Mental Health Nursing

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Mental Health
Nursing
student
7/7/2019

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1. Mental health comprises a person’s emotional, mental and societal wellbeing. It impacts how
an individual thinks, sense, and act. It similarly assist in determining how people manage the
stress, relate to other people, and making decision. Mental wellbeing is essential at all stages
of life, ranging from babyhood to teenage through middle age. Positive mental health permits
individuals to realize their actual potential, cope with the stressful situation of life, work
productivity, and make significant support to their societies. One can manage the positive
mental health by getting help from professionals, connecting with other, staying positive etc.
(Corrigan, Druss and Perlick, 2014).
Mental illness, also termed psychological health disorders, can be referred as the wide range of
psychological health conditions or disorder that impacts the patient’s mood, thoughts, and
behaviour. Some of the mental health illnesses include addictive behaviour, depression,
anxiety related disorder, schizophrenia, and eating disorder. Some of the symptoms associated
with mental disease comprise feeling sad, extreme fear or worries, unusual mood changes,
social isolation, excessive anger, hostility, violence, and suicidal thoughts. It has been
identified by WHO that nearly 20 per cent of the children and teenage affected with mental
illness or issues globally (WHO, 2019)
2. I think these facts related to mental wellbeing and mental illness is mostly correct as the
researchers also evidenced these facts. Mental health is essential not only for psychological
health, but also for physical health. An individual with good physical health cannot assure that
the person is fit and vice versa. I think people with healthy mind can perform their activities
associated with the personal and professional life. I am well aware of above mentioned fact
and agree with them, as research shows that the increased levels of mental health is linked
with the increased learning ability, creativity, and productivity. I think people with positive

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mental health can build a strong relationship with their loved ones and other people around
them. In my opinion mental health illnesses are not restricted to a particular country or state,
it has been affecting people from all around the world. I think people must take care of their
mental health and manage mental illnesses with the help health diet, exercise, social
interaction, and taking help from health professionals.
3. Some of the facts were just as I have expected, this is because mental health has become an
essential part of life in today’s scenarios. But there are some facts that really surprised me
including the number of young people affected with mental health issues. I knew that the
mental illnesses are mostly affect older people, It was surprising for me know that nearly 20
per cent of the young population including children are affected with this health condition.
One of the other facts that surprise me was the advantages of mental health in contribution
towards community services. I knew that positive mental health can help at individual level
and help people in developing healthy relationships, being able to cope with stressful
situation, but I was not aware about its role in community. But it can help the individual to
participate in activities and work in favour of the community; this can be only done of the
person is psychologically healthy (Knapp, McDaid and Parsonage, 2011).
4. Mental health is the state of healthiness in which the person realizes his or her personal
capabilities, how can manage the normal tensions of life, can work effectively and profitably
and is capable to make a support to his or her communal. Mental illness is the identified,
medically diagnosable disease that leads to the significant diminishing of a person’s cognitive,
affecting or relational capabilities. Mental ailments result from biological, developing and/or
psychosocial aspects and can be coped using methods comparable to those used to physical
illness (i.e., avoidance, diagnosis, management and rehabilitation). Though the terms are

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frequently applied interchangeably, psychological health and psychological illness is not the
similar thing; however they are likewise not equally exclusive. A important difference
between psychological health and psychological illness is that everybody has certain level of
psychological health every time, just like bodily health, while it is probable to be deprived of
mental disease (Rogers and Pilgrim, 2014).
5. Social risk factors associated with mental illness includes disorganized attachment with
parents or caregivers, low socio-economic status, exposure to violence, loss of significant
relationships. Negative thoughts about the past and present conditions might cause depression
and stress. Distorted ways of thinking or cognitive distortion may also cause mental illness.
Low self-efficacy is also associated with mental illness. Diseases, injuries and other type of
physical disorder commonly contribute to the poor mental wellbeing and occasionally mental
illness. When people are not happy, they often internalize their negative feeling or
unhappiness. This will later appears as the bad or difficult behaviors for example using
abusive words, becoming aggressive or violent and even damaging the property. Some of the
physical causes of mental illnesses include birth trauma, injuries to the brain, or drug abuse
are directly affect the chemistry of brain and cause mental illness. The poor bodily health can
impact the self-esteem and individual’s ability to encounter their life goals. These all factors
are associated with mental illnesses (Collins et al., 2011).
6.
Define and discuss How will you apply this to
your nursing practice?
Alignment to one of the
following: NMBA
Enrolled Nurse Standards
for Practice, Code of
Conduct for Nurses or
Code of ethics for nurses.
Objectives To deliver for the assessment
and treatment of mentally ill
patient
To provide proper oversight and
This can be applied to
provide the effective care
to the patient while
assessing for vital signs,
NMBA Enrolled Nurse
Standards for Practice as
they set similar objective
like mental health act

