How does an advanced practice nurse determine the best treatment option-pharmacotherapeutic to recommend for patients with psychological disorders?

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How does an advanced practice nurse determine the best treatment option or pharmacotherapeutic to recommend for patients with psychological disorders?

Much like assessing or recommending pharmacotherapeutics for other conditions or disorders, as an advanced practice nurse, you may encounter a patient who presents with a psychological disorder. Understanding the guiding principles related to treating patients with psychological disorders as well as the effects of pharmacotherapeutics on a patient’s overall health and well-being is critical for the safe and effective delivery of care.

This week, you examine types of drugs prescribed to patients with psychological disorders. You also examine potential impacts of pharmacotherapeutics used to treat psychological disorders on a patient’s pathophysiology.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

Evaluate patients for treatment of psychological disorders

Analyze decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with psychological disorders

Analyze impacts of pharmacotherapeutics for psychological disorders on patient pathophysiology

Evaluate patients for treatment of generalized anxiety disorder

Analyze decisions made throughout the diagnosis and treatment of patients with generalized anxiety disorder