Mental Health Nursing - Sample Assignment
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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH NURSINGBlog responsesName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1MENTAL HEALTH NURSINGBlog response 1Accurate physical assessment is an essential part of clinical practice, and helps todistinguish between normal and abnormal health findings. Performing a physical assessment ofall patients is a major role of healthcare practitioners (Birks, Cant, James, Chung & Davis, 2013).Research evidences have recognized the presence of co-morbidities in mentally ill patients thatmakes physical stabilization of utmost importance (Hendrie et al., 2013). Furthermore, medicalacronyms have been found to facilitate the conduction of such physical assessments forimproving the health of a patient. ReferencesBirks, M., Cant, R., James, A., Chung, C., & Davis, J. (2013). The use of physical assessmentskills by registered nurses in Australia: Issues for nursing education.Collegian,20(1),27-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2012.02.004Hendrie, H. C., Lindgren, D., Hay, D. P., Lane, K. A., Gao, S., Purnell, C., ... & Callahan, C. M.(2013). Comorbidity profile and healthcare utilization in elderly patients with seriousmental illnesses.The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry,21(12), 1267-1276.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.056Blog response 2It is the duty of mental health nurses to plan and provide medical care and support to theirclients, suffering from a range of mental illness (Happell, Scott, Platania‐Phung & Nankivell,2012). Research evidences have established an association between the role of nursing educationand skill training to improve the overall health and patient outcomes (Happell, Platania-Phung &
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