Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women
- Review the Learning Objectives and Resources tab as it relates to Prescribing for Older Adults and Pregnant Women
- Choose one of the two following specific populations below and select specific disorder from the DSM-5 to use.
- Pregnant women
- Older adults
- Based on your selection for either pregnant women or older adults:
- Recommend one FDA-approved drug (use a credible scholarly resource to support)
- Recommend one off-label drug (use a credible scholarly resource to support)
- Recommend one nonpharmacological intervention for treating (use a credible scholarly resource to support)
- Based on your selection for either pregnant women or older adults:
- Explain the risk assessment you would use to inform your treatment decision-making.
- Explain the risks and benefits of the FDA-approved medicine
- Explain the risks and benefits of the off-label drug
- Based on your selection for either pregnant women or older adults:
- Explain whether clinical practice guidelines exist for this disorder
- If clinical practice guidelines exist for the diagnosis, use them to justify your recommendations.
- If clinical practice guidelines does not existfor the diagnosis, explain what information you would need to take into consideration.
- Support your reasoning with at least three current, credible scholarly resources from the 2018-2023.