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Assignment Prompt & Instructions

**Vital Signs:** **HR 76, RR 14 BP 130/98, Temp 100.0 oral, O2 sat-92%**
**Introduction:**
**Maggie is a 27 year old. Filipina single woman, accompanied by an aunt and uncle with whom she lives.**
**Chief Complaint:**
**" I have schizophrenia and I need my medications ordered."**
**History of Chief Complaint:**
**The psychiatrist who has been treating the patient does not take her insurance any longer, so she needs a new provider. She has been taking olanzapine 15 milligrams daily.**
**Past Psychiatric History:**
**Maggy started hearing voices as a freshman in college. Initially, the voices were just chattering, but then started saying they were going to hurt her. She said. I thought people were stalking me. She was treated by a psychiatrist. With that helped. She thought that she**
**was fine and stopped taking the lawns of pain. She relaxed and was hospitalized and was prescribed risperidone before being discharged, but she could not sleep. She was prescribed a variety of antipsychotic medication ( ziprasidone, aripiprazole, quetiapine). They did not control the paranoid thinking and the voices were loud and threatening. Eventually, She was prescribed olanzapine again, which she described as the most effective.**
_**This is an unfolding case study which we will be utilizing for this discussion**_
**Questions:**
1. **Based on your readings and in regards to Maggy's history what additional questions do you have? Provide rationale for each question.(Have at least 3)**
2. **As a nurse working in a clinic what important aspects of schizophrenia do you need to consider? What if the physician will not prescribe the desired medication? (Elaborate on at least 3 concepts)**
3. **Explain the etiology of schizophrenia to the nursing student. Include any cultural considerations. (Elaborate on at least 3 concepts)**
4. **Explore and explain the concept of Psychopharmacology and Schizophrenia**
5. **Discuss with Maggy current modes of treatment and the role of the family related to Schizophrenia (Elaborate on at least 3 concepts)**
6. **Add a Module 12** **PHARMACOLOGICALquestion:** _**Can be for MDD or Bipolar disorder.**_ **After you have analyzed the content from the discussion board, please add a question to the end of your initial post regarding the reading material for the week.**
**Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references.**
**Responses need to address all components of the question, demonstrate critical thinking and analysis, and include peer-reviewed journal evidence to support the student’s position.**