11 Sep Walden University PMHNP PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills List

Desired Clinical Skills for Students to Achieve

Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills in:

• Recognizing clinical signs and symptoms of psychiatric illness across the lifespan

• Differentiating between pathophysiological and psychopathological conditions

• Performing and interpreting a comprehensive and/or interval history and physical examination (including laboratory and diagnostic studies)

• Performing and interpreting a mental status examination

• Performing and interpreting a psychosocial assessment and family psychiatric history

• Performing and interpreting a functional assessment (activities of daily living, occupational, social, leisure, educational).

Diagnostic reasoning skill in:

• Developing and prioritizing a differential diagnoses list

• Formulating diagnoses according to DSM 5-TR based on assessment data

• Differentiating between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological symptoms/changes

Pharmacotherapeutic skills in:

• Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for medication plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management)

• Evaluating patient response and modify plan as necessary

• Documenting (e.g., adverse reaction, the patient response, changes to the plan of care)

Psychotherapeutic Treatment Planning:

• Recognizes concepts of therapeutic modalities across the lifespan

• Selecting appropriate evidence based clinical practice guidelines for psychotherapeutic plan (e.g., risk/benefit, patient preference, developmental considerations, financial, the process of informed consent, symptom management, modality appropriate for situation)

• Applies age appropriate psychotherapeutic counseling techniques with individuals and/or any caregivers

• Develop an age appropriate individualized plan of care

• Provide psychoeducation to individuals and/or any caregivers

• Promote health and disease prevention techniques

Professional skills:

• Maintains professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff

• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to improve clinical practice in mental health settings

• Identifies ethical and legal dilemmas with possible resolutions

• Demonstrates non-judgmental practice approach and empathy

• Practices within scope of practice

Walden University PMHNP PRAC 6665/6675 Clinical Skills List

• Demonstrate ability

Selecting and implementing appropriate screening instrument(s), interpreting results, and making recommendations and referrals

• Demonstrates selecting the correct screening instrument appropriate for the clinical situation

• Implements the screening instrument efficiently and effectively with the clients

• Interprets results for screening instruments accurately

• Develops an appropriate plan of care based upon screening instruments response

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