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Week 8 Final Paper

Your final paper will consist of a consolidation study. You are to make a case either for or against the benefits of consolidation. You can use the fire department from your Week 4 paper or choose another fire department. In many areas of the country, fire departments are undergoing consolidation. As communities grow and populations increase, some fire departments are considering combining with other departments in order to avoid duplication of services, reduce costs, and a variety of other reasons.You are to choose a fire department (“Department A”) and analyze the services offered to the citizens. Assume that a neighboring department (“Department B”) provides similar fire services, although possibly at a different level. Your goal with this paper is to determine whether or not there are benefits to consolidating two fire departments into a single department.Assume your are a Fire Chief of “Department A” that is considering absorbing “Department B.” You are writing this paper to make a case to your City Council or County Council as to whether or not it would be advantageous to consolidate and absorb “Department B.”Part 1. Report on the overall budget of both fire departments. Include the populations covered, the size of the departments, number of stations, services offered, ISO rating, etc. Give an overall view of both of the departments’ budget.Part 2. Make an argument as to whether or not consolidation of services into a single department would make sense from a financial standpoint. Analyze whether or not it would make sense to combine budgets in order to offer the same fire services, or possibly even better fire services, to the citizens to be covered under the consolidated fire department.Part 3. Explain how you would handle the change from two fire departments into a single department. If you are for consolidation, how would your command structure change? How would you absorb the personnel from the other fire department? Would you keep the same staffing at all of the stations? Would you keep all the stations open, or are there some that could be closed? How would you handle fire prevention and inspection efforts? If you are against consolidation, explain why. These are only some of the issues you should cover. Feel free to include others.Your paper should be a minimum of four pages and should be submitted in APA format. Use your textbook, the internet, professional journals as well as information you gain from personal interviews. You must use a minimum of four sources.

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Week 8 Final Paper

Your final paper will consist of a consolidation study. You are to make a case either for or against the benefits of consolidation. You can use the fire department from your Week 4 paper or choose another fire department. In many areas of the country, fire departments are undergoing consolidation. As communities grow and populations increase, some fire departments are considering combining with other departments in order to avoid duplication of services, reduce costs, and a variety of other reasons.You are to choose a fire department (“Department A”) and analyze the services offered to the citizens. Assume that a neighboring department (“Department B”) provides similar fire services, although possibly at a different level. Your goal with this paper is to determine whether or not there are benefits to consolidating two fire departments into a single department.Assume your are a Fire Chief of “Department A” that is considering absorbing “Department B.” You are writing this paper to make a case to your City Council or County Council as to whether or not it would be advantageous to consolidate and absorb “Department B.”Part 1. Report on the overall budget of both fire departments. Include the populations covered, the size of the departments, number of stations, services offered, ISO rating, etc. Give an overall view of both of the departments’ budget.Part 2. Make an argument as to whether or not consolidation of services into a single department would make sense from a financial standpoint. Analyze whether or not it would make sense to combine budgets in order to offer the same fire services, or possibly even better fire services, to the citizens to be covered under the consolidated fire department.Part 3. Explain how you would handle the change from two fire departments into a single department. If you are for consolidation, how would your command structure change? How would you absorb the personnel from the other fire department? Would you keep the same staffing at all of the stations? Would you keep all the stations open, or are there some that could be closed? How would you handle fire prevention and inspection efforts? If you are against consolidation, explain why. These are only some of the issues you should cover. Feel free to include others.Your paper should be a minimum of four pages and should be submitted in APA format. Use your textbook, the internet, professional journals as well as information you gain from personal interviews. You must use a minimum of four sources.

Topic: Do the social networks have a positive or negative effect in the adolescents?

Position: Negative

Thesis Statement: I have to comment that the social networks in my opinion have a negative effect in the adolescents because these cause problems of mental health and lower their academic performance.

Arguments:

Argument 1: Mental health

· Exists a social comparison constant that generates low self-esteem and causes body dissatisfaction.

· Anxiety and depression provoked by the necessity of validation that do another with a like.

· The existence of a cyberbullying, that affects to a porcient considerable approximately of young people and causes emotional traumas.

Argument 2: Academic performance

· The addictive distraction that provokes a reduction of the concentration in tasks and studies.

