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NSB204 - Self Reflection || Mental Health

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QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

   

Mental Health (NSB204)

   

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NSB204 - Self Reflection || Mental Health assignment, Mental health can be defined as the state of well-being where the individual has the capability to realize his or her own abilities. He or she should be capable to cope with the normal stresses of life and can work productively which would help him to contribute to his or her own community. Any kind of mental illness can be recognized as the condition here an affected individual will have impairment in his cognitive as well as relational abilities.

NSB204 - Self Reflection || Mental Health

   

QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

   

Mental Health (NSB204)

   Added on 2020-03-01

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Running head: SELF REFLECTIONSELF REFLECTIONName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:
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1SELF REFLECTIONDefinition of mental health and mental illness:Mental health can be defined as the state of well being where the individual has thecapability to realize his or her own abilities. He or she should be capable to cope with the normalstresses of life and can work productively which would help him to contribute to his or her owncommunity. Any kind of mental illness can be recognized as the condition here an affectedindividual will have impairment in his cognitive as well as relational abilities (Angerman &Matschinger, 2003). The disorders may result from developmental, biological and alsopsychosocial factors which can be managed with the help of different evidence based approacheswhich are comparable to any kind of physical diseases (Evans, Nizette & O’Brien, 2017). Thefollowing essay will mainly portray the knowledge that I have gathered the experiences I havegone through and the different skills I have gathered in my profession.Values, attitudes and beliefs about mental health and mental illness and roles of nurses:The main values that I possess as a a mental care nurse are the feeling of empathy andcompassion towards the patient. I should follow the principle of autonomy and dignity wherethe wishes of the patients should be given prior importance than anything else (Cox, 2013).Moreover I should also follow the principle of justice, beneficence and non maleficence to stayaway from legal obligations. I have always tried to develop therapeutic relationship with mypatient so that I can provide a person centered care to this as evidences suggest that this strategyhave more fruitful effect in patients’ recovery than traditional application of interventions.Mental ill patients often require more time and dedication of the nurses as the therapy providedto them requires much more time than any interventions given to patients suffering from physicaldisorders (National survey of mental health and wellbeing, 2007). Hence I need patience andprovide my best skills and knowledge to cure them mentally by proper medication and also
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2SELF REFLECTIONcounseling techniques. I have always been very particular about my patients health and under nocondition neglected any symptoms shown by them or had taken them for granted. I believemental health nursing requires more determination, strength to critically analyses situation andestablish a proper treatment plan and be compassionate towards them so that they can feel thesense of being loved, cared for, and understood.Concept of personal recovery and clinical recovery:As a mental health nurse, I have learnt that it is more important for the patient to developinternally and personally than clinically. By this statement, it means that I should pay moreimportance in keeping the person happy and help him to feel contempt with life. Only lookingafter clinical symptoms are not enough. If I get a dementia patient who have several symptomslike memory loss, improper speech, aggression, suffer development of low feelings and manyothers I would try to cure all her symptoms but first I will try to strike a good conversation and aproper therapeutic relationship with him so that he can rely on me and make me his friend. Thiswill make my treatment easy and this will help him in recovering personally as well as clinically.Importance of stigma on mental health:One of the most important factors that often remain associated with mental illness isstigma. I have noticed that two type of stigma affect health of individuals. One is the socialstigmas which are exhibited by people of the society comprising of prejudicial attitudes anddiscriminating behaviors towards the patient (Pattyn et al., 2013). Another is the self stigma thatpatients experience due to the perceptions of discrimination and their feeling of shame leading topoorer treatment outcomes. Often these feelings make the people withdraw himself from thesociety and thus he loses social connectedness affecting his quality of life (Happell and Gaskell,
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