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NUR2300 - Nursing priority and chronic health conditions

   

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Running head: NUR2300Nursing priority and chronic health conditionsName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1NUR2300Part AEvaluationThe research conducted by MacPherson et al., (2013) focused on the fact that thedepression results in significant increase in the rates of mortality among many patients. Theprimary objective of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture compared tocounseling approaches, for treating patients who are suffering from this chronic healthconditions. The authors conducted a randomised controlled trial, where 755 patients sufferingfrom depression were recruited and randomised to three intervention groups namely,acupuncture, counseling, and usual care. Strength of this research can be attributed to the factthat both the kinds of intervention were found to significantly reduce the rates of symptomsassociated with depression among the selected participants, thereby confirming the success andvalidity of the preventive strategies. Thus, the research findings can be appropriatelyimplemented by the National Strategic Framework, to eliminate high prevalence of mentalillness, particularly depression in the Australian population.Part BResearch questionAresearch questionacts as an integral part of a research study, literature review. Theresearch question given below focused the study, and assisted in determining the searchmethodology, thereby acting as a guide for all the stages of search, analysis, and reporting. Theprimary areas of concern were related to the high prevalence of mental illness in the target
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2NUR2300population that brings about changes in the emotion, thinking and behaviour of all individuals.The research question formulated for this study is given below:What are the possible nursing strategies that can be implemented to reduce highprevalence of chronic mental illness among patients?Research topicMental disorders, commonly referred to as psychiatric disorder or mental illness arebroadly defines as mental or behavioral patterns that are found to result in the significant distressamong individuals. This in turn contributes to an impairment of personal functioning. Thefeatures associated with mental illness are often relapsing, persistent and remitting. Furthermore,they are also found to occur as single episodes. The outcome and likely course of commonmental disorders generally vary and are often dependent on a plethora of factors that are relatedto the disorder, the individual, or the social environment (Corrigan, Druss & Perlick, 2014).While some mental disorders are transient, others are chronic in nature.The widely prevalentchronic mental illnesses are schizophrenia, depression, psychotic disorders, and bipolar affectivedisorder. The research was focused on identification of appropriate strategies that can beimplemented across the nation, with the aim of treating the symptoms that are manifested byindividuals, suffering from these chronic mental illnesses. The research topic relates to theNational Strategic Framework for Chronic, an extensivecollaboration between the states andterritories and the Commonwealth, and governments. The fact that the framework has beenformulated with the aim of utilizinghigh level evidences and guidelines that will facilitate theimplementation of coordinated and effective national response to allchronicconditions makesthe research question appropriate in this context. Furthermore, the framework also focuses on theenforcement of health plans according to the reviews provided by the National Mental Health
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