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Practicum Journal Entry: Analyzing an Ethical DecisionIn your role as a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP), you will encounter several situations that will require your ability to make sound judgments and practice decisions for the safety and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. There may not be a clear-cut answer of how to address the issue, but your ethical decision making must be based on evidenced-based practice and what is good, right, and beneficial for patients. You will encounter patients who do not hold your values, but you must remain professional and unbiased in the care you provide to all patients regardless of their socio-demographic and ethnic/racial background. You must be prepared to critically analyze ethical situations and develop an appropriate plan of action. For this Assignment, you review the literature and discover the various ethical dilemmas PMHNPs encounter and how these issues are typically addressed in your state.AssignmentTo prepare:ú Review literature for moral/ethical issues encountered by a Psychiatric andMental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).ú Select one of the articles you found that was published within the last5 yearstouse as a focus for this assignment.Write a 2-page paper in which you do the following:ú Summarize the moral/ethical issue in the article (no more than 1 paragraph).ú Describe the moral and ethical dilemmas surrounding the issue.ú Analyze the ethical issue and compare them to the state health laws andregulations in your state.ú Outline the process of ethical decision making you would use to address thisethical dilemma.Note: Be sure to use the Practicum Journal Template attached in this assignment.Also, the Sample Practicum Journal attached is just a sample.ú Include references immediately following the content.ú Use APA style for your journal entry and references.Learning ResourcesRequired ReadingsSadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock?s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.Chapter 5, ?Examination and Diagnosis of the ÿÿÿÿÿPsychiatric Patient? (pp. 192?289)Chapter ÿÿÿÿÿ31, ?Child Psychiatry? (pp. 1082?1107)American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.?Introduction??Use of the Manual??Cultural Formulation?Kaplan, C. (2017). Ethical dilemmas. Advanced Healthcare Network. Retrieved from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Article/Ethical-Dilemmas-2.aspxPumariega, A. J., Rothe, E., Mian, A., Carlisle, L., Toppelberg, C., Harris, T., . . . ÿSmith, J. (2013). Practice parameter for cultural competence in child and adolescent psychiatric practice. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(10), 1101?1115. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(13)00479-6/pdfAmerican Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). (2012a). Practice parameter for psychodynamic psychotherapy with children. Journal of theAmerican Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 51(5), 541?557. Retrieved from http://www.jaacap.com/article/S0890-8567(12)00141-4/pdfAmerican Psychological Association. (2017). Code of Ethics. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/Optional ResourcesSadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2014). Kaplan & Sadock?s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.Chapter 1, ?Neural Sciences? (pp. 1?92)Chapter ÿÿÿÿÿ31.2, ?Assessment, Examination, and Psychological testing? (pp. 1107?1118)Thapar, A., Pine, D. S., Leckman, J. F., Scott, S., Snowling, M. J., & Taylor, E. A. (2015). Rutter?s child and adolescent psychiatry (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

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