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CASE STUDY WEEK 2 Decision Tree
Examine Case Study: An African American Child Suffering From Depression. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.
The client is an 8-year-old African American male who arrives at the ER with his mother. He is exhibiting signs of depression.
MENTAL STATUS EXAM
Alert & oriented X 3, speech clear, coherent, goal directed, spontaneous. Self-reported mood is “sad”. Affect somewhat blunted, but child smiled appropriately at various points throughout the clinical interview. He denies visual or auditory hallucinations. No delusional or paranoid thought processes noted. Judgment and insight appear to be age-appropriate. He is not endorsing active suicidal ideation, but does admit that he often thinks about himself being dead and what it would be like to be dead.
The PMHNP administers the Children’s Depression Rating Scale, obtaining a score of 30 (indicating significant depression)
In summary: What needs to be in your essay. Use this as a checklist prior to submitting each decision tree essay. Introduction regarding disease state High-level summary of patient case Purpose of the essay statement
Below are the answers I have selected on the decision tree scenario
The results for scenario one is on the attached file included. The instruction sheet provided by the instructor. Please read carefully and ask questions for clarification if you do not understand.
Decision 1: Begin Zoloft 25mg orally daily
Decision Point One
Select what the PMHNP should do:
Begin Zoloft 25 mg orally daily
Begin Paxil 10 mg orally daily
Begin Wellbutrin 75 mg orally BID
Decision 2: Increase dose to 50mg orally daily
Decision Point Two
Select what the PMHNP should do next:
Increase dose to 37.5 mg orally daily
Increase dose to 50 mg orally daily
Change to Prozac 10 mg orally daily
Results for decision point 2.
Client returns toclinic in 4 weeks
Depressive symptoms decrease by 50%. client tolerating well
Increase dose to 50 mg orally daily
RESULTS OF DECISION POINT TWO
Decision Point Three
Decision 3: maintain current dose
Decision Point Three
Select what the PMHNP should do next:
Increase to 75 mg orally daily
ecision Point Two
Guidance to Student
At this point, sufficient symptom reduction has been achieved. This is considered a “response” to therapy. Can continue with current dose for additional 4 week to see if any further reductions in depressive symptoms are noted. An increase in dose may be warranted since this is not “full” remission- Discuss pros/cons of increasing drug dose with client at this time and empower the client to be part of the decision. There is no indication that the drug therapy should be changed to an SNRI at this point as the client is clearly responding to this therapy.
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