· Decrease of the cognitive efficiency for the multitasking between networks and homework.

 

 

 

 

· Investigations link the excessive use of the networks with averages of qualifications minors.

Counterargument:

· Offer educational resources and learning content.

· Allow maintain friendships in spite of the distance and create communities of support between young people.

Refutation:

The educational benefits we see that are overshadowed by the distracting content, and the friendships that are reached of virtual form are not going to substitute never the real human interaction. Many studies from the point of view of the psychology confirm us that the negative psychological effects are much more generalized that the positives.

Using the annotated bibliography from Assignment 2 and the Topic Outline from Assignment 3, the student will develop a coherent literature review based on 10 peer-reviewed journal articles that present empirical research derived from primary sources. Note: These SHOULD be the same sources used in Assignments 2 and 3; however, if any of the 10 sources used in Assignment 2 were not peer-reviewed journal articles based on empirical research and derived from primary sources, then additional sources will need to be included. An NSU librarian will provide additional training on using the library databases in preparation for this Assignment. The paper should be approximately 5-7 pages in length (not including the cover page and references section) and adhere to APA style.

Upload a draft of your literature review for submission to Turnitin. Then click Submission Details. You should see a hyperlinked number. Click the number/colored box to view your Turnitin report. If the number is significantly high (yellow, orange, or red), you need to address any areas of concern before submitting your final draft.

Please see the Assignment for additional details and the corresponding rubric.

Week 7 Assignment

Healthcare Finance

 Developing Financial Statement

All organizations, including those in the healthcare industry, need to make money to be profitable and survive. Financial statements, such as balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements summarize an organization’s profitability and overall financial status. For this Assignment, you practice developing three key financial statements using data from a medical center.

 

To prepare for this Assignment: 

• Review the Week 7 Assignment document provided to you by the instructor in the Announcements. Examine the data from the medical center described in the document. Reflect on how you will use this data to develop a balance sheet, profit and loss statement (statement of operations), and cash flow statement (statement of changes in net assets). Refer to the course text for additional guidance.
• Download the Week 7 Financial Statement Excel Template

 

Submit the following:

• Complete a balance sheet, profit and loss statement (statement of operations), and cash flow statement (statement of changes in net assets) using the “Week 7 Financial Statement Excel Template.”

Healthcare Financial Management and Economics Week 7 Assignment – NorthWest Medical Center

Assignment: Developing Financial Statements

All organizations, including those in the healthcare industry, need to make money to be profitable and survive. Financial statements, such as balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements, summarize this profitability and an organization’s overall financial status. For this Assignment, you practice developing three key financial statements using data from the NorthWest Medical Center.

 NorthWest Medical Center

North Medical Center is a large NorthWestern acute care and ambulatory facility serving an urban city population.

Givens (in ‘000s):
Insurance expense	$70,000
Cash	$20,000
Patient revenues (net of contractuals)	$614,000
Net accounts receivable	$25,000
Ending balance, temporarily restricted net assets	$8,700
Wages payable	$9,100
Prepaid expense	$1,100
Long-term debt	$189,700
Supply expense	$66,000
Gross plant, property, and equipment	$556,000
Net assets released from temporary restriction	$8,000
Depreciation expense	$10,000
General expense	$95,000
Transfer to parent corporation	($8,000)
Beginning balance, unrestricted net assets	$203,400
Accounts payable	$18,000
Beginning balance, temporarily restricted net assets	$16,700
Provision for bad debt expense	$5,400
Labor expense	$145,000
Accumulated depreciation	$99,000
Long-term investments	$148,400
Ending balance, unrestricted net assets	$426,000

 To prepare for this Assignment:

 Examine the data from NorthWest Medical Center. Reflect on how you will use this data to develop a Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, and Cash Flow Statement. Refer to the course text for additional guidance.

The Assignment:

 

Complete a Balance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement (Statement of Operations), and Cash Flow Statement (Statement of Changes in Net Assets) using the Week 7 Financial Statement Excel Template located in the Learning Resources.

Your Assignment is due by Day 7 of Week 7.