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safeguard about such assessment
and treatment
To deliver everyone clear
direction about their rights and
duties
To deliver least restrictive
setting by comparing all needs,
legal and juridical constraints,
safety of people
To promote voluntary
assessment and treatment over
involuntary
and treatment process
Involuntary
admission
An individual can be admitted to
the mental hospital
involuntarily, or without their
will. Mental health act sets the
criteria such as he or she must
be mentally ill, and should be no
other type of care like voluntary
admission
To involve the patient and
the decision making
process, ask the patient’s
permission
NMBA Enrolled Nurse
Standards for Practice as
it also have similar
requirements like
including patient in
decision making process
Consumer rights To have limitation on
interference with the dignity,
rights and freedom
Being involved indecision
making ability if capable
Receiving current information
To receive general health care
To wear their clothes
Propers assessment, treatment,
and care
To practice religion of their
choice
To avoid any legal and
ethical issues this can be
helpful
Code of Conduct for
Nurses as it also help the
nurse to follow patient’s
rights
Involuntary
review processes
The tribunal should review the
admission within three days
Must review the admission at
any other time period
Tribunal might affirm the
admission, but direct that it must
be shortened the patient be
relocated to the approved
hospital.
To help review every
checks so that the patient
must not be admitted to
the setting forcefully
NMBA Enrolled Nurse
Standards for Practice as
it set standard for
examine patient before
medication administration
Seclusion and
restraint
The tribunal might: review on its
personal motions at any time
Review on the application of
any individual with essential
standing
Review even if the time period
of seclusion and restraint has
completed
May affirm the use of restraint
and seclusion, and direct them to
be terminated, and declare the
patient must not possess
subjective to the constraint and
It will help in providing
patient cantered care to the
person with disease or
adverse condition
NMBA Enrolled Nurse
Standards for Practice
also set criteria for
providing patient cantered
approach

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seclusion.
Admission
procedures
Authorization of admitting to
SMHU by
Determining the detained time
Giving notice of admission,
reason of admission detention
period to manage authority, ccp,
and tribunal
To understand the patient
admission procedure to
have record of his or her
stay in the hospital
NMBA Enrolled Nurse
Standards for Practice
Community
treatment orders
A community treatment order is
the lawful order prepared by
MHRT that is the alternative to
the involuntary treatment in the
unit. It sets condition in which
the individual must take
medication, treatment, and
rehabilitation whilst not
admitted to the hospital
In providing healthcare
services to the community
Code of ethics for nurses
as it also to deliver
effective medication
treatment and processes
Role of the mental
health practitioner
Give a copy of order to the
patient, health care provider who
perform assessment, and place it
on clinical record of the patient.
Give notice to the assessment
impact to the patient, ccp, and
tribunal
to understand the précised
role in the healthcare
practice
NMBA Enrolled Nurse
Standards for Practice
Consent A consent form is taken from
the patient and their families in
relation to the treatment and
assessment
To avoid any legal and
ethical issues while
providing care
Code of ethics for nurses
also set standard to take
consent form the patient
Confidentiality The patient information must
not be disclosed to anyone
except the authorized person
To maintain the
confidentially of the
patient which is the right
of the patient (Tasmania
government, 2019)
Nurse are obligatory to
safeguard confidentially
according to the Code of
ethics for nurse
7. Most of the individuals believe that mental illnesses are rare and cannot happen to them, but
the mental health issues are common and prevalent. Although the people with serious mental
illnesses show physical symptoms that can be obverse easily but it is difficult to obverse in
minor and mild cases to identify whether the person is mentally ill or not. However some of
the sign and symptoms associated associated with mental illnesses can display that the person
is affected. some of the symptoms are confused thinking, prolonged depression like sadness or
irritability, feeling of extreme highs and lows, excessive fears, uncertainties, and concerns,
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strange delusion or thoughts, viewing and hearing things that are not actually exists,
developing inability to deal with the daily life problems and activities. Other symptoms
include suicidal thoughts, many unexplained physical ailments, and substance abuse.
Children with mental illnesses can show changed in the school performances, hyperactivity,
persistent disobedience, and frequent temper tantrums (Keyes and Lopez, 2009).
8. These facts are right and can be observed by anyone. Although observing the physical
symptoms for mental illness is difficult, but the above mentioned sign and symptoms can
actually help people to examine if someone they known is experiencing mental health issues. I
have also observed these symptoms in some people around me, and they actually facing
mental health issues. I think in most of the cases we cannot just say that the persons is mental
ill by just seeing him or her, to find out the mental issues we have to obverse their behaviors.
People with serious illness only show physical symptoms. I have reviewed different research
articles and surveys that are conducted on the individuals suffering from psychological health
issues. The results of those research articles and my observations are quite similar, therefore I
can say that the mentally ill person may show some unusual behaviors, lack of conversations,
aggression and using abusive language. And these signs are helpful in examining the mentally
ill behaviors.
9. Stigma can be intensely upsetting and separating, and is considered as one of the utmost
significant health issue faced by individuals with mental wellbeing problems. Learning to live
healthy life with psychological health problems is made additional problematic, when
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marginalize persons. The preconception and anxiety produced by stigma might even inhibit
people from coming frontward and looking for the help they require. Stigma can similarly
stop individuals proposing help or being helpful. Stigma frequently constrains individuals
from receiving the jobs they are capable to do and it can stop individuals with psychological
health issues from playing a lively role in their society. It reduces self-esteem and deprives
persons of societal opportunities”. This can comprise being deprived of opportunities for
example employment or housing due to their disorder. Stigma can also be a barricade to
pursuing early management, cause deterioration and delay recovery. Stigma similarly costs
the state economically. If individuals are too embarrassed or concerned to talk, they might not
come frontward to pursue help. That postponement can source even more suffering
(Henderson, Evans-Lacko and Thornicroft, 2013).
10. Stigma is when people sees someone in a negative manner due to a specific characteristic
or quality for example skin color, cultural contextual, an incapacity or a psychological
illness). When people treat someone in a negative manner on account of the psychological
illness, this is called discrimination. The Stigma related problems happens when an individual
describes someone according to their disease instead of who they actually are as the
individual. For instance, they may be labeling someone as psychotic instead of ‘a person
suffering psychoses (Abbey et al., 2011). For persons with mental wellbeing issues, the
societal stigma and negative perception they face can make their issues poorer, making it
more difficult to recover. It might cause the individual to evade receiving the assistance they
require due to the distress of being stigmatized. The person with stigma starts being
discriminated when other people compare themselves with them and how they are different