Medication Paper
Select a medication that is either classified as an antidepressant or mood stabilizer. Based on your selection, write a paper (maximum 4 pages) and discuss the following information related to the medication you selected.
- Evidence based treatment selection (FDA approved uses)
- Off label uses, if any
- Contraindications, if any to use
- Mechanism of action
- Potential side effects
- Lab monitoring/ follow up
- Role of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in the role of prescribing and managing the medication
Include a minimum of 4 evidence-based articles to support your paper that are 5 years old or less (exceptions: DSM-5 and course textbooks).Use two of this references
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Stahl, S. M. (2024). Prescriber’s guide: Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology. Cambridge University Press.
Wheeler, K. (2020). Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing.
Medication Paper
Select a medication that is either classified as an antidepressant or mood stabilizer. Based on your selection, write a paper (maximum 4 pages) and discuss the following information related to the medication you selected.
- Evidence based treatment selection (FDA approved uses)
- Off label uses, if any
- Contraindications, if any to use
- Mechanism of action
- Potential side effects
- Lab monitoring/ follow up
- Role of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in the role of prescribing and managing the medication
Include a minimum of 4 evidence-based articles to support your paper that are 5 years old or less (exceptions: DSM-5 and course textbooks).Use two of this references
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
Sadock, B. J., Sadock, V. A., & Ruiz, P. (2017). Kaplan & Sadock’s synopsis of psychiatry: Behavioral sciences/clinical psychiatry (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.
Stahl, S. M. (2024). Prescriber’s guide: Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology. Cambridge University Press.
Wheeler, K. (2020). Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nursing.