{"id":6799,"date":"2025-07-15T19:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skilledprofessors.com\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:30:47","slug":"evidence-based-pharmacological-decision-making-for-complex-psychiatric-care-a-three-stage-treatment-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writezilas.com\/essays\/evidence-based-pharmacological-decision-making-for-complex-psychiatric-care-a-three-stage-treatment-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence-Based Pharmacological Decision-Making for Complex Psychiatric Care: A Three-Stage Treatment Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>_Week8_Assignment2_Rubric<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th colspan=\"3\">Week8_Assignment2_Rubric<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>Criteria<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Ratings<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Pts<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroduction 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.<\/td><td><br><strong>10&nbsp;to &gt;8.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>The response accurately, clearly, and fully summarizes in detail the case for the Assignment&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the specific patient factors that impact decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.<strong>8&nbsp;to &gt;7.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>The response accurately summarizes the case for the Assignment&#8230;. The response accurately explains the specific patient factors that impact decision making with prescribing medication for this patient.<strong>7&nbsp;to &gt;6.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>The response inaccurately or vaguely summarizes the case for the Assignment&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the specific patient factors that impact decision making with prescribing medication for this patient.<strong>6&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>The response inaccurately and vaguely summarizes the case for the Assignment, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the specific patient factors that impact decision making with prescribing medication for this patient.<\/td><td>10&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDecision #1 (1\u20132 pages)\u2022 Which decision did you select?\u2022 Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.\u2022 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.\u2022 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).\u2022 Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.<\/td><td><br><strong>20&nbsp;to &gt;17.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the response&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the response&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided fully support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>17&nbsp;to &gt;15.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>The response accurately explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the response&#8230;. The response accurately explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the response&#8230;. The response accurately explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>15&nbsp;to &gt;13.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the response&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the response&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided may support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>13&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the decision selected, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the decision selected, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the response, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients, or is missing&#8230;. Examples provided do not support the decisions and responses provided, or is missing.<\/td><td>20&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDecision #2 (1\u20132 pages)\u2022 Which decision did you select?\u2022 Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.\u2022 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.\u2022 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).\u2022 Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.<\/td><td><br><strong>20&nbsp;to &gt;17.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the response&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the response&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided fully support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>17&nbsp;to &gt;15.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>The response accurately explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the response&#8230;. The response accurately explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the response&#8230;. The response accurately explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>15&nbsp;to &gt;13.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the response&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the response&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided may support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>13&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>The response inaccurately and vaguely explains in detail the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the decision selected, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the decision selected, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the response, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients, or is missing&#8230;. Examples provided do not support the decisions and responses provided, or is missing.<\/td><td>20&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeDecision #3 (1\u20132 pages)\u2022 Which decision did you select?\u2022 Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.\u2022 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.\u2022 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).\u2022 Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.<\/td><td><br><strong>20&nbsp;to &gt;17.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the response&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that fully support the response&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains in detail how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided fully support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>17&nbsp;to &gt;15.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>The response accurately explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the decision selected&#8230;. The response accurately explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the response&#8230;. The response accurately explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that support the response&#8230;. The response accurately explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>15&nbsp;to &gt;13.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the response&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the response&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients&#8230;. Examples provided may support the decisions and responses provided.<strong>13&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>The response inaccurately and vaguely explains in detail the decision selected&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains why the decision was selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the decision selected, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains why the other two responses were not selected, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the decision selected, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains the outcome the student was hoping to achieve with the selected decision, with specific clinically relevant resources that do not support the response, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains how ethical considerations impact the treatment plan and communication with patients, or is missing&#8230;. Examples provided do not support the decisions and responses provided, or is missing.<\/td><td>20&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeConclusion (1 page)\u2022 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 patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.<\/td><td><br><strong>15&nbsp;to &gt;13.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>The response accurately and clearly summarizes in detail the recommendations on the treatment options selected for this patient&#8230;. The response accurately and clearly explains a justification for the recommendations provided, including clinically relevant resources that fully support the recommendations provided.<strong>13&nbsp;to &gt;11.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>The response accurately summarizes the recommendations on the treatment options selected for this patient&#8230;. The response accurately explains a justification for the recommendation provided, including clinically relevant resources that support the recommendations provided.<strong>11&nbsp;to &gt;10.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>The response inaccurately or vaguely summarizes the recommendations on the treatment options selected for this patient&#8230;. The response inaccurately or vaguely explains a justification for the recommendations provided, including clinically relevant resources that inaccurately or vaguely support the recommendations provided.<strong>10&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>The response inaccurately and vaguely summarizes the recommendations on the treatment options selected for this patient, or is missing&#8230;. The response inaccurately and vaguely explains a justification for the recommendations provided, including clinically relevant resources that do not support the recommendations provided, or is missing.<\/td><td>15&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting &#8211; Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused\u2014neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction are provided that delineate all required criteria.<\/td><td><br><strong>5&nbsp;to &gt;4.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity&#8230;. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion are provided that delineate all required criteria.<strong>4&nbsp;to &gt;3.5&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time&#8230;.Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment are stated, yet they are brief and not descriptive.<strong>3.5&nbsp;to &gt;3.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%\u201379% of the time&#8230;. Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic.<strong>3&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity &lt; 60% of the time&#8230;. No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion were provided.<\/td><td>5&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting &#8211; English writing standards: Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation<\/td><td><br><strong>5&nbsp;to &gt;4.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.<strong>4&nbsp;to &gt;3.5&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.<strong>3.5&nbsp;to &gt;3.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.<strong>3&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>Contains many (\u2265 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader\u2019s understanding.<\/td><td>5&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWritten Expression and Formatting &#8211; The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing,&nbsp;margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical\/in-text citations, and reference list.<\/td><td><br><strong>5&nbsp;to &gt;4.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Excellent Point range: 90\u2013100<\/strong>Uses correct APA format with no errors.<strong>4&nbsp;to &gt;3.5&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Good Point range: 80\u201389<\/strong>Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors.<strong>3.5&nbsp;to &gt;3.0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Fair Point range: 70\u201379<\/strong>Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors.<strong>3&nbsp;to &gt;0&nbsp;pts<\/strong><strong>Poor Point range: 0\u201369<\/strong>Contains many (\u2265 5) APA format errors.<\/td><td>5&nbsp;pts<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\">Total Points:&nbsp;100<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/waldenu.instructure.com\/courses\/55143\/modules\/items\/1058960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Previous<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/waldenu.instructure.com\/courses\/55143\/modules\/items\/1058966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>_Week8_Assignment2_Rubric Week8_Assignment2_Rubric Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIntroduction to the case (1 page)Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. 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