Evaluate efficacy of treatment plans

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Assignment: Assessing and Treating Pediatric Clients With Mood Disorders

When pediatric clients present with mood disorders, the process of assessing, diagnosing, and treating them can be quite complex. Children not only present with different signs and symptoms than adult clients with the same disorders, but they also metabolize medications much differently. As a result, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners must exercise caution when prescribing psychotropic medications to these clients. For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this week's Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat pediatric clients presenting with mood disorders.

Note: This Assignment is the first of 10 assignments that are based on interactive client case studies. For these assignments, you will be required to make decisions about how to assess and treat clients. Each of your decisions will have a consequence. Some consequences will be insignificant, and others may be life altering. You are not expected to make the "right" decision every time; in fact, some scenarios may not have a "right" decision. You are, however, expected to learn from each decision you make and demonstrate the ability to weigh risks versus benefits to prescribe appropriate treatments for clients.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Assess client factors and history to develop personalized plans of antidepressant therapy for pediatric clients

• Analyze factors that influence pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes in pediatric clients requiring antidepressant therapy

• Evaluate efficacy of treatment plans

• Analyze ethical and legal implications related to prescribing antidepressant therapy to pediatric clients

Examine Case Study: An African American Child Suffering From Depression. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client's pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

1. At each decision point stop to complete the following:

i. Decision #1

• Which decision did you select?

• Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #1 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

ii. Decision #2

• Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #2 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

iii. Decision #3

• Why did you select this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources.

• Explain any difference between what you expected to achieve with Decision #3 and the results of the decision. Why were they different?

Information related to above question is enclosed below:

Attachment:- Assignment.rar

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