THE ASSIGNMENT: FOCUSED SOAP NOTE 

Personality and Paraphilic Disorders

To prepare

  • Select a child/adolescent      patient from      your clinical experience that presents with a significant concern. Create      a focused SOAP note for this patient using the template in the      Resources. 
  • Your presentation should      include objectives for your audience, at least three possible discussion      questions/prompts for your classmates to respond to, and at least five      scholarly resources from 2018-2022 to support your diagnostic      reasoning and treatment plan.
  • Be succinct in your presentation,      and specifically address the following for the patient, using your SOAP      note as a guide.
    • Subjective: What details did the       patient provide regarding their chief complaint and symptomology to       derive your differential diagnosis? What is the duration and severity of       their symptoms? How are their symptoms impacting their functioning in       life?
    • Objective: What observations did you       make during the psychiatric assessment? 
    • Assessment: Discuss their mental       status examination results. What were your differential diagnoses?       Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses and why you chose them.       List them from highest priority to lowest priority. What was your primary       diagnosis, and why? Describe how your primary diagnosis aligns with DSM-5-TR diagnostic       criteria and is supported by the patient’s symptoms.
    • Plan: What was your plan       for psychotherapy (include one health promotion activity and patient       education)? What was your plan for treatment and management, including       alternative therapies? Include pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic       treatments, alternative therapies, and follow-up parameters, as well as a       rationale for this treatment and management plan.  Discuss an       identified social determinate of health impacting this patient’s mental       health status and provide your recommendation for a referral to assist       this patient in meeting this identified need (students will need to       conduct research on this topic both in the literature and for community       resources).
    • Reflection notes: What would you do       differently with this patient if you could conduct the session       again? If you are able to follow up with your patient, explain       whether these interventions were successful and why or why not. If you were       not able to conduct a follow-up, discuss what your next intervention       would be.
    • Case Formulation

      

REQUIRED LEARNING RESOURCES

Carlat, D. J. (2017). The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

  • Chapters      31, “Assessing Personality Disorders”
  • Chapter      32, “How to Educate Your Patient”

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health

https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bpd.pdf

https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bpd-watch.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOV61lKxqxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TtryBLokZc

NRNP/PRAC 6665 & 6675 Comprehensive Focused SOAP Psychiatric Evaluation Template

Week (enter week #): (Enter assignment title)

Student Name

College of Nursing-PMHNP, Walden University

NRNP 6675: PMHNP Care Across the Lifespan II

Faculty Name

Assignment Due Date

Subjective:

CC (chief complaint):

HPI:

Substance Current Use:

Medical History:

·
Current Medications:

·
Allergies:

·
Reproductive Hx:

ROS:

· GENERAL:

· HEENT:

· SKIN:

· CARDIOVASCULAR:

· RESPIRATORY:

· GASTROINTESTINAL:

· GENITOURINARY:

· NEUROLOGICAL:

· MUSCULOSKELETAL:

· HEMATOLOGIC:

· LYMPHATICS:

· ENDOCRINOLOGIC:

Objective:

Diagnostic results:

Assessment:

Mental Status Examination:

Diagnostic Impression:

Reflections:

Case Formulation and Treatment Plan: 

References

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NRNP/PRAC 6665 & 6675 Focused SOAP Psychiatric Evaluation Exemplar

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO USE EXEMPLAR AND TEMPLATE—READ CAREFULLY

If you are struggling with the format or remembering what to include, follow the
Focused SOAP Note Evaluation Template

AND
the Rubric
as your guide. It is also helpful to review the rubric in detail in order not to lose points unnecessarily because you missed something required. After reviewing full details of the rubric, you can use it as a guide.

In the
Subjective section, provide:

· Chief complaint

· History of present illness (HPI)

· Past psychiatric history

· Medication trials and current medications

· Psychotherapy or previous psychiatric diagnosis

· Pertinent substance use, family psychiatric/substance use, social, and medical history

· Allergies

· ROS

Read rating descriptions to see the grading standards!

In the
Objective section, provide:

· Physical exam documentation of systems pertinent to the chief complaint, HPI, and history

· Diagnostic results, including any labs, imaging, or other assessments needed to develop the differential diagnoses.

Read rating descriptions to see the grading standards!

In the
Assessment section, provide:

· Results of the mental status examination,

presented in paragraph form.

· At least three differentials with supporting evidence. List them from top priority to least priority. Compare the
DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for each differential diagnosis and explain what
DSM-5-TR criteria rules out the differential diagnosis to find an accurate diagnosis.

Explain the critical-thinking process that led you to the primary diagnosis you selected. Include pertinent positives and pertinent negatives for the specific patient case

.

·
Read rating descriptions to see the grading standards!

Reflect on this case. Include: Discuss what you learned and what you might do differently. Also include in your reflection a discussion related to legal/ethical considerations (


demonstrate critical thinking beyond confidentiality and consent for treatment

!), social determinates of health, health promotion and disease prevention taking into consideration patient factors (such as age, ethnic group, etc.), PMH, and other risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic, cultural background, etc.).

(The FOCUSED SOAP psychiatric evaluation is typically the
follow-up visit patient note. You will practice writing this type of note in this course. You wi

WEEK 7 – FOCUSED SOAP NOTE

REQUIRED LEARNING RESOURCES

Carlat, D. J. (2017).
The psychiatric interview (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.

· Chapters 31, “Assessing Personality Disorders”

· Chapter 32, “How to Educate Your Patient”

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health

https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bpd.pdf

https://psychiatryonline.org/pb/assets/raw/sitewide/practice_guidelines/guidelines/bpd-watch.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOV61lKxqxY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TtryBLokZc

Rubric Detail

 

Objectives for the Presentation–

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)

Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)

Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)

Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Discuss subjective data:

• Chief complaint

• History of present illness (HPI)

• Medications

• Psychotherapy or previous psychiatric diagnosis

• Pertinent histories and/or ROS

Excellent 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)

Good 4 (4%) – 4 (4%)

Fair 3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)

Poor 0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Discuss objective data:

• Physical exam documentation of systems pertinent to the chief complaint, HPI, and history

• Diagnostic results, including any labs, imaging, or other assessments needed to develop the differential diagnoses

Excellent 9 (9%) – 10 (10%)

Good 8 (8%) – 8 (8%)

Fair 7 (7%) – 7 (7%)

Poor 0 (0%) – 6 (6%)

Discuss results of assessment:

• Results of the mental status examination

• Provide a minimum of three possible diagnoses in order of highest to lowest priority and explain why you chose them. What was your primary diagnosis and why? Describe how your primary diagnosis aligns with DSM-5 diagnostic criteria and is supported by the patient’s symptoms.

Excellent 18 (18%) – 20 (20%)

Good 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)

Fair 14 (14%) – 15 (15%)

Poor 0 (0%) – 13 (13%)

D