Introduction

As patient safety concerns continue to be addressed in healthcare settings, nurses can play an active role in implementing safety improvement measures and plans. Often root-cause analyses are conducted and safety improvement plans are created to address sentinel or adverse events such as medication errors, patient falls, wrong-site surgery events, and hospital-acquired infections. Performing a root-cause analysis offers a systematic approach for identifying causes of problems, including process and system-check failures. Once the causes of failures have been determined, a safety improvement plan can be developed to prevent recurrences. The baccalaureate nurse’s role as a leader is to create safety improvement plans as well as disseminate vital information to staff nurses and other healthcare professionals to protect patients and improve outcomes.

As you prepare for this assessment, it would be an excellent choice to complete the Quality and Safety Improvement Plan Knowledge Base activity and to review the various assessment resources, all of which will help you build your knowledge of key concepts and terms related to quality and safety improvement. The terms and concepts will be helpful as you prepare your Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan. Activities are not graded and demonstrate course engagement.

Overview

Nursing practice is governed by healthcare policies and procedures as well as state and national regulations developed to prevent problems. It is critical for nurses to participate in gathering and analyzing data to determine causes of patient safety issues, in solving problems, and in implementing quality improvements.

For this assessment, use the specific safety concern identified in your previous assessment as the subject of a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan.

Instructions

The purpose of this assessment is to demonstrate your understanding of and ability to analyze a root cause of a specific safety concern in a healthcare setting. You will create a plan to improve the safety of patients related to the safety quality issue presented in your Assessment Supplement PDF in Assessment 1. Based on the results of your analysis, using the literature and professional best practices as well as the existing resources at your chosen healthcare setting, provide a rationale for your plan.

Use the Root-Cause Analysis and Safety Improvement Plan [DOCX] template to complete the assessment.

Additionally, be sure that your plan addresses the following, which corresponds to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. Please study the scoring guide carefully so you understand what is needed for a distinguished score.

• Analyze the root cause of a patient safety issue or a specific sentinel event in an organization.
• Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address the safety issue or sentinel event.
• Create a viable, evidence-based safety improvement plan.
• Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve your plan.
• Communicate in writing that is clear, logical, and professional, with correct grammar and spelling, using current APA style.

Additional Requirements

• Length of submission: Use the provided template to create a root-cause analysis and safety improvement plan. There is no page limit. A title page is not required but you must include a reference list as per the template.
• Number of references: Cite a minimum of 3 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your findings and considerations. Resources should be no more than 5 years old. Use the BSN Nursing Program Library Guide as needed.
• APA formatting: Format references and citations according to current APA style. See the APA Module.

Competencies Measured

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 1: Analyze the elements of a successful quality improvement initiative.
  • Apply evidence-based and best-practice strategies to address a safety issue or sentinel event.
  • Create a feasible, evidence-based safety improvement plan to address a specific patient safety issue.
• Competency 2: Analyze factors that lead to patient safety risks.
  • Analyze the root cause of a specific sentinel event or a patient safety issue in an organization.
• Competency 3: Identify organizational interventions to promote patient safety.
  • Identify existing organizational resources that could be leveraged to improve a plan.
• Competency 5: Apply professional, scholarly, evidence-based strategies to communicate in a manner that supports safe and effective patient care.
  • Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions; contains few errors in grammar or punctuation, word choice, and spelling.
  • Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references exhibiting nearly flawless adherence to APA format.

Hallmark Assignment: Community Project Presentation Overview

You must complete 22.5 hours of practical experience for this course. It is NOT “hands-on” but instead is “research-based.” You will log the time spent researching/collecting the data for the Hallmark (worksheets located in week 7 module). You will log all time on the Practicum Time Log (also located in week 7’s module). This form will be turned in week 13 to complete the course. In addition, you are required to interview a public health nurse (PHN) which may count toward these practicum hours. We will offer 3-4 interview opportunities (dates and links will be provided in the announcements) or you may interview a PHN nurse in your community. Only 1 hour per interview up to 5 total interviews may be counted toward the practicum hours.

