SW 210 Virtual Field Trip Assignment Instructions For this assignment, you will explore the impact of transportation issues on child welfare, from the point of view of a parent. Consider the situation outlined below:The Situation You are a single parent with three children (ages 2, 6, and 7). You and your children live in public housing (McKenzie Courts, Tuscaloosa, Alabama). You have very limited resources – nothing extra most months. You rely on public transportation for the majority of your errands. However, your sister has a car and is willing to help when she can, but she works. Her schedule changes weekly. You also have a caseworker at DHR that can access some support services if you plan ahead. Today you have an appointment at DHR at 9:30 a.m. but your youngest child is home not feeling well. You have made her an appointment at University Medical Center. They can see her at 1:00 p.m. Your other two children will be getting home from school around 3:30. Today is also the day you have parenting classes that are court-ordered. Your classes are held at Tuscaloosa’s One Place at 5:00 p.m. for one hour. Childcare is provided at these classes.Questions After reviewing the situation, compose answers to the following questions: 1. Can you make all your appointments today using public transportation? (Refer to tuscaloosatransit.com) 2. How much will it cost? 3. What other options do you have? 4. What will you do if you are running behind? Nursing 211 Mental Health Nursing Clinical Homework on Communication Read  Chapter 9 (Therapeutic Communication) of your required textbook, Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by M.J. Halter. Based on your reading, respond to the following questions (must be typed, 12-point font size, double-spaced with proper grammar/spelling, and pages stapled). A hard copy of the paper must be submitted in clinical next week. Be prepared to discuss your answers. 1. Identify at least six therapeutic verbal communication techniques. Explain each one and come up with your own example. 2. Identify at least six nontherapeutic verbal communication techniques. Explain each one and provide an example.  Nursing 211 Mental Health Nursing Student Name _________________________________________ Date___________________ Case Study Myles is a 20-year-old man who was brought to the emergency room by the campus police of the college from which he had been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and reported that Myles walked into his classroom yelling and accusing him of taking his tuition money. Although Myles had much academic success as a teenager, his behavior has become increasingly odd during the past year. He quit seeing his friends and no longer seems to care about his appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lives with several family members but rarely ...

1. SW 210
Virtual Field Trip Assignment Instructions
For this assignment, you will explore the impact of
transportation issues on child welfare, from the point of view of
a parent. Consider the situation outlined below:The Situation
You are a single parent with three children (ages 2, 6, and 7).
You and your children live in public housing (McKenzie Courts,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama). You have very limited resources –
nothing extra most months. You rely on public transportation
for the majority of your errands. However, your sister has a car
and is willing to help when she can, but she works. Her
schedule changes weekly. You also have a caseworker at DHR
that can access some support services if you plan ahead. Today
you have an appointment at DHR at 9:30 a.m. but your youngest
child is home not feeling well. You have made her an
appointment at University Medical Center. They can see her at
1:00 p.m. Your other two children will be getting home from
school around 3:30. Today is also the day you have parenting
classes that are court-ordered. Your classes are held at
Tuscaloosa’s One Place at 5:00 p.m. for one hour. Childcare is
provided at these classes.Questions
After reviewing the situation, compose answers to the following
questions:
1. Can you make all your appointments today using public
transportation? (Refer to tuscaloosatransit.com)
2. How much will it cost?
3. What other options do you have?
4.
What will you do if you are running behind?
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2. Clinical Homework on Communication
Read
Chapter 9 (Therapeutic Communication) of your
required textbook, Varcarolis'
Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing by M.J.
Halter. Based on your reading,
respond to the following questions
(must be typed, 12-point font size, double-spaced with
proper grammar/spelling, and pages stapled). A hard copy of the
paper must be submitted in clinical next week. Be prepared to
discuss your answers.
1. Identify at least six therapeutic verbal communication
techniques.
Explain each one and
come up with your own example.
2. Identify at least six nontherapeutic verbal communication
techniques.
Explain each one and provide an example.
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Student Name _________________________________________
Date___________________
Case Study
Myles is a 20-year-old man who was brought to the emergency
room by the campus police of the college from which he had
been suspended several months ago. A professor had called and
reported that Myles walked into his classroom yelling and
accusing him of taking his tuition money.
Although Myles had much academic success as a teenager, his
behavior has become increasingly odd during the past year. He
quit seeing his friends and no longer seems to care about his

