TERM PAPER You must prepare a 15 to 20 page paper (including figures, tables,and references) on the role of risk assessment in a current environmental issue. The paper should summarize the issue, characterize the risks, discuss risk tradeoffs, and suggest how you think the issue should be resolved. Characterizing the risk means including information from particular risk studies appropriate to your topic. It is not enough to mention that a risk exists. To merit an A, the paper should include some quantitative analysis and should use tools used in the course. Topics are due by the end of Week Four. An outline of the paper with a bibliography is due by the end of Week Six. The paper is due during Week Eleven. Your resource material should include at least several items from peer-reviewed literature, and should include at least several recent publications. Your paper should not merely list the references, but must demonstrate their use with specific information taken from each source and proper citation. Your paper, as other material submitted to the course, needs to be in your own words. Any material taken directly from a source needs to be placed in quotation marks. Paper must be written specifically for this course. Papers written earlier for other courses are not acceptable. Term paper topics, outlines, and the full papers should be posted to the conferences by these titles so that everyone may read them. Be sure to use Word in a form compatible with earlier versions, so that the documents are readable by those in the class who do not have the latest version of Word. Since you will be spending a considerable amount of time on the paper, choose a topic that is relevant to your work or that interests you a great deal. The choice of topic determines the amount of available literature on the topic, and often determines how easy it is to write a good paper on the topic. So keep that in mind when choosing your topic. The term paper will be evaluated as follows: Information & Content 70 points Presentation 20 points Grammar and Punctuation 10 points NURS 6640: Psychotherapy with Individuals Program Overview The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is an advanced practice registered nurse trained to provide a wide range of mental health services to patients and families in a variety of settings. PMHNPs diagnose, conduct therapy, and prescribe medications for patients who have psychiatric disorders, medical organic brain disorders, or substance abuse problems. They are licensed to provide emergency psychiatric services, conduct psychosocial and physical assessment of their patients, develop and manage treatment plans, and provide ongoing manage patient care. They may also serve as consultants or as educators for families and staff. The PMHNP has a focus on making a psychiatric diagnosis, differentiates between medical disorders with psychiatric symptoms, and orders appropriate medications to treat various psychia.

1. TERM PAPER
You must prepare a 15 to 20 page paper (including figures,
tables,and references) on the role of risk assessment in a current
environmental issue. The paper should summarize the issue,
characterize the risks, discuss risk tradeoffs, and suggest how
you think the issue should be resolved. Characterizing the risk
means including information from particular risk studies
appropriate to your topic. It is not enough to mention that a risk
exists. To merit an A, the paper should include some
quantitative analysis and should use tools used in the course.
Topics are due by the end of Week Four. An outline of the paper
with a bibliography is due by the end of Week Six. The paper is
due during Week Eleven. Your resource material should include
at least several items from peer-reviewed literature, and should
include at least several recent publications. Your paper should
not merely list the references, but must demonstrate their use
with specific information taken from each source and proper
citation. Your paper, as other material submitted to the course,
needs to be in your own words. Any material taken directly
from a source needs to be placed in quotation marks. Paper must
be written specifically for this course. Papers written earlier for
other courses are not acceptable.
Term paper topics, outlines, and the full papers should be
posted to the conferences by these titles so that everyone may
read them. Be sure to use Word in a form compatible with
earlier versions, so that the documents are readable by those in
the class who do not have the latest version of Word.
Since you will be spending a considerable amount of time on
the paper, choose a topic that is relevant to your work or that
interests you a great deal. The choice of topic determines the
amount of available literature on the topic, and often determines

2. how easy it is to write a good paper on the topic. So keep that in
mind when choosing your topic.
The term paper will be evaluated as follows:
Information & Content 70 points
Presentation 20 points
Grammar and Punctuation 10 points
NURS 6640: Psychotherapy with Individuals
Program Overview
The Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) is
an advanced practice registered nurse trained to provide a wide
range
of mental health services to patients and families in a variety of
settings. PMHNPs diagnose, conduct therapy, and prescribe
medications for patients who have psychiatric disorders,
medical organic brain disorders, or substance abuse problems.
They are
licensed to provide emergency psychiatric services, conduct
psychosocial and physical assessment of their patients, develop
and
manage treatment plans, and provide ongoing manage patient
care. They may also serve as consultants or as educators for
families
and staff. The PMHNP has a focus on making a psychiatric
diagnosis, differentiates between medical disorders with
psychiatric
symptoms, and orders appropriate medications to treat various
psychiatric disorders. A PMHNP can often practice
autonomously,

