Treatment-resistant depression: An overview for psychiatric advanced practice nurses.

Purpose: Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) can require complex management. The purpose of this paper is to provide an update on the hypothesized neurobiology of depression, and to describe treatment options for patients impacted by TRD.

Conclusions: Recent neurobiological findings support the use of augmenting pharmacological agents, neuromodulation techniques, and esketamine as effective in achieving remission for those with TRD.

Impact of a standardized patient simulation on undergraduate nursing student knowledge and perceived competency of the care of a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Background: Undergraduate nursing students may not have the opportunity to assess and intervene with a patient diagnosed with schizophrenia during their clinical rotation. Provision of a standardized patient simulation experience affords students this opportunity in a safe setting without risk to the patient or student.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized to explore the impact of the addition of a standardized patient simulation scenario depicting a patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia on undergraduate nursing student knowledge and perceived competency.

Pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder: an update for advanced practice psychiatric nurses.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) may have an onset in childhood or adolescence resulting in significant functional impairment and disability into adulthood. There are frequently developmental differences in the content of the obsessions and compulsions in youth compared to adults. Lack of insight or shame may result in failure of the youth to seek treatment.

Fusion of psychiatric and medical high fidelity patient simulation scenarios: effect on nursing student knowledge, retention of knowledge, and perception.

High fidelity patient simulation (HFPS) has become an increasingly popular teaching methodology in nursing education. To date, there have not been any published studies investigating HFPS scenarios incorporating medical and psychiatric nursing content. This study utilized a quasi-experimental design to assess if HFPS improved student knowledge and retention of knowledge utilizing three parallel 30-item Elsevier HESI(TM) Custom Exams.