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Assignment: Assessing and Treating Patients

With ADHD
Not only do children and adults have different presentations for ADHD, but males and females may
also have vastly different clinical presentations. Different people may also respond to medication
therapies differently. For example, some ADHD medications may cause children to experience
stomach pain, while others can be highly addictive for adults. In your role, as a psychiatric nurse
practitioner, you must perform careful assessments and weigh the risks and benefits of medication
therapies for patients across the life span. For this Assignment, you consider how you might assess
and treat patients presenting with ADHD.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Case Study: A Young Caucasian Girl with ADHD
Note: This case study will serve as the foundation for this week’s Assignment.
Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources indicated for this
week.
Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and
treatment of patients with ADHD.
The Assignment: 5 pages
Examine Case Study: A Young Caucasian Girl with ADHD. You will be asked to make three decisions
concerning the medication to prescribe to this patient. Be sure to consider factors that might impact
the patient’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.
At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving
throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each
option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using
the primary literature.
Introduction to the case (1 page)
Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient
factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.
Decision #1 (1 page)
Which decision did you select?
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and
patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your
response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence
and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with
patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #2 (1 page)
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and
patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your
response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence
and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with
patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Decision #3 (1 page)
Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and
patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your
response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence
and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with
patients. Be specific and provide examples.
Conclusion (1 page)
Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure
to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patientspecific resources, including the primary literature

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