NU671 Clinical Decision-Making.

Instructions

Each week you will be given a prompt to write a reflective journal assignment that will allow you to investigate areas for clinical preparation in psychiatric mental health. The reflective journal should be substantive, containing a minimum of 500 words. Supporting evidence for your thoughts and ideas should come from a minimum of one scholarly source. Sources should have in-text citations where appropriate and be referenced on a reference page according to APA 7th Edition standards.

Watch the video related to a Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPQKpNy-Hm4&t=8s

1. Give a detailed summary of your thoughts about a psychiatric mental health initial assessment.

2. Why is this critical to the care of the mental health patient?

3. What areas were you surprised to see on a psychiatric mental health initial assessment?

4. Summarize one evidence based article that pertains to Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment.