The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) may provide psychotherapy to couples, families, and groups using a variety of therapeutic tec

Preparing the Discussion

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

1. General instructions

The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) may provide psychotherapy to couples, families, and groups using a variety of therapeutic techniques.  Locate a brief video (approximately 5 minutes or less) portraying a group therapy session on YouTube or another website.

1. Include the following sections:
2. Application of Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.
   1. Include a brief description of the session and a link to the video in your initial discussion post.
   2. Analyze the interactions between the group members. Identify the phase of group formation the group appears to be in. Include your rationale and evidence for your treatment phase selection.
   3. Describe the therapeutic approach and techniques the therapist is using
   4. Discuss other therapy approaches that might be used by a therapist conducting the group.
3. Integration of Evidence:Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectationsLinks to an external site.:
   1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
   2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
   3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
   4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
   5. Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
4. Engagement in Meaningful Dialogue: Engage peers and faculty by asking questions, and offering new insights, applications, perspectives, information, or implications for practice.
   1. Peer Response: Respond to at least one peer.
   2. Faculty Response: Respond to at least one faculty post.
   3. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.
5. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.
6. Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references and is free of errors.
7. Wednesday Participation Requirement: Provide a substantive response to the graded discussion topic (not a response to a peer or faculty), by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week.
8. Total Participation Requirement: Provide at least three substantive posts (one to the initial question or topic, one to a student peer, and one to a faculty question) on two different days during the week.

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