Report on Consumer-Centred Mental Health Nursing Practice Analysis

This report provides an in-depth analysis of consumer-centred mental health nursing practice. It explores the development of nurse-consumer relationships, emphasizing mutual trust and understanding of the healthcare consumer's experiences with mental disorders. The report reflects on the author's own nursing practice, highlighting the importance of communication, observational skills, and time management in providing patient-centered care. Furthermore, it discusses the development of nursing practice through interprofessional collaboration, experiential learning, and integration of mental health policies. The study underscores the significance of collaborative mental health care, interprofessional partnerships, and the stress vulnerability model in achieving better healthcare outcomes for individuals experiencing mental illness. The report also emphasizes the need for nurses to possess qualities such as honesty, integrity, and effective communication to improve patient outcomes and create a supportive environment.

CONSUMER-CENTRED MENTAL HEALTH
NURSING PRACTICE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................3
1. Development of nurse-consumer relationship that will help in gaining understanding of the
health care consumer's experiences of living with mental disorder. .....................................3
2. Reflection on own nursing practice....................................................................................5
3. Development of own nursing practice................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Collaborative mental health care is a range of practice which helps in integrating the
consumers, families and caregivers in order to provide health care for better quality of life.
Mental health is referred to as the cognitive behaviour, emotional and social well-being. Mental
heath comprise different type of illness like, anxiety, psychotic, mood, substance use, eating and
trauma basedtrauma-based disorder. Collaborative mental health nursing practice will help me
outlining the experience and understanding of the nurse while treating mental illness. Mental
health nurses focus on resolving the issue related with various disorders in an individual.
Key terms of study will be Mental health, collaborative mental health nursing practice,
nurse consumer relationship, mental disorder and experience of mental health.
Collaborative mental health nursing practice: Collaborative mental health nursing
practice helps in effective planning in order to provide support and care to the people suffering
from mental health issues.
Nurse consumer relationship: It is referred as therapeutic where nurse assist patient with
emotional, physical and spiritual needs.
Mental health: It is referred to as the degree of psychological well- being.
The purpose of study is to outline collaborative practice of mental health nurse managing
care for patient experienced mental disorder. It will also outline reflection on the own nursing
practice in relation with behaviour, skills or attitude. It will also demonstrate various aspects of
own nursing practice to attain better health care results. This motive behind conducting research
is to gain knowledge over collaborative nursing practice to develop nurse-consumer relationship
that will assist in gaining understanding of the health care consumer's experiences of living with
mental disorder. helps in outlining the lived experience of mental disorder to work
collaboratively.
DISCUSSION
1. Development of nurse-consumer relationship that will help in gaining understanding of the
health care consumer's experiences of living with mental disorder.
Collaborative nurse consumer relationship helps is based on mutual trust by assessing the
patient with emotional, physical and spiritual needs through nurses’ skills, knowledge and
attitude. Mental health is very crucial at every stage of life in order to take necessary decision
and choices. Mental health is referred to as the degree of psychological well- being. The lived
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experience of the nurses is completely associated with the potential of recovery of an individual.
This in turn helps in better understanding in order to improve the overall outcomes of the
individual by filling the gaps in service delivery and gaining experience of the individual
suffering from mental illness. Collaborative mental health nursing is necessary in order to
enhance the capacity of primary health care by collaborating various health care professionals in
order to deliver effective mental health services. Collaborative mental health care practice is used
where all the consumers, caregivers and family members work together in order to promote
mental health services and care. Collaborative care is provided from different specialities and
professionals who work together for mutual support and offer complementary services to provide
best quality care to the individual. Isobel and Delgado (2018) said that, exercise and good
nutrition have positive impact on the mental health of the individual suffering from mental
disorders. This can be done by improving the metabolic monitoring, motivational interviewing,
nutrition and exercise which helps patient to adapt to such behaviours for better care results and
outcomes. Gaining understanding of the health care consumer experiences helps in determining
the various aspects of the patient. This helps in effectively refining the process of patient care.
Cognitive practice helps in analysing the information which are relevant for the patient care. This
will helps in taking necessary decision by understanding the decision and improving various
health outcomes. Happell and et.al., (2019) established the fact that, Inter-professional
collaboration is referred to as a partnership between various health professionals, family
members, care takers and patients. It is a collaborative, participative and coordinated approach
which results in shared decision making regarding various health issues. This helps in enabling a
synergetic influence of knowledge and skills in order to improve patient outcomes. The inter-
professional team helps to work on a common goal for better care results (The Effects of
Interprofessional Education in Mental Health Practice: Findings from a Systematic Review,
2018). This practice helps in promoting nurse consumer relationship by taking into consideration
viewpoints of various health professional and patient with mutual respect. This practice helps
nurses in experiencing better patient care, effective health outcomes and effective health care
system. Fletcher and et.al., (2019) said that, Inter-professional collaboration practice helps in
developing the understanding of health care system. Developing a collaborative nurse consumer
relationship helps nurse s in taking strategic decision and make proper plan by evaluating the
needs of the patients for better quality care outcomes.
