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In this assignment, you will practice giving informed consent for an antipsychotic and obtaining consent for the treatment plan. Even if you have no plans of prescribing these psychotropic medications, you will still complete this assignment. You may choose any first (1st) or second (2nd) generation antipsychotic to give informed consent about seek consent for treatment.  

It is the prescriber’s duty to offer full informed consent that encompasses education about the medication, an explanation of the medication’s mechanism of action, the possible side effects, and the goal of the medication in that particular patient. 

However, please see below for specific instructions on whether you will be seeking consent to begin an antipsychotic in a geriatric patient. Your audience may be the patient or the patient’s caregiver. Discuss what the medication will be targeting (mechanism of action for specific s/sx), the dose you plan to start, key side effects/consideration for the patient, and monitoring or tests that need to take place, and alternatives.  Lastly, let the patient know how soon they will need to have a follow-up appointment and what to expect in terms of how often they will follow-up for an appointment after initiation of treatment. (“Risks, benefits, side effects, monitoring, alternatives and follow-up”).