Mental Health Nursing - Assignment Sample
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Mental Health Nursing - Assignment Sample
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Running head: MENTAL HEALTH-NURSINGMENTAL HEALTH-NURSINGName of student:Name of university:Author note:
1MENTAL HEALTH-NURSINGDiscuss the key interpersonal skills you would be using to engage with Barry during thisinterview. After the assessment and the analysis of the case of Barry, it can be found that he issuffering from interpersonal anxiety. Consequently, the interpersonal skills that are requiredto deal with Barr need to be attuned with his current need and something that would bringout his overall holistic development. It has been identified that the major skills required torequired to address the issues of people who are suffering from anxiety is to look for thesource of these problems. The aim would be to reduce attachment wounds and emotionaltrauma that is an area of focus for my kind of counselling approach. The idea is to developself-care skills on the personal front. The idea of self-care skills is concerned with thepractises of health-promoting routine, behaviour or techniques that boost the enhancementof the adaptability of Barry (Bach & Grant, 2015).These skills will also promote a sense ofempowerment along with the overall empowerment of Barry. I would adopt relationshipskills that would help Barry in dealing with the problems in his personal life. In Barry’s case,he has found to be restless compared to most other patients who were present in thewaiting area. This reinforces my need to develop interpersonal skills should be such that itwould calm down Barry. This can be done by politely talking to him and rendering him theconfidence. Once on gaining confidence, Barry will feel more relaxed and may calm down. Inhis it is increasingly becoming difficult for him to cope with the level of stress. He is anxiousabout people around that can be seen in his exasperation about his wife’s stressful nature. Ineed to be a good listener while dealing with Barry. It is because as a nurse I need tounderstand what the other person is saying and develop strategies based on therequirement of that person. My good and intent listening skills will enable me to see cuesfrom the person. This facilitates in determining the needs of the patient that will lead toeffective diagnosis (Dickinson, Mawdsley & Hanlon-Smith, 2016). Another importantinterpersonal skill that would be required in Barry’s case would be communication.Communicating effectively by giving him the chance to speak and being attentive in my bodylanguage will make Barry feel important that is definitely one of the concerns in his case(Waugh, McNay, Dewar & McCaig, 2014). I also need to be patient throughout the interviewas Barry might erupt any moment.
2MENTAL HEALTH-NURSINGDescribe three important signs and/or symptoms in this scenario that would alert you to amental health disorder? On the assessment of the symptoms by Barry, I feel that he is suffering from anxietydisorder. In Barry’s case, it has been found that previously he has not been prescribedalcohol nor he has the addiction of non-prescribed illegal drugs. The doctor has previouslynot prescribed Barry any medicine. The three symptoms and signs that have helped me inunderstanding that Barry is suffering from a mental health disorder, in this case specificallyanxiety disorder is his realization that he is unable to cope anymore and finally decided toget checked in a clinic. Another symptom that led me to understand that Barry is sufferingfrom mental health disorder is during the time he listed a number of physical problems.These include difficulty in sleeping, problem in the digestive parts, an unexpected shortnessof breath where the heart races and he feels a palpitation. Many times, he feels that hemight die. These sudden attacks make him feel even more miserable. He is continuouslyworried about his family especially his adult children. He is concerned about the prospectiveof their jobs, their health problems and is concerned about the financial situation in hisfamily. On the completion of his examination, it was found that he has slightly elevatedblood pressure that can be read high blood pressure due to continuous worrying about hisfamily and the hyper-tension that he has developed in old age. He was further found tohave palpitating heartbeat that can once again be attributed to his age. Studies on anxietyhave shown that it is common for everyone to get nervous, however for people who aresuffering from anxiety it can become quite forceful and the incident can become more orless frequent. It has been found that the central characteristic generalized anxiety disorder(GAD) is worrying too much which is clearly evident in Barry’ case (El Alaoui et al., 2015).Patients of general anxiety disorder are found to be worrying about everything small andlarge. This is exemplified by anxious thoughts on almost every day, in Barry’s case it can bewitnessed in hi worrying about every situation and everyone in his family. The anxiety cantake really bad shape and interfere with the normal functioning of the family. People withanxiety are found to be always racing an unable to calm their mind. Another identifiedproblem of anxiety is chronic indigestion. Anxiety has been found to be being manifested inthe body evident through the physical symptoms that is chronic digestive problems. In
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