Impact of Seclusion Behavior on Mental Health: A Nursing Analysis

This report delves into the critical issue of seclusion behavior in mental health patients, examining the challenges faced by nurses and the impact on patient care. The study focuses on the case of Morisset Hospital in Australia, exploring how seclusion, characterized by patient withdrawal and non-cooperation, can hinder effective treatment and potentially lead to critical health stages. The report analyzes the roles and traits of nurses in managing these patients, emphasizing the need for building trust, understanding patient symptoms, and employing motivational therapies. It investigates various strategies for dealing with secluded patients, including the use of friendly communication, empathy, and tailored treatment plans. The research employs both primary and secondary research methods, including qualitative analysis, literature reviews, and case study approaches. The aim is to ascertain the role of nurses in reducing seclusion and improving patient outcomes, ultimately contributing to a decrease in national seclusion rates. The report also considers the impact of grumpy nurses and the importance of creating a supportive environment for patients to share their problems and receive appropriate care.

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ABSTRACT
The present research is all about to analyze issues in mental health due to seclusion
behavior of patients that may leads to critical situation of them. It involves non- interacting,
avoiding events, remain alone, non- cooperative with nurses during medications and many more.
Moreover, mental disorders needs motivational therapies so that they will become comfortable
and share every single problem with nurse as it helps to make an accurate decision to provide
treatment. This assignment has major purpose to evaluate ways to deal with people having
seclusion behavior and treat properly by reducing their reserve nature. It involves description
about leading critical stage of disease due to seclusion which is really harmful for patients.
Meanwhile, there are several traits to work with different kinds of people to fulfill desired
roles in proper way to gain better outcomes. Furthermore, the discussion about ways to deal with
patients having seclusion condition so that every single symptoms can be analyzed thoroughly
which provide support to conduct an accurate medication process to make them well being.
There are several factors which are required to be keep in mind by nurse such as remain in
confidence of patient, gain trust, fulfill their needs, provide proper meal or tea to make them
relaxed. Lastly, conclusion of this overall investigation will lead to focus on number of steps
which needs to be taken by nurses so that they can remove number of problems related to
seclusion patients and may lead to deliver them right services as per the needs and requirements.
This can lead them to decrease the rate of national seclusion rate in Australia.

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITRATURE REVIEW...................................................................................................................2
How seclusion condition of patients may leads to critical health stage while getting treatment2
Role and traits of nurses while treating mental patients in hospitals.....................................2
What are ways to deal with mental patient having seclusion events......................................3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES.................................................................................................4
DICSCUSSION...............................................................................................................................5
REFLECTION.................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Nursing refers to a kind of medical profession in which a person is required to get
authorized degree by learning about care of sick individual. It involves different clinical practices
which provide support in caring of patients to make them well being. In 2015–16, around 12,000
cases related to seclusion came in front which increased in 2016-17 to 12,700. this can be
considered as annual increase in rate of national seclusion events up-to 6.7% because of the
grumpiness of nurses (Mental health services in Australia, 2018). Moreover, there are several
issues which are faced by nurses while working at health care organization which are required to
be reduced for achieving better outcomes in order to make an individual disease free. This
research is based on case study of Morriset Hospital which is a heritage listed psychiatric health
organization in New South Wales, Australia. The present assignment is focus on issue of
seclusion condition that create problem for nurse in order to provide appropriate treatment to
patient because a single minor symptoms can change overall diagnosis.
Research Aim :- To ascertain the role of nurses in reducing the seclusion condition of
patients in a high-acuity stage of mental illness. A case study on Morisset Hospital.
Research Objectives :-
 To understand the seclusion situation of patients may lead to a critical stage while getting
treatment from grumpy nurses in Morisset Hospital.
 To identify the role and traits of nurses while treating mentally disturbed patients
effectively.
 To measure the ways Morisset Hospital of Australia can deal with seclusion events.
Research Questions :-
 How seclusion situation of patients may lead to a critical health stage while getting
treatment from nurses?
 What are the role and traits of nurses while treating mentally disturbed patients in
hospitals?
 What are the ways through which Morisset Hospital of Australia can deal with seclusion
events?
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LITRATURE REVIEW
How seclusion condition of patients may leads to critical health stage while getting treatment
Secluded behavior refers to reserve nature of patient or to hide something about their
problem which create problem for nurse in order to decide an appropriate diagnosis for their
welfare. In case of mental health, patients are stable psychologically and do not want to interact
with anyone or sometimes become violent (Fortinash and Worret, 2014). Moreover, it is
necessary for nurses to deal with them very carefully to determine their actual symptoms
physical and mentally to treat them properly. Meanwhile, seclusion situation make people to
some facts about their health from their nursing assistant which may create inaccuracy in
treatment process and leads to severe condition of them.
According to the view point of Candice Oster (2018), every symptom related to real
issues of psychological patient is required to be well known because it helps to provide
appropriate medication to them. It is important to make an accurate decision about treatment of
patient by thoroughly examining actual symptoms of them to make them disease free. However,
several issues are faced by grumpy nurses to deal with mental patients due to their seclusion
condition including not interacting with others, avoid meals, ignore instructions of nurse and
many more. Additionally, grumpy nurses face problems in order to conduct activities of regular
check ups and give medication properly because of non- cooperative behavior of mentally sick
person. At the other hand, seclusion situation is helpful in context of such patients who stay calm
and remain silent always but not share anything to their grumpy nurse as they take medication
without creating any problem which is good for their health.
Role and traits of nurses while treating mental patients in hospitals
The nurses plays an important roles in well being of an individuals because they remain
connected whole day with them and provide medications at proper time. However, a nurse at
Morisset Hospital has establish an effective as well as efficient relationship with sick people and
understand their mental situation due to which their interaction impacts positively in mental
patients. Moreover, they will become comfortable with their regular interacting grumpy nurse
and become used to for obeying their overall instructions properly.
As per opinion of Goffman (2017), roles of nurse involves to thoroughly analyzed desired
symptoms of patients such as panic attacks, anxiety, drugs or alcohol abuse, Mood disorders,
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phobias, depression and so on. It also include to properly evaluate actual needs of mental person,
build an accurate plan of treatment, provide psychotherapy, coordinate with family members and
give appropriate medications for their well being. Moreover, several traits are required for nurse
to deal with different types of patients in differentiated way to conduct desired treatment
procedure fir making them relief from specific mental illness. In contrary to this, roles of nurse
get differentiated in different working environments such as regular hospitals, psychiatric
asylums, home health care organizations, prisons & jails, outpatient mental health organizations
as well as schools that serve people with emotional and mental problems.
Grumpy nurses are required maintain their high tempered nature as it may applicable in
few cases but not always (Luciano and et. al., 2014). Meanwhile, various factors are different
such as age, mental disorder, situations, seclusion condition, violent response, fearfulness and so
on. However, it is essential to thoroughly analyse overall these components to make an accurate
decision for treating them to make disease free. At the other hand, certain more efficient traits are
required including interact regularly to make them comfortable, gain their trust, remain in their
favour etc of nurses at Morisset Hospital. Furthermore, these factors provide support to make
mental patient cooperative which facilitate to give medication in appropriate manner for their