Introduction

For this assignment, you will examine the role of the nurse in caring for the community as your patient, utilizing a population-focused nursing process. You will create an educational PowerPoint presentation (instructions below). This final assignment will reflect ability and achievement in the following areas:

Intentional Learning, Reflection, and Clinical Judgment Decision Making and Evidence-Based Practice Professionalism and Leadership Organization and Presentation Writing and APA Formatting Objectives

Demonstrate collaborative standardization of safe practices through health promotion. Integrate course concepts, incorporating understanding of principles and practices of providing and coordinating culturally competent, comprehensive client-centered nursing care from a community and population-health standpoint. Instructions

You are a community health nurse preparing a presentation to board members about your community. There is a need to determine demographic information and top health concerns, develop a preventative teaching proposal about a priority health concern, and then develop a disaster plan. You will record this presentation as though you are presenting it to board members.

Identify the community in which you currently reside or will practice in as a nurse.

From Worksheet #1: Identify demographic, community, and social data Identify the top 3 Chronic Health Disease and support with statistical data Identify the Healthy People 2030 goal for each Identify the top 3 Infectious Diseases and support with statistical data Identify the Healthy People 2030 goal for each Identify the top 3 Health Risk Factors and support with statistical data

From Worksheet #2: Develop a preventative teaching proposal Determine one top priority community concern from your research about the chronic and infectious diseases and risk factors affecting your community Include at least 3 objectives written as SMART goals Include at least 2 topics per objective Include educational strategy, delivery method, and evaluation method

From Worksheet #3: Choose a disaster that could affect your community Identify emergency resources available Identify 4 vulnerable populations Identify the potential effects of the disaster on: infrastructure, emergency services, and the general population Identify at least 3 anticipated health issues related to the disaster List 3-5 nursing interventions you could perform immediately following the disaster (without immediate access to EMS or the hospital) Your presentation should be 15-20 slides (not including title, objectives, and references slides) with detailed presenter notes with in-text citations for each slide. Include at least four (4) scholarly sources. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment. Audio recording is required. Be sure to completely answer all the prompts/questions. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with in-text citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA 7th Edition writing style for the presentation. Include at least one slide for your references at the end.

Assignment Expectations

Length: 15-20 slides; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner. Include at least four (4) scholarly sources. Include audio recording narration. Below is a recommended breakdown for the assignment. Title: 1 slide Objectives/Introduction: 1 slide Community demographics & social data: 3-4 slides Chronic Health Diseases: 1 slide Infectious Health Diseases: 1 slide Health Risk Factors: 1 slide Teaching Proposal: 4-5 slides Disaster Assessment: 4-5 slides Conclusion: 1 slide References: 1 slide

Health Promotion & Role Development in Adv. Nursing Practice-DBX-DL01 Nora Hernandez-Pupo

Writing Assignment Health promotion Topic Selection Week 2

Writing Assignment Health Problem Proposal

 

Health Disparities

In recent decades, health promotion programs in the United States have substantially improved the health of residents. However, there is ongoing concern about health disparities, which occur most commonly in racial and ethnic minorities, people who do not have health insurance, and those who are poor and have less than a high school education. A recent report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2011a) emphasizes that there are considerable and persistent gaps between the healthiest and least healthy people. For example, many racial and ethnic groups have higher rates of the following conditions that are amenable to preventive interventions: obesity, diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, and cervical cancer. Another disparity in preventive services is the significantly lower rates of adult immunizations among non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics.

 

This is your preliminary work- you will develop these ideas further in week 4’s submission- here I will comment and approve the topic.

 

You must select one of the strong, contemporary health promotion topics that align with the assignment instructions and reflect pressing U.S. health challenges. Each topic below is suitable for developing a full scholarly paper with global, national, and local relevance.

 

(Select ONE topic. Include the Category, Number, and Topic as the title of your proposal.)

