When setting sharp, clearly defined goals and objectives, you focus on what you wish to accomplish and how and when you will get there. Based on your assessment of your strengths and opportunities related to psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) clinical skills, you can develop goals and objectives for your clinical practicum that can guide your activities. What are some steps you can take on the way to a larger goal? How might you gain confidence in a clinical skill or seek out more opportunities to practice? What external activities might boost your professionalism or enhance your skill set? As you settle in at your practicum site, keep these questions in mind.  This week, you continue engaging with patients at your practicum site, recording your time and experiences in your Clinical Hour and Patient Logs. You will also develop a Practicum Experience Plan (PEP) made up of goals and objectives designed to formally identify specific categories of clinical skills and procedures you wish to achieve during your practicum experience. Finally, through this weeks reading selections, you can deepen your understanding of the psychiatric interview.  
 Learning Objectives  Students will:  Describe clinical hours and patient encounters  Develop a Practicum Experience Plan  Create a timeline of practicum activities based on your practicum requirements    
 Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.  Chapter 1, The Initial Interview: A Preview  Chapter 2, Logistic Preparations: What to Do Before the Interview  Chapter 3, The Therapeutic Alliance: What It Is, Why Its Important, and How to Establish It  Chapter 4, Asking Questions 1: How to Approach Threatening Topics  Chapter 5, Asking Questions 2: Tricks for Improving Patient Recall  Chapter 6, Asking Questions 3: How to Change Topics with Style  Chapter 7, Techniques for the Reluctant Patient  Chapter 8, Techniques for the Overly Talkative Patient  Chapter 9, Techniques for the Malingering Patient  Chapter 10, Techniques for the Adolescent Patient  Chapter 11, Interviewing Family Members and Other Informants  Chapter 12, Techniques for Other Challenging Situations  Chapter 13, Practical Psychodynamics in the Diagnostic Interview  Chapter 19, How to Memorize the DSM-5 Criteria   Chapter 20, Interviewing for Diagnosis: The Art of Hypothesis Testing  Chapter 21, Mental Status Examination  Chapter 22, Assessing Suicidal and Homicidal Ideation  Appendix A, Pocket Cards  Appendix B, Data Forms for the Interview  Appendix C, Patient Education Handouts    HSoft¯Corporation. (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.  Document: Practicum Experience Plan Template (Word document) https://dsm-psychiatryonline-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/appi.books.9780890425596.Section1

Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2015). Kaplan and Sadocks synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.  Chapter 5, Examination and Diagnosis of the Psychiatric Patient  

Refer to the instructions in Week 2 to create individualized practicum learning objectives that meet the requirements for this course. These objectives should be aligned specifically to your Practicum experience. Your objectives should address your self-assessment of the skills found in the PMHNP Clinical Skills Self-Assessment Form you completed in Week 1.     As you develop your individualized practicum learning objective, be sure to write them using the SMART format. Use the resources found in Week 2 to guide your development. Once you review your resources, continue and complete the following. Note: Please make sure each of your objectives are connected to your self-assessment. Also, consider that you will need to demonstrate how you are advancing your knowledge in the clinical specialty.  :
MY OBJECTIVES FROM WK 1: 1: To practice within my scope of practice. 
2: Formulate diagnosis according to DSM 5 based on the asessment data. 
3. Recognizing clinical signs ans symptomsof psychaitric. 
4: Maintaing professional boundaries and therapeutic relationship with clients and staff.  

Objective 1: write your objective here> (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)  
Planned Activities: 
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)  
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:     · (for example) Develop professional plans in advanced nursing practice for the practicum experience · (for example) Assess advanced practice nursing skills for strengths and opportunities  
Objective 2: (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)   Planned Activities:  
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)   
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:   ·   
Objective 3: (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)     Planned Activities:  
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)  
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:   ·           
Objective 4: (Note: this objective should relate to a specific skill you would like to improve from your self-assessment)     Planned Activities:  
Mode of Assessment: (Note: Verification will be documented in Meditrek)  
PRAC Course Outcome(s) Addressed:   ·           
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