3. depending on state licensure laws.
Course Description
Psychotherapy involves giving more than “good advice.” For
the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) to be
effective, deliberate approaches to therapy must be used that are
consistent with evidence-based practices. Learners in this
course
are introduced to a variety of therapeutic techniques that can be
used during psychotherapy sessions with individuals across the
lifespan. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based applications of
various therapeutic approaches for a wide range of psychiatric
issues.
The focus of the practicum experience is on psychotherapeutic
approaches with individuals.
Credit & Practicum Hours
Quarter Credit Hours: 5 credits
• Didactic – 3 credits
• Practicum – 2 credits
Practicum Hours:
Students Enrolled Before Spring 2018: This course requires a
minimum of 144 practicum hours.
Students Enrolled After Spring 2018: This course requires a
minimum of 160 practicum hours.
Course Learning Outcomes
• Evaluate evidence-based psychotherapeutic counseling
theories

4. • Apply psychotherapeutic counseling techniques and tools
• Assess clients presenting for psychotherapy
• Develop psychiatric diagnoses for clients across the lifespan
• Evaluate the use of psychopharmacological agents with clients
across the lifespan
• Evaluate ethical and legal implications of counseling clients
presenting for psychotherapy
• Analyze strategies to become a social change agent for
psychiatric mental health
MSN Learning Outcomes
At the end of this program, students will be able to:
1. Synthesize organizational/systems leadership for cost-
effective specialist nursing practice that contributes to high-
quality
healthcare delivery, advancement of the nursing profession, and
social change.
2. Critique evidence-based literature drawing from diverse
theoretical perspectives and pertinent research to guide decision
making that demonstrates best practices for specialist nursing
practice in a global society.
3. Integratively assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate
cost-effective healthcare strategies that reduce health
disparities by patient/population advocacy for access to
specialist nursing care.
4. Demonstrate ability to effectively communicate using

5. audience-specific oral, written, and information technology for
professional delivery of specialist nursing care.
5. Evaluate health needs of diverse populations for necessary
teaching/coaching functions based on specialist nursing
knowledge to restore/promote health and prevent illness/injury.
6. Exhibit ongoing commitment to professional development
and value of nursing theories/ethical principles (altruism,
autonomy, human dignity, integrity, social justice) in
accordance with ethically responsible, legally accountable,
specialist
nursing practice.
7. Implement specialist nursing roles to promote quality
improvement of patient-centered care in accordance with
professional practice standards that transform health outcomes
for diverse populations.
Individual Paper (Term Paper) Grading Rubric
Criteria/
Weight
Failure
(69 or below)
Below Standards

6. (70-79)
Good
(80-89)
Excellent
(90-100)
Content
Weight: 60%
Student paper does not
provide a meaningful
level of understanding to
the chosen topic. Many
additional details are
required to adequately
address the paper’s
content.
Student paper provides
some level of
understanding to the
chose topic; some
additional details are
required to adequately
address the paper’s
content.
Student paper
provides a good
level of

7. understanding to
the chosen topic;
some additional
details would have
enhanced the
paper’s content.
Student's paper
provides significant
understanding to the
chosen topic.
Information
and Research
Weight: 20%
No external references
provided.
Research sources are
either somewhat or
marginally relevant
organization websites or
open- source reference.
At least two (2) of these
external references are
provided.
All references listed must
be cited within the paper.
Research sources
are primarily
relevant

8. government/
organization and/or
open- source
websites. At least
four (4) of these
external references
provided.
All references listed
must be cited
within the paper.
Research sources are
primarily scholarly,
peer- reviewed
articles and/or
relevant
government/
organization
websites. At least six
(6) of these external
references provided.
All references listed
must be cited within
the paper.
Presentation
Weight 10%
Paper was not well
written/ clear; therefore,
reader had major
problems trying to follow
the paper’s logic.

9. Paper had some writing/
clarity problems:
therefore, reader had
many minor and/or few
major issues that made
certain areas challenging
for the reader to follow
the paper’s logic
Paper was fairly
well written/ clear;
therefore, reader
had few minor
issues that made
certain sections of
the paper
challenging for the
reader to follow the
paper’s logic.
Paper was well
written/ clear;
therefore, reader
had no problems in
following the paper’s
logic.
Grammar,
Punctuation,
Spelling,
APA/Length
Weight: 10%
Paper is not well edited

10. and contains significant
grammar, punctuation,
and spelling errors.
In-text citations and
reference list mostly
does not conform to APA
6th ed. formatting; more
than 6 deviations noted.
Paper is not well edited
and contains several
grammar, punctuation,
and spelling errors.
In-text citations and
reference list somewhat
conforms to APA 6th ed.
formatting; no more than
6 deviations noted.
Paper contains a
few grammar,
punctuation, and
spelling errors.
In-text citations and
reference list mostly
conforms to APA
6th ed. formatting;
Paper contains
minimal grammar,
punctuation, and
spelling errors
In-text citations and
reference list

11. conforms to APA 6th
ed. formatting.
Submitted paper
deviates from the
assigned length by more
than 30%.
Submitted paper deviates
from the assigned length
by 20-30%.
no more than 3
deviations noted.
Submitted paper
deviates from the
assigned length by
10-20%.
Submitted paper is
within 10% of the
assigned length.