Mental Health - Assignment Sample
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Running head: Mental HealthADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE
Mental Health1Table of ContentsIntroduction...........................................................................................................................................2Nursing theory Framework....................................................................................................................2Nursing..............................................................................................................................................2Health................................................................................................................................................2Person................................................................................................................................................3Acute mental health..............................................................................................................................3Theoretical perspective of mental health..........................................................................................3Barriers toimplement this theoretical perspective within acute mental health...............................5Enablers toimplement this theoretical perspective within acute mental health..............................6My perceptions of nursing theoretical perspectives.............................................................................6Learning outcomes............................................................................................................................7Ways in which Nursing theoretical perspectives inform my practice................................................7Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................8References.............................................................................................................................................9
Mental Health2IntroductionNursing care is framed and considered as important part in today’s time as there are unique theories that are used by each nurse to make patient healthy. In this report we have focused on the nursing theory defined by Virginia Henderson, she defined various components that need to be undertaken. Apart from that I have reflected my personal thinkingabout this experience. Nursing theory FrameworkNursing theory framework includes basis of how nurses need to practise their knowledge to overcome the suffering of patients. Nursing theory is used to provide support topatients by enabling the ways to overcome from their disease. NursingIt is a profession performed by nurses to take care of sick and infirm. It is a professionwithin the health care sector and focuses on the way to maintain the quality of life of an individual. Nursing helps in taking care of individual journey towards healthy life. Nursing undertakes various responsibilities that involve making acute decisions for providing treatment. The key role of nurses is to monitor the patients on their behaviour patterns and make sure that based on their knowledge they take proper steps for patient’s wellbeing. If consider the case of acute mental health nurses firstly go through assessment process in which they understand the behaviour of patient on the basis of social, economic and physiological basis (Bmc, 2016). After the assessment, diagnosis is done by considering the symptoms of patients and planning the goals so that recovery can be done in an efficient way.Once the goals have been decided they are implemented so that care of patient could be progressed and achieve a good outcome. HealthHealth is composed of physical, mental and social wellbeing of an individual. Health of a person is stated as a complete wellbeing of an individual who is free from any disease. Health assures that an individual is in its perfect state of mind and physical outcomes. Healthis considered healthy if a person is free from disease and also if in cases an individual is suffering from disease they should have the ability to recover from the illness. There are several factors that affect good health of an individual like genetics, relationship and the
Mental Health3surrounding in which an individual is living (Ukessay, 2017). According to world health organisation health is positive concept that helps in development of person capabilities of a person. In this article the research is over acute mental health that is affected by emotional and social surrounding of wellbeing. Mental health of person is generally dependent on some past experience of individuals. A person can maintain good health by living in a surrounding that is full of positive people and have good social connections. Mental health is somewhere caused due to depression, anxiety and loneliness. Individuals who have lower socio-economicconnections have stress level which leads to the suffering of acute mental health. PersonAccording to the nursing framework study, a person is a wellbeing who has capabilities to perform task and have ability to develop their own identity. A person can be anindividual or an association that have legal rights and have a value associated with their actions. A person have a right to take decisions regarding anything going in their life, no one can force them and miss-treat their dignity. In case of their medical life no one can perform any treatment against their decision and they are included in the decision regarding their healthcare. If a person is considered in health terms they have the ability to get treatment whenever they are ill and have the right to be part decisions regarding their health. Acute mental healthThe area of practise for this assignment is acute mental health of a person. Acute mental health needs to be treated immediately as it gets worse with time. In this part we will focus on what Henderson thinks about acute mental health and her perceptive regarding this illness (Ramírez, 2017). The barriers and positive side have also been discussed.Theoretical perspective of mental healthAccording to Virginia Henderson a nursing theory was developed to focus on unique practiceexperiences. According to her she suggested that nursing theory should focus on improving the independency level of a person in their recovery phase (Hyde, 2016). She suggested if a person has the ability to recovery from the shortcomings the progress will be fast. According to her theory she described that nurses should work in a manner so that an individual gets the potential to solve the shortcoming independently (Cheng, McDermott & Lopez, 2015). Nurses should work in a way to help the individuals to work by themselves and nurses shouldjust act like support rather than an individual to fulfil the needs. The unique function of the
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