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NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 2 Assignment  

Neurotransmission

Instructions

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 familiar with medical/biology terminology.

Concepts/words that must be incorporated and explained throughout your ‘story’ includes:

Neurotransmitter

Synaptic Cleft

Receiving Neuron

Signal Transduction Cascade

Voltage-gated and Ligand-ion channels

G-protein-linked Receptor

Agonist, Partial Agonist, Antagonist, and Inverse Agonist and their Role in Signal Transduction

Please follow the Assignment Rubric. The expected length of the submission is 250-500 words and include at least three scholarly references in your work.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 5 Assignment  

Depression Treatment Guidelines

Overview

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 your practice.

Instructions

Read the questions for this assignment.

Reflect on what is being asked. Consider the learning materials you learned this week in the course.

Fully answer each of the questions posed to you. It should be 2-3 pages in length, excluding title and reference page, in APA format, with a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed references. Grammar, punctuation and spelling should be appropriate.

Your assignment should be in APA format with evidence-based references to support your statements.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 7 Assignment  

Introduction to the PMHNP SOAP Note

Introduction

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 and can be used to communicate this status to other health care professionals.

Instructions

Review the following resources:

SOAP Note Presentation (PowerPoint)

SOAP Note Presentation Transcript

SOAP Note Template (Word)

Complete the SOAP Note Questionnaire and submit to this assignment.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 9 Assignment  

Pediatric ADHD Education

Overview

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 you use to discuss this diagnosis?

Your assignment should be in APA format with evidence-based references to support your statements.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 10 Assignment  

Exploration of Bluelight

Overview

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?"

Did anything about this surprise you?

No references are required; APA format not required. Appropriate spelling and grammar are required.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 11 Assignment  

Pediatric Clinical Reference Tool

Overview

Submit the complete Pediatric Clinical Reference Tool here for individual grading. Each member of each group must submit a copy of their groups Pediatric Treatment Reference for individual grading.

Your assignment should be in APA format with evidence-based references to support your statements.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 14 Assignment  

Continuing Education Plan

Overview

With a well thought out plan, you can achieve virtually any goal you set for yourself. And making a plan is crucial for continuing your education to build further skills and knowledge that can be applied to your work.

For this assignment, you are going to develop a plan for continuing education in psychopharmacology. The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with continuing education materials and to begin developing habits that will keep your psychopharmacology skills and knowledge up to date.

Familiarize yourself with various learning resources and continuing education opportunities including but not limited to reference books, clinical journals, newsletters, professional organizations, conferences, CME events, local psychiatry grand rounds, psychiatry podcasts (several universities podcast their grand rounds).

Identify the resources that you find most useful. What do you like about them?

Which resources are appropriate for use on a routine basis for point of care clinical information?

Which resources are helpful for staying current with emerging information in psychopharmacology?

Which resources are useful for in depth learning on topics of interest?

What is the feasibility of these resources in terms of cost, time and travel?

Develop a continuing education plan. This is your commitment to independent learning. Identify the actions that you plan to take:

On a routine basis, when questions arise at point of care.

On a weekly or monthly basis - subscriptions, online readings, etc.

On an annual basis, such as conferences or symposiums.

Include resources that will provide a meet a variety of learning needs - guide clinical decision making at point of care, provide current information on new drugs or new safety information and deepen your understanding of particular topics.

Write a summary of your plan. How do your chosen resources support your learning goals? Why did you choose them?

Please provide references and links to your educational resources.

Submit your plan to Moodle.

The main ideas are to:

Identify your psychopharmacology learning goals. Research available resources including journals, newsletters, lecture series (such as grand rounds), conferences. Then, create a learning plan to meet your learning goals.

Note when you would like to complete each goal and the feasibility of the time range.

Note future plans for your continuing education that would allow to reach your goals.

Your assignment should be in APA format with evidence-based references to support your statements.

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.

NU643 Advanced Psychopharmacology

Week 15 Assignment  

Current Trends and Topics

Select either pharmacogenetics or telemedicine as your topic of discussion using this week’s learning materials.

How is this practiced in your state?

Is this practice currently allowed in your state?

Do you see a role for your future practice?

What is your personal perspective on the application of this practice in the provision of psychiatric care?

Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how this activity will be graded.