Psychiatric and mental health nursing

The approach to recovery requires mental health services to develop resources that represent not only their own resources, but the developed resources of people with mental illness and their communities. Recovery can impact people when they take an active role to improving their lives, (O’Hagan 2003). Seymour (n.d) also suggests that consumers of mental health and their families can expect agencies to operate in a way that enables support towards recovery to maintain their well being, so that…

Promoting Nursing as a Profession. This essay will underpin the principles of what nursing is and the role of the nurse within the mental health, exploring professional regulations, legal and ethical frameworks within health and social care. Additionally this essay will demonstrate the values and skills to develop personally and professionally within a nursing practice as a result of these regulations, frameworks and experience in order to progress towards competency in a lifelong learning…

those working in mental health, are portrayed by a wide range of different people. It will look at how the perception of nurses has changed over time, evaluating different opinions. These opinions include those of service users, other health care professionals and the general public. The views of the general public link closely with how nurses are portrayed in the media, as the majority of these people haven’t had any firsthand experience with mental health nurses. The word nursing originally…

The fundamental elements of nursing are caring for the health of human beings, assisting them in identifying and meeting their needs, and providing education that is adapted sensitively to the individual, their families, and the community. Pillars of this relationship are trust, respect, and compassion. In my opinion one of the most important roles that a nurse plays is that of the patient 's advocate. Nurses spend more time with our patients than anybody else in the medical field; it is our…

Background Nursing workforce sustainability in Mental Health Services is a major issue due to critical shortages of professionally trained and skilled mental health nurses (Happell 2001; Happell 2008; Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee 2003). The recruitment and retention of mental health nurses is compromised without sufficient attention to the current needs of student nurses and clinical preceptors. Mental Health Nurses provide care and support of persons with mental health issues…

Mental Health and Addiction Assignment: In traditional model of mental health services, the decision making to treat a mental health client was carried out by the clinicians (Ministry of Health, 1995). Nowadays, in the contemporary mental health, the consumers are working together with the health professionals to provide a therapeutic contribution to mental health care (Mcallister & Walsh, 2004). The providers especially nurses are relying on the relationship negotiated with their clients to…

Advanced Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Finding Our Core: The Therapeutic Relationship in 21st Century, Perraud et al. discussed Hildegard Peplau’s influence on the origins of advanced practice psychiatric nursing (p. 215). However, as both Perraud et al. and Bjorklund discuss, with the numerous changes in health care delivery, and specifically, mental health care delivery, combined with an increased knowledge base and focus on the role of neurobiology in mental health, the focus…

According to recent findings, 1 in 5 Adults have a mental health condition. That's over 40 million Americans; more than the populations of New York and Florida combined (Mental Health America). A Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner makes medical and psychiatric diagnoses, conducts physical and mental health assessments, designs treatment plans, prescribes medications, provides counseling and therapy, and takes on many other tasks to promote psychological health and well-being. Neuropsychological…

Mental Health Assessment Paper: Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center Theresa L. Butler Husson University Community Mental Health Assessment Paper Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center Dorothea Dixx Psychiatric Center (DDPC), also previously known as Bangor Mental Health is located in Bangor Maine and is just one of the two State psychiatric hospitals under the Maine State Department of Health and Human Services. Dorothea Dixx is a 51-bed facility that serves almost two-thirds of the…

Mental Health Waiver: WISE The Mental Health Waiver, also known as Working for Integration Support and Empowerment (WISE), is a waiver program that helps individuals with serious mental illness who are currently residing in an institutional setting, or are deemed eligible to reside in an institution, transition back into the community. Previously, adults with serious mental illnesses were being discharged from inpatient treatment settings and placed in nursing homes to meet their needs.…