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MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH Establish self directed recovery relationships

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5 MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH Establish self – directed recovery relationships Name of the Student Name of the University Author Note Legal and ethical considerations (international, national, state/territory and local) for mental health work, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice: Codes of practice The National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce (2013) deals with several ethical and legal considerations like rights, responsibility, safety and privacy of mental health consumers. The Mental Health Australia Board of Nursing and Midwifery

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1 MENTAL HEALTHLegal and ethical considerations (international, national, state/territory and local) for mental health work, and how these are applied in organisations and individual practice:oCodes of practiceThe National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce (2013) deals with severalethical and legal considerations like rights, responsibility, safety and privacy of mental healthconsumers. This law is applicable in all organizations and is exerted via working in unisonwith people, families and carers in the recovery model. In individual practice, the nursingprofessionals are concerned with meeting the diverse needs of the people while marinating anindividual planning format1.oDiscriminationMental health practitioner must deliver quality care to the mental health patients irrespectiveof class, ethnicity and religion. This concept is applied in all nursing organizations. Forexamples the mental health professionals must work with aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander people, families and communities via reducing their barriers to access the mentalhealth facilities. On individual level, they must work in culturally competent manner and viaimproving social and emotional wellbeing1.oDignity of riskThe organization is required to respect the service user’s dignity of risk as long as it notnegatively harming the organizations’ duty of care obligation. At individual level, dignity ofrisk includes physical, psychological and financial harm.1National Practice Standards For The Mental Health Workforce. 2013. Ebook. Melbourne: National MentalHealthStrategy.https://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/5D7909E82304E6D2CA257C430004E877/$File/wkstd13.pdf
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2 MENTAL HEALTHoDuty of careThere are several aspects of duty of care like legal, professional, organizational, communityand personal. At organizational level, organization must anticipate the risk of its employeesand then subsequently take care to prevent those risks from harming them. At personal level,duty of care suggests individual’s own beliefs and values2.oHuman rightsAt organization level, human right in relation to mental health in Australia and overseas isfocused on carers’ and consumers’ rights and thereby promoting equity, social justice andcompassionate society. At individual level, the person who is mental health consumers mustbe aware of his or her right of availing comprehensive mental health and it is the right of thecaregiver not to discriminate patients on basis or ethnicity (Australian aboriginal or TorresStrait Islander)3.oInformed consentIt is the legal rights of all adult individuals to give consent or to refuse medical treatment andsame thing applies for the mental health service. All the organizations are compelled to takesigned consent from the patient before initiating the treatment. When the person is unable toprovide consent (not in normal state of mind), the organization is supposed take consent fromthe family members4.oMandatory reporting2Department Of Health | 6.1 Duty Of Care Issues". 2004.Health.Gov.Au.http://www.health.gov.au/internet/publications/publishing.nsf/Content/drugtreat-pubs-front11-wk-toc~drugtreat-pubs-front11-wk-secb~drugtreat-pubs-front11-wk-secb-6~drugtreat-pubs-front11-wk-secb-6-1.3Human Rights". 2015.Mental Health Australia. https://mhaustralia.org/tags/human-rights.4Informed Consent To Medical Treatment | ALRC". 2015.Alrc.Gov.Au.https://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/10-review-state-and-territory-legislation/informed-consent-medical-treatment.
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3 MENTAL HEALTHThe mandatory requirement before proceeding on the mental health programs includespatient confidentiality, proper focus on the past conducts and lack of national consistency.5oPractice standardsNational Practice Standards for Mental Health Service, Australia deals with knowledge, skillsand attitudes that are expected for the professionals those who work to deliver quality mentalhealth service. It also deals with the setting in which the mental health has been provided1.Practise Standards for Mental Health Australia 2013Source: National Practice Standards For The Mental Health Workforce. 2013oPrivacy, confidentiality and disclosureAccording to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, nurses must treat the personalinformation of the patients obtained during professional capacity as private and confidential.At organisational level the registered nurse is required to sign consent from in this regardsbefore resuming the theory. Any bridging of this ethical regulation might lead to terminationof service6.5Mandatory Reporting Under The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law".2017.Http://Www.Health.Nsw.Gov.Au. http://Mandatory reporting under the Health Practitioner RegulationNational Law6Nursing And Midwifery Board Of Australia - Home". 2017.Nursingmidwiferyboard.Gov.Au.http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/.
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4 MENTAL HEALTHoPolicy frameworksMental Health Policy Framework deals with the legal norms, best practise evidence, reportingand process requirement that all the health service providers are required to comply. Thishelps in ensuring consistent and effective provision for mental health service7.oRecords managementThe process of record management deals with preparation of checklist to keep the medicalrecords8.oRights and responsibilities of workers, employers and individuals accessing theserviceThe right of the workers is to equal care to all the patients while keeping respect to culture,dignity and values. The individuals who are accessing the service must trust the serviceproviders and perform their instructions accordingly1oSpecific mental health legislation and its impact on individual workersAccording to the Mental Health Legislation New South Whales, “An authorized medicalofficer may refuse to admit a person to a mental health facility as a voluntary patient if theofficer is not satisfied that the person is likely to benefit from care or treatment as avoluntary patient”- It creates confusion among the workers and this act is subjective and7Mental Health Policy Framework". 2018.Health.Wa.Gov.Au.http://www.health.wa.gov.au/circularsnew/frameworks/Mental_Health.pdf.8Department Of Health | Administrative Record Keeping Guidelines For Health Professionals".2016.Health.Gov.Au. http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/admin-record-keeping-guide.
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5 MENTAL HEALTHdependent on the understanding and comparative evaluation of a particular health careprofessional9.oWork role boundaries – responsibilities and limitationsThere lies professional boundary of relationship between patient and nurse. Thus the ursebecomes confused regarding to what extent they will involve with the patients and thelimitation is the boundary of the involvement is not strict or defined. However, within thezone of helpfulness, nurses are required to provide optimised care10.Figure: The concept of professional boundarySource: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Codes-and-Guidelines, 20109NSWLegislation".2008.Legislation.Nsw.Gov.Au.https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/act/2007/8/chap2/sec5.10A Nurse’S Guide To Professional Boundaries. 2010. Ebook. Melbourne: Nursing and Midwifery Board ofAustralia.
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