Analyzing Australian Mental Health Policies' Impact on Nursing

This report provides an overview of the impact of mental health policies on nursing practices in Australia. It examines key governmental policies, including the Fifth National Mental Health Care Plan and the role of the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Control Committee, in shaping healthcare services. The analysis highlights how these policies influence the quality of care, the setting up of effective mental health measures, and the improvement of healthcare services. The report discusses the importance of mental, emotional, and psychological wellness, and how policies aim to enhance the overall work performance within organizations. It also touches upon specific initiatives like the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention strategy, along with the significance of legal frameworks and the role of nursing care in meeting the needs of the community. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of these policies in improving mental health care operations and nursing services.

Mental health policy how it
impact nursing

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Health and well being is one of the most aspect for a government to maintain the health
and well being of the organisation. The organisations will look after the proper management of
the operations and setting up of the cases that will help in providing the guidelines. That will
help in proper planning of the operations and implementation of the policies that will help in
meeting the mental health requirements that are been carried out within the organisation
(Wiechula and et.al., 2016).
MAIN BODY
The government of Australia have lead to many mental and other health care policies that
will support in improving the overall operations that are been carried out at the work place or a
health care setting that will help in proper assessment of the governmental measures that are
been carried out at the work place. Some major governmental policies and health care measures
that will help in proper assessment that will lead the health care officials to improve the services
and this will help in carrying the operations and thus will lead the form to improve the quality of
services and placing of the mental care measures.
The Australian governments mental health policy includes the Fifth National Mental
Health Care Plan that improves the setting up of effective mental health and thus will lead the
health care settings within the country to set proper planning of the operations and thus, will lead
the organisation to have a good rise in setting up of operations that will help in meeting the
operational capabilities of the organisation. The Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Control
Committee of Australian government will look after the proper identification and planning of the
growth measures that are been carried out within the organisation. This organisation will set the
suitable action plan within the firm to have a great level of improvement and thus, lead the
organisation to have a good accessibility of the operations and meeting the health care needs of
the patients with mental ailments (Rudge, 2016).
Some effective measures and reforms that are been carried out buy the organisation that
will help in improving the services and health care needs that will improve the overall health care
and suitable increase in the health care services that are been carried out at the organisation. As
per the Health and Social care department of the Australian Government, Mental health is a
condition or mentally, emotionally and psychologically wellness that a person or a group can
have along with the physical wellness. Thus, it will lead the organisation or a health care setting
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to place the effective planning of the operations that will help in proper placing of the operations
that will lead the government. It will help in placing of the operations that will help in setting up
of the operations that will help in the placing of the operations that will lead the organisation to
enhance the chances of improving the overall work performance of the organisations. It also
helps the organisation to improve the overall operations which are been placed within an
environment (Slemon, Jenkins & Bungay, 2017).
It includes the operations and wellness programs that will help in proper planning of the
operations within the organisation. This will help in carrying out the health and wellness
measures that will lead the organisation. To improve the quality of services and thus, will help in
meeting the operations that will help in carrying actions plans like National Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention strategy. This help in maintaining the health care
condition of the form and thus will lead the form to have a high level of operations that will lead
the organisation to improve the health care services that will help in meeting the operational
needs of the local and native people of the country. This will help in setting up of the operation
and handling the health care conditions that will help in setting up of the operations which will
help in improving the sales and thus will lead the organisation to set the mental health care
services.
The health care and nursing operations that will help in placing the operations in most
effective and carrying of the operations that will help in meeting the needs of the common people
as well as those with any sort of mental or psychological health condition that can influence the
well being of people at Australia (Happell and et.al., 2015). They will look after the suitable
medication and other facilities which will help in proper planning of the mental health condition
that will help in proper assessment of the scope of improvement that will lead the organisation to
have a good rise in the operational needs of the organisation. It also set the guidelines for non
governmental health and nursing service provider firms to adopt and implement suitable well
being measures that can be undertaken by the organisation. Maintaining of health conditions in
Australia is also a bigger challenge for the nursing care and service provider organisations.
Other than this, different legal frameworks are been carried out at the organisation which
will help in proper assessment of the operations and this will help in meeting the health care
requirements of the organisation in most effective way (Redknap and et.al., 2015)). The
effectiveness of delivery of health and social care services will lead the firm to provide suitable
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nursing services. The Director General of the organisation will look after the operations that will
help in proper planning of the operations that supports the rise in the carrying of nursing
facilities. That will help in meeting the health care needs of the organisation in most effective
and suitable form. The Section 26 of health service Act, 2016 will look after the proper planning
of the services and growth measures that will help in improving the health care services that will
help in proper assessment of the operations that are been carried out at the organisation.
Other than this, this will help in proper assessment of the organisation and thus, will help
in carrying effective legal aspects in order to maintain the quality of mental health care measures
which will help in proper assessment of the operations and thus, will lead the firm to carry out
suitable planning of the services related to meeting of requirements (Creamer & Austin, 2017).
The setting up of the policies that will help in meeting the operational needs of the organisation
that will help in carrying out of the operational measures which aids to improve the following of
community services and setting up of proper development measures which are been set within
the organisation. This will help in leading health care services with the medical facilities to an
individual, families and cultural groups within a country.
CONCLUSION
Based on the evaluation that is been carried out at the work place this will help in
improving the overall mental health care operations that are been carried out at the firm. This
will also help in setting up of the action plans and policies that will help in improving the health
care measures within the firm. Different polices and principles along with the health care and
well being legislation's that will help in improving the service qualities that will help in proper
planning of the health and social care measures that will assist an organisation to place suitable
growth measures undertaken by the firm. Besides this the support of family and other health
care officials will lead in effective improvement of health care and nursing services within
organisation on higher scale.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Creamer, A. M., & Austin, W. (2017). Canadian Nurse Practitioner Core Competencies
Identified: An Opportunity to Build Mental Health and Illness Skills and Knowledge. The
Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 13(5). pp. e231-e236.
Happell, B. and et.al. (2015). Lived experience in teaching mental health nursing: Issues of fear
and power. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 24(1). pp. 19-27.
Redknap, R. and et.al. (2015). N ursing practice environment: A strategy for mental health nurse
retention?. International journal of mental health nursing. 24(3). pp. 262-271.
Rudge, T. (2016). (Re) thinking violence in health care settings: A critical approach. Routledge.
Slemon, A., Jenkins, E., & Bungay, V. (2017). Safety in psychiatric inpatient care: The impact of
risk management culture on mental health nursing practice. Nursing inquiry. 24(4). pp.
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Wiechula, R. and et.al. (2016). Umbrella review of the evidence: what factors influence the
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Online
Australian Government Response to Contributing Lives, Thriving Communities - Review of
Mental Health Programmes and Services, 2015. [Online]. Available through:
<http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/mental-review-
response>
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