Describe how you would proceed with the assessment of a child with suspected ADHD. What would be different in your approach to the assessment of an adult with suspected ADHD? Describe how you would assess clients from each of these age groups. Be sure to discuss the contrast in the difference of the DSM-5 criteria, and how it can help you to arrive at the correct diagnosis. Be sure to include ethical/legal considerations in your response.
What would be different in your approach to the assessment of an adult with suspected ADHD?
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.
Also, the articles should have been published within the past 5 years and be peer reviewed. Pull in content from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
Application of information to advance practice nursing experiences promotes the analysis and use of principles, knowledge and information learned and related to real-life clinical situations. Interactive dialogue among instructors and peers fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives and knowledge is shared.
REQUIREMENTS:
The first posting by a student within the required discussion area is considered to be the initial posting and will be evaluated using the rubric criteria. Students are required to submit scholarly work in communication. Course textbook (s), assigned readings and lesson information may be used in the initial post. However, these are not considered outside scholarly sources. Initial postings must be at a minimum of 300 words.
Additionally, the peer responses must occur on a separate day, and not the same day as initial posting. Besides, peer responses must be a minimum of 150 words.