nurs 5274 developmental models of care and your emerging understanding of your advanced practice as a mental health nurse practitioner
Arrange your thoughts about
developmental models of care and your emerging understanding of your
advanced practice as a mental health nurse practitioner. Use information
from your readings to identify your own barriers to treating the
disorders listed in the lessons in this course. Reflect on how your
experiences at each developmental stage may have affected your ability
to offer empathy to those in your care.
Tell me what your understanding of what an advanced nurse practitioner
in psych looks like. What kinds of problems do you see in children,
teen-agers, young adults, adults and geriatrics?
for instance adults & geriatrics what mental problems do you see?
depression (loss of spouse), neurocognitive disorders, What kind of
problems do you see in teens & young adults (drug abuse) and
schizophrenia, bipolar, etc.
Describe what kinds of patients you are going to see and what type of problems you will see
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