NURS 6630 Week 6 Assignment
Assignment: Assessing and Treating
Clients With Psychosis and
Schizophrenia
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NURS 6630 Week 6 Assignment
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis and
Schizophrenia
NURS 6630 Week 6: Antipsychotic Therapy
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, approximately
100,000 people experience psychosis in the United States each year
(NAMI, 2016). In practice, clients may present with delusions,
hallucinations, disorganized thinking, disorganized or abnormal motor
behavior, as well as other negative symptoms that can be disabling for
these individuals. Not only are these symptoms one of the most
challenging symptom clusters you will encounter, many are associated
with other disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and disorders
on the schizophrenia spectrum. As a psychiatric mental health nurse
practitioner, you must understand the underlying neurobiology of
these symptoms to select appropriate therapies and improve outcomes
for clients.
This week, as you examine antipsychotic therapies, you explore the
assessment and treatment of clients with psychosis and schizophrenia.
You also consider ethical and legal implications of these therapies.
Assignment: Assessing and Treating Clients With Psychosis
and Schizophrenia
Psychosis and schizophrenia greatly impact the brain’s normal
processes, which interferes with the ability to think clearly. When
symptoms of these disorders are uncontrolled, clients may struggle to
function in daily life. However, clients often thrive when properly
diagnosed and treated under the close supervision of a psychiatric
mental health practitioner. For this Assignment, as you examine the
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