PRAC 6635 Week 8: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs Assignment

PRAC 6635 Week 8: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs Assignment

PRAC 6635 Week 8: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs Assignment

Week 8: Substance-Related Disorders

What do I have to do? When do I have to do it?

Review your Learning Resources.
Days 1-7

Assignment: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs
Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.

Carlat (2017) suggested that an initial diagnostic interview for substance-related disorders should be limited in scope, seeking to establish whether the patient’s behavior meets DSM-5-TR criteria, and to generally assess severity and relationships with comorbidities. A full history of individual, genetic, social, and environmental factors may not be possible during the initial interview. Note that the DSM-5-TR does not use the term addiction, in order to avoid the negative connotation of the word and to reflect the range of use from mild to severe. The advanced practice nurse, too, should seek to avoid stigma and use a non-judgmental approach with patients.

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This week, you will reinforce your knowledge of assessment and diagnosis of substance-related disorders through your reading selections. You will also continue to engage with Meditrek, recording your clinical hours and patient encounters.

Reference: Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Learning Objective

Students will:

Describe clinical hours and patient encounters

Learning Resources

Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)

Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

Chapter 26, Assessing Alcohol Use Disorder

HSofCorporation. (2020).Meditrek: Home. https://edu.meditrek.com/Default.html

Note: Use this website to log into Meditrek to report your clinical hours and patient encounters.

Recommended

American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Substance related and addictive disorders. In Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed., text rev.).

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2015). Kaplan and Sadocks synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

Chapter 20, Substance Use and Addictive Disorders
Chapter 31,Child Psychiatry
Section 31.16, Adolescent Substance Abuse

Walden University. (2020). College of Nursing practicum manual: Master of science in nursing (MSN) and post-master’s certificate programs. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/formsanddocuments

Walden University Field Experience. (2020a). Field experience: College of Nursing. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/fieldexperience/son/home

Walden University Field Experience. (2020b). Student practicum resources: NP student orientation. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/StudentPracticum/NP_StudentOrientation

Assignment: Clinical Hour and Patient Logs

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Clinical Hour Log

For this course, all practicum activity hours are logged within the Meditrek system. Hours completed must be logged in Meditrek within 48 hours of completion to be counted. You may only log hours with Preceptors that are approved in Meditrek. Students with catalog years before Spring 2018 must complete a minimum of 144 practicum hours. Students with catalog years beginning Spring 2018 must complete a minimum of 160 practicum hours. You may not complete your hours sooner than 8 weeks.

Each log entry must be linked with an individual practicum learning objective or a graduate program objective. You should track your hours in Meditrek as they are completed.

Your clinical hour log must include the following:

Dates
Course
Clinical Faculty
Preceptor
Total Time (for the day)
Notes/Comments–including the objective to which the log entry is aligned

Patient Log

Throughout this course, you will also keep a log of patient encounters using Meditrek. You must record at least 80 patients by the end of this practicum.

The patient log must include the following:

Date
Course
Clinical Faculty
Preceptor
Patient Number
Client Information
Visit Information
Practice Management
Diagnosis
Student Notes- Students must include a brief summary/synopsis of the patient visit—this does not need to be a SOAP note; however, the note needs to be sufficient to remember your patient encounter

Record your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek.
What’s Coming Up in Week 9?

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Next week, you will select a clinical patient that you examined during the last 2 weeks who has a disorder other than the ones covered in your Week 5 and Week 7 Assignments. With this patient in mind, you will complete a comprehensive psychiatric evaluation and case presentation. Additionally, you will track your clinical hours and patient encounters in Meditrek. You will also engage in reading to bolster your confidence in assessing and diagnosing personality, paraphilic, and sexual disorders.

Looking Ahead: Final Evaluation

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This week, check that your Preceptor has received an email from Meditrek with instructions for your Final Evaluation. The Final Evaluation is completed in Week 10.

Next Week

To go to the next week:

Week 9