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2. Reflection on own nursing practice.
I have treated a patient with a mental disorder and is suffering from various mental
disorders such as anxiety, anger, depression, addictive behaviour. I have assessed the mental
state of the patient and has established good communication with the health care practitioners,
patients and family members in order to identify the needs and take necessary decision
accordingly. I have provided patient centred care by integrating various values in order to
improve the quality of life. I have experienced that people with mental health tends to get angry
and anxious at small things (Gerace and et.al., 2018). This in turn affects the health and mindset
of the individual. I have excellent observational skills which helped me in taking strategic
decision. I have effectively assessed the activities carried out by the patient who is suffering from
mental illness in order to take corrective actions. I have been providing psychotherapy services
and personal care to improve the health outcomes. I have a effective communication skills which
helped me take corrective action. It also helped me in determining the various risk factors in
order to improve both mental and physical health of an individual. I have an effective time
management skills in order to timely manage all the activities in a systematic manner in order to
deliver better care services.
Zugai, Stein-Parbury and Roche (2015) said that, nurse patient relationship is referred as
therapeutic where nurse assist patient with emotional, physical and spiritual needs through
nurses’ skills, knowledge and attitude. The nurses should have caring, understanding and
supportive attitude. Nurses should have good communication skills in order to effectively
transmit the information with the health practitioners, care givers and family members from
different backgrounds. Nurses should possess high level of professionalism and patience in order
to deliver better services to the individual who is suffering from mental disorders. Nurses should
have effective skills to prioritize the situation by making quick and effective decision. Nurses
should have psychomotor skills, ethical and legal consideration, professional skills, time
management skills and critical thinking capabilities to provide best quality care to the people
suffering from mental health (Happell and et.al., 2019). The nursing patient should possess
certain quality such as honesty, integrity, non- judgemental, comforting, etc. Effective caring
behaviour to the patients helps in managing and improving the quality of care to patients.
Positive attitude of nurses impose helps in better results of the patients by giving them emotional
and mental stability.
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3. Development of own nursing practice.
Harris and Panozzo (2019) sought to establish the fact that, Nursing practice is the set of
own activities, functions, roles and responsibilities which gives nurses authority to perform by
underpinning the values in which care is provided to the patients. Nursing practice comprises of
effective and safe nursing care which in turn covers various aspects of attitude, behaviour and
approach to deliver best quality care to the patient suffering from mental issue. I have to develop
an Inter-professional collaboration practice which helps in cooperating the partnership of various
family members, health professionals, patients and care takers in order to take shared decisions
regarding various health issues. This practice will helps me in integrating effective skills and
knowledge. I have to develop effective communication and interpersonal skills in order to take
strategic decision. This helps me in understanding the needs and behaviour of the patient
suffering from mental disorders. Effective communication will help in planning the systematic
approach to control anxiety and anger of patients. I have to also effectively develop psychomotor
skills which helps in performing various physical functions of nursing with finesse and speed. I
have to undergo various practices which helps in taking strategic decision.
Pomare and et.al., (2018) said that, Inter-professional collaboration practice help nurses
in experiencing better patient care, effective health outcomes and effective health care system
which in turn results in better quality care and outcomes. I will further develop various nursing
care skills and practice by working along with skilled and experienced health care practitioners
who has treated patients with mental illness. I will focus on experiential learning to develop
better skills and knowledge. Getting involved in the mental health policies also helps in taking
informative decision at the time of critical situation (Mental health nursing, 2017). I will focus
on evaluating the mental health needs of the patient by developing effective treatment plans. In
order to give proper care to the individual I will focus on administering medications and
collaborating with health care professionals, families, doctors and caregivers. To attain better
health care results I will focus on improving the medication of the patient according to the
specific needs of the individual. I will also learn stress vulnerability model for effectively
treating mental illness. Zugai, Stein-Parbury and Roche (2015) said that, stress vulnerability
model will help nurses in investigating the influence of environmental factors on cognitive,
emotional and behaviour outcomes of individual. Development and creation of positive
environment for mental health disorders results in effective health care results and outcomes.
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CONCLUSION
From the above conducted study, it has been summarized that, Collaborative mental
health care helps in integrating the consumers, families and caregivers to provide health care for
better quality of life. Nurse care relationship is based on mutual trust by effectively assessing the
need of patient. This study outlines the Inter-professional collaboration practice which helps in
building partnership between various health professionals, family members, care takers and
patients. This in turn helps in effective health care system to treat patients with mental illness.
This study also highlights, reflection on our own nursing skills, attitude and behaviour to
effectively collaborate with health carte patients who is experiencing mental disorder.
Furthermore, this study helps in developing the various aspects in my nursing practice in order to
deliver best quality care to the patient suffering from mental illness. This study also concludes,
stress vulnerability model which help nurses in investigating the influence of environmental
factors on cognitive, emotional and behaviour outcomes of the patient who is suffering from
mental illness.
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