Mental State Examination Workbook for Nursing and Midwifery

HLT301, Semester 1, 2020
GROUP 1
Assessment Task 1: Mental State Examination Workbook for Nursing, Midwifery and
other disciplines
50 Marks (1000 words)
Description
This task provides you with an opportunity to develop and demonstrate knowledge of
processes associated with assessing a person’s mental state in different health care contexts,
and supporting the person to navigate to a place of recovery.
Assessment Criteria
The workbook responses will be assessed according to the following criteria:
 Use of evidence to interpret and analyse the mental state assessment, including an
assessment of risk
 Interpret and use evidence to plan care to support the mental health needs of the
person in diverse health settings
 Critical appraisal of principles of equity, rights and access
 Information literacy skills: use of sources and citations
 Written presentation including structure, grammar, application of referencing protocol
Harvard
Workbook Format
The workbook contains 10 questions about mental health assessment, and strategies to work
with people with mental illness. You must adhere to the word limit provided for each
response.
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Workbook Instructions
Nursing and Midwifery students: Watch the video ( copy the http link to google and watch
the video link is https://youtu.be/ZB28gfSmz1Ytitled and answer according to the question
 Answer each question in the workbook template. Please ensure that you include both
the question and its accompanying answer.
 You are required to respond to the questions in your own words. You may use direct
quotes from the video (i.e. the person’s statement may be quoted as long as it is
relevant, fits into your word count and helps to explain your application of theoretical
understanding to the practice video).
 Each question includes a guide for the maximum number of words expected for the
response. Keep within this word limit, although there is a +/- 10% leeway provided.
Supporting literature to answer the questions:
You need to demonstrate you have used the most appropriate source for your responses e.g.
policy documents, journal article, textbook etc. Not all the answers require a citation,
however you are expected to use a variety of sources eg textbook, journal articles, credible
websites etc.
Academic sources should be published within the last 5 years.
Reference List:
At the end of the paper you need to provide the full reference details of each citation
(reference) you have used in your responses. You are asked to use the Harvard Referencing
guide I attached it in the files please look please give at least 2 references in 100 words also
in 9th and 10th question.
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Use this book for some question as references compulsory
The book is :
Year - 2018
Title -Mental health care 3rd Edition wiley
Publisher
Hungerford, C., Hodgson, D., Bostwick, R., Clancy, R., Murphy, G, de Jong, G. & Ngune, I.
2018
HLT301 Assessment Task 1: Workbook
1. Define the mental state assessment, describe when it is to be used and describe why it is a
useful tool for nursing or midwifery practice (max 100 words) 5 marks
Answer:
Attitudes, patterns of behavior, temperament, emotion, expression, thought process,
thought output, vision, awareness, and perspective in the fields of appearance and
performance is carried out as mental state assessment which is apparently a systematic
method of measuring and explaining the current thinking of an individual (Riecher-Rössler,
and Studerus, 2017, p.209).
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The aim of the Mental State Assessment is to obtain a full cross-sectional
representation of the mental wellbeing of the patient and this helps the clinician to make an
accurate diagnosis and action plan formulation. When formulating these treatment plans, the
patient's biographical and previous medical history also helps and thus needs to be kept in
consideration (Eisenacher et al.,2015, p.3329).
2. Describe Andy’s appearance and behaviour during the initial assessment (100 words) 3
marks
Answer:
Andy's presentation was a bit clumsy, with beard trimmed and hair cut appropriately.
He came across wearing a casual outfit and, while responding to certain questions, had a
shaky attitude. Andy's reaction to Dr. Taylor's questions was right and straightforward, but
his answers to the questions regarding his addictions were somewhat inconsistent as if he
were not prepared to share the details. Certain indications are common regarding the
occurance of schizophrenia (Bansal et al., 2018, p.168).
In addition, the presentation clearly showed that he also had a trust problem with his
counselor, Dr. Taylor. Even at the end of the tests, he asked her either to have faith in him or
not to have real feelings and thoughts (Kleiger, & Khadivi, 2015).
3. Differentiate between mood and affect, and then describe affect as it relates to Andy (max
50 words) 3 marks
Answer:
The impact is typically more used as a noun, with two variants of very similar
significances. Affect can mean shifting an individual's state of mind or altering an
individual's emotional perceptions. Mood is typically a rapid, emotional process arising from
either a specific stimulus or environmental influence (Tang, & Pinsky., 2015, p.54).
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