Dimensions of Physical and Mental Health

Dimensions of Physical and
Mental Health
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Event...........................................................................................................................................3
Emotions.....................................................................................................................................4
Thoughts.....................................................................................................................................4
Learnings....................................................................................................................................5
Application.................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Reflective writing is characterised as the analytical practice within which the real or
imaginary event, passing thought, scene, interaction or memory is described by an individual and
includes own reflection on its meaning (Alexander, LaRosa, Bader, & Garfield, (2020). This is a
reflection report which is based on view point of nursing about mental health. In this reflection, I
reflect upon my own feelings and thoughts about mental health and addiction and determine the
actions that I need to take to improve my skills and knowledge to work effectively with
individuals experiencing mental illness. A scenario of Bill who has long mental health crisis
history is taken into consideration to reflect on my own experience (Strout & Howard, (2015).
MAIN BODY
Reflective writing is the way of documenting responses of an individual to opinions, events,
experiences or new information. It is how an individual exploring his learning. It needs clear line
of thought, utilisation of examples or evidence to describe reflections. I am providing reflection
on my own experience that I get in a particular scenario. I use some steps while reflecting on my
own experience as this help me in providing reflection in systematic way (Caspi & Moffitt,
(2018).
Event
I am working in a hospital setting as a nurse and I have the responsibility to take care of the
patients. One day, when I was returning home I saw a man who was slept out in the cold and has
a history of mental health issues. The man was homeless and recently been discharged from
acute inpatient mental health ward.
At that time, I was able to hear him yelling on another people and see him waving a half
drunk bottle of wine. He looks untidy and cold and as I walked past him, he yells at me too and
said watch your back or they will get you. At that time, I got scared and very fearful as it was
never happened to me before. I was not able to think that what can I do. I was very scared and
didn't know whether I listen to that person or not. I was just fearful and didn't know about the
condition of the person initially. But later on, I found that the individual was suffering from
mental health issues and substance abuse problem. And as a nurse, it was my responsibility to
provide him with proper care in order to improve his health condition (Edelman, Mandle, &
Kudzma, (2017).
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