NURS 6640 Walden University Comprehensive Client Assessment Paper
NURS 6640 Walden University Comprehensive Client Assessment Paper
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
- Assess clients presenting for psychotherapy
- Develop genograms for clients presenting for psychotherapy
To prepare:
- Select a client whom you have observed or counseled at your practicum site.
- Review pages 137–142 of the Wheeler text and the Hernandez Family Genogram video in this week’s Learning Resources. Reflect on elements of writing a Comprehensive Client Assessment and creating a genogram for the client you selected.
ORDER NOW FOR COMPREHENSIVE, PLAGIARISM-FREE PAPERS
The Assignment
Part 1: Comprehensive Client Family Assessment
With this client in mind, address the following in a Comprehensive Client Assessment (without violating HIPAA regulations):
- Demographic information
- Presenting problem
- History or present illness
- Past psychiatric history
- Medical history
- Substance use history
- Developmental history
- Family psychiatric history
- Psychosocial history
- History of abuse/trauma
- Review of systems
- Physical assessment
- Mental status exam
- Differential diagnosis
- Case formulation
- Treatment plan
Part 2: Family Genogram
Prepare a genogram for the client you selected. The genogram should extend back by at least three generations (great grandparents, grandparents, and parents).
UNFORMATTED ATTACHMENT PREVIEW
Hernandez Family: Episode 6 Hernandez Family: Episode 6 Program Transcript FEMALE SPEAKER: So last week I showed you how to make a genogram, like this one. Now, the idea behind making a genogram is to help you draw a picture of your family history. And then we use that to discuss the relationships and connections among your relatives. OK? So Juan, why don’t you start off and talk about what you came up with. JUAN HERNANDEZ: So we’re starting with my family. My father, Hector, he’s still alive. And he married my mother, Freda. And she passed away two years ago. And then there’s their children, myself– I’m the oldest– and then there’s my three sisters, Marie, Senta, and Rose. FEMALE SPEAKER: Good. And Elena, what about your family? ELENA HERNANDEZ: Well, here’s my father, Anthony. He met and married my mother, Sofia. They are both still