Category 1. Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence

1. Preventing Health Misinformation Through Digital Health Literacy

2. Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patient Education

3. Digital Inclusion as a Health Equity Strategy

4. Remote Patient Monitoring for High-Risk Community Populations

5. Wearable Technology to Improve Preventive Health Behaviors

 

Category 2. Climate, Environmental & Community Health

6. Extreme Heat Preparedness for Vulnerable Populations

7. Climate Anxiety and Community Mental Health

8. Air Quality and Community Respiratory Health

9. Community Preparedness for Climate-Related Disasters

10. Food Sustainability and Community Health Promotion

 

Category 3. Women’s Health Across the Lifespan

11. Perimenopause Health Literacy and Wellness

12. Menopause Education as Preventive Healthcare

13. Black Maternal Health Equity

14. Pelvic Floor Health Promotion Across the Lifespan

15. Maternal Mental Health During the First Postpartum Year

 

Category 4. Healthy Aging

16. Preventing Cognitive Decline Through Lifestyle Interventions

17. Reducing Social Isolation Among Older Adults

18. Caregiver Wellness and Burnout Prevention

19. Preventing Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

20. Technology to Support Aging in Place

 

Category 5. Lifestyle Medicine & Prevention

21. Community Sleep Health Promotion

22. Reducing Ultra-Processed Food Consumption

23. Exercise as a Community Prescription Program

24. Stress Reduction as a Population Health Strategy

25. Community-Based Programs to Prevent Metabolic Syndrome

 

Category 6. Emerging Population Health Challenges

26. Health Promotion for Individuals Using GLP-1 Medications

27. Vaccine Confidence in the Age of Social Media

28. Preventing Digital Addiction Across the Lifespan

29. Community-Based Strategies to Reduce Healthcare Distrust

30. Social Prescribing as an Innovative Population Health Intervention

 

You must include your category and number with the associated topic as your TITLE of the Proposal submission.

 

Description of health problem at global, national, and local levels:

 

Throughout this course, you will develop a scholarly PowerPoint Presentation: “Health Promotion Program Proposal,” addressing existing knowledge related to health promotion.

This would be the same health problem you will use for future assignments.

 

For this activity:

Create a presentation page including the name, class name, and paper’s title. Organize the paper continuously, as follows:

1. Introduce the problem with a concise overview of its health impact. This will be your introductory paragraph, but you won’t type “introduction” (1 paragraph).
2. Describe the global relevance of the problem including statistics (1-2 paragraphs).
3. Describe the national relevance of the problem using statistics (1-2 paragraphs).
4. Describe the local relevance and perspective of the problem also using statistics (1-2 paragraphs).
5. Conclude the idea justifying the development of promotion strategies at different levels. This is your final paragraph and conclusion, however you won’t type “conclusion” (1 paragraph).

 

Write the essay following the rules of formal writing and APA 7^th edition.

One paragraph contains at least three complete sentences. Headings (levels 1, 2, and 3 may be used as required).

 

Sample APA paper:

 

Quick_Guide_to_APA_7_Feb2020.pdf

 

APA 7 professional-annotated-compressed.pdf

 

 

Observe also originality. Avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism. Copy and paste is never a good idea. Type and paraphrase the paper. Cite appropriately.

 

For questions and doubts, please reach out to me I am happy to assist with any questions. Please also note that the FNU Writing Center is an excellent resource as their staff can assist you with properly organizing the paper in order to meet the assignment requirements.

REFERENCES Must have DOI Numbers for me to look them up- If I am unable to verify the references points will be deducted.

Great resource to assist you: Reference List: Author/Authors – Purdue OWL® – Purdue University

Writing Assignment Health promotion Topic Selection Week 2

Rubric Details

Maximum Score

100 points

Excellent

The paper demonstrates that the author understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Concepts are integrated into the writer’s own insights. The writer provides concluding remarks that show analysis and synthesis of ideas.

25

Satisfactory

The paper demonstrates that the author, mostly, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course. Some conclusions, however, are not supported in the body of the paper.

20

Unsatisfactory

The paper demonstrates that the author, to a certain extent, understands and has applied concepts learned in the course

15

Unacceptable

The paper does not demonstrate that the author has understood, and applied concepts learned in the course.

10

Excellent

The topic is focused narrowly enough for the scope of this assignment. A thesis statement provides direction for the paper, either by a statement of a position or hypothesis. The topic is consistently well thought out, thorough offers insight into the topic, and includes cited evidence to support the topic.

25

Satisfactory

The topic is focused but lacks direction. The paper is about a specific topic, but the writer has not established a position. The topic is somewhat well thought out, offers limited insight into the topic, but does not include cited evidence to support the topic.

20

Unsatisfactory

The topic is too broad for the scope of this assignment.

