical situations. Interactive dialogue among instructors and peers builds a learning community. Participants share ideas, perspectives, and knowledge.
Due Date:
Post your initial response to the required discussion topic by Friday at 11:59 pm EST. Respond to peers and instructors by Tuesday at 11:59 pm EST.
Total Points Possible: 50 points.
Requirements:
- Initial Posting: This is your first response to the required discussion topic. Your initial post in the discussion area will be evaluated using the rubric criteria. Use scholarly communication. Include one outside scholarly source that thoroughly addresses the topic. You may use the course textbook, assigned readings, and lesson information, but these are not considered outside sources. Your initial post must be at least 300 words. References do not count toward the word count. APA