3. appearance or social pursuits. He began wearing the same
clothes each day and seldom bathed. He lives with several
family members but rarely speaks to any of them. When he does
talk to them, Myles would say that he found clues that his
college was just a front for an organized crime operation. His
sister said that she has often seen him mumbling quietly to
himself and at times, he seems to be talking to people who are
not there. He would emerge from his room and ask his family to
be quiet even when they are not making any noise.
Myles began talking about organized crime so often that his
father and sister brought him to the emergency room. On
examination, Myles is found to be a poorly groomed young man
who seems inattentive and preoccupied. His family said that
they had never known him to use drugs or alcohol, and his drug
screening results are negative.
Myles is now on the behavioral unit under voluntary admission.
This is his first psychiatric hospitalization. He is diagnosed
with paranoid schizophrenia.
Based on the case study:
1.
Formulate two actual nursing diagnoses and one
risk for diagnosis (must be on the NANDA-I list
2021-23).
2.
Prioritize the nursing diagnoses that you have
formulated.
3.
For the #1 priority problem, identify three client
goals/outcomes (must meet the SMART criteria).
4.
Identify five nursing interventions for the achievement

4. of client goals/outcomes.
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Student Name _______________________________________
Date_____________________
Case Study
Ms. Tyra Brown is a 23-year-old African American female
who presents herself in the emergency department (ED) due to
“feeling depressed” for the past six months. Ms. Brown reports
that she no longer feels like doing any of the things she used to
enjoy, stating, “It all seems so pointless.” She can’t even bother
to eat most days and has lost weight recently. Although she has
no energy, she finds it difficult to both fall asleep and stay
asleep. She reports getting only 4-5 hours of sleep every night.
Even when client does manage to fall asleep, she never feels
rested when she wakes up in the morning. She reports having
difficulty at work as a computer support person because it is so
hard for her to concentrate. In the ED, Ms. Brown reports that
she finds herself crying almost every day and that she has
thought about suicide. Client further states, “I don’t know why I
have been feeling this way.”
Ms. Brown is admitted to the behavioral unit with the
diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD). This is her first
psychiatric hospitalization. Vital signs on admission are T:
98.2°F orally, P: 78, R: 20, and BP: 106/68. Client is 5’6” tall
with a weight of 110 lbs. Ms. Brown is started by her
psychiatrist on paroxetine (Paxil) PO once daily.
Based on the case study, do the following.
I. Identify two actual and one risk diagnoses (actual dx must
have a

5. 3-part-statement and
risk dx must have a 2-part-statement). Prioritize
client’s problems.
II. Based on the #1 priority problem, identify three client
outcomes/goals (must meet the SMART criteria).
1)
2)
3)
III. Identify five nursing interventions toward the achievement
of client goals/outcomes.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
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NAME___________________________________________
DATE___________________
Case Study
A 22-year-old girl is admitted to the National Institute of
Mental Health accompanied by her mother with complaints of
history of repeated self-injurious behavior, aggressive behavior

6. toward others, feeling of emptiness and lack of interest in all
activities. These symptoms started six months ago after she
completed her higher secondary certificate (HSC) exam. Family
environment is described by the client as very chaotic, hostile &
distressful. She stated that growing up, her father enforced rules
that were harsh and rigid. Client now lives with her boyfriend
whom she always gets into a fight with.
On mental state examination, client is cooperative, coherent,
and kempt. She is generally dysphoric with a constricted affect
but denies current suicidal ideations. Client has multiple
superficial abrasions on her arms and admits to cutting herself
the day before when her boyfriend threatens to leave her. This
is the third psychiatric admission for the client. The last one
was last year after she hit a coworker over a dispute in their
work schedule. Client has been diagnosed with
borderline personality disorder.
Based on the case study, do the following.
1. Identify
two actual and two risk nursing diagnoses.
Prioritize client’s problems.
2. Based on the #1 priority nursing diagnosis,
identify three client outcomes/goals (must meet the
SMART criteria).
3.
Identify five nursing interventionsspecific to the
achievement of pt goals/outcomes.