15

Unacceptable

The topic is unclear or unrelated to the discussion topic with little or no supporting evidence.

10

Excellent

In-depth discussion and elaboration in all sections of the paper. Ties together information from all sources. Paper flows from one issue to the next with no headings. The author’s writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources Mostly, it ties together information from all sources. There is an introduction and a conclusion in the submission.

25

Satisfactory

In-depth discussion and elaboration in most sections of the paper. Mostly, it ties together information from all sources. Paper flows with only some disjointedness. The author’s writing demonstrates an understanding of the relationship among material obtained from all sources. There is an introduction and a conclusion in the submission.

20

Unsatisfactory

The writer has omitted content. Quotations from others outweigh the writer’s own ideas excessively. Sometimes ties together information from all sources. The paper does not flow. Disjointedness is apparent. The author’s writing does not demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between material obtained from all sources. There is an introduction and/or conclusion in the submission, but not both.

15

Unacceptable

Cursory discussion in all the sections of the paper or brief discussion in only a few sections It does not tie together information. Paper does not flow and appears to be created from disparate issues. Headings are necessary to link concepts. Writing does not demonstrate an understanding of any relationship. There is NO introduction or conclusion in the submission.

10

Excellent

4 current sources are used and are peer-review journal articles or scholarly books. Sources include both general background sources and specialized sources. Special-interest sources and popular literature and acknowledged as such if they are cited. All websites utilized are authoritative.

7

Satisfactory

Used 3 current sources, which are peer-review journal articles or scholarly books. All websites utilized are authoritative.

5.6

Unsatisfactory

Used 2 current sources which are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. All websites utilized are credible.

4.2

Unacceptable

Fewer than 2 current sources are used which are peer-reviewed journal articles or scholarly books. Not all websites utilized are credible, and/or sources are not current.

2.8

Excellent

Fewer than 5 incomplete citations and/or quotations, and APA format errors. ALL DOI numbers present.

6

Satisfactory

More than 5 but fewer than 10 incomplete citations and/or quotations, and APA format errors. 1 reference incomplete without DOI number.

4.8

Unsatisfactory

More than 10 incomplete citations and/or quotations, or APA format errors. 2 references incomplete without DOI number.

3.6

Unacceptable

The citation style is inconsistent or incorrect. It does not cite sources. The paper submitted is NOT in APA Format. more than 2 references incomplete without DOI number.

2.4

Excellent

Topic selected is from approved list on first submission

6

Satisfactory

Student had to resubmit as initial topic was not on approved list.

0.9

Unsatisfactory

0

Unacceptable

0

Excellent

Fewer than 5 grammatical, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors The required word count has been met.

6

Satisfactory

More than 5 but fewer than 10 grammatical, spelling, capitalization & punctuation errors The required word count is 25 words below the minimum required count.

4.8

Unsatisfactory

More than 10 grammatical, spelling, capitalization & punctuation errors The required word count is 50 words below the minimum required count.

3.6

Unacceptable

An unacceptable number of spelling and/or grammar mistakes. The required word count is more than 50 words below the minimum required count.

Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider the insights they provide about assessing and diagnosing psychotic disorders. Consider whether experiences of psychosis-related symptoms are always indicative of a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Think about alternative diagnoses for psychosis-related symptoms.

Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Template, which you will use to complete this Assignment. Also review the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar to see an example of a completed evaluation document.

By Day 1 of this week, select a specific video case study to use for this Assignment from the Video Case Selections choices in the Learning Resources. View your assigned video case and review the additional data for the case in the “Case History Reports” document, keeping the requirements of the evaluation template in mind.

Consider what history would be necessary to collect from this patient. Consider what interview questions you would need to ask this patient. Identify at least three possible differential diagnoses for the patient.

including your differential diagnosis and critical-thinking process to formulate primary diagnosis.

Incorporate the following into your responses in the template:

Subjective: What details did the patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in life?  Objective: What observations did you make during the psychiatric assessment?   Assessment: Discuss the patient’s mental status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses? Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses with supporting evidence, listed in order from highest priority to lowest priority. Compare the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what DSM-5-TR criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis. Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case. Reflection notes: What would you do differently with this client if you could conduct the session over? Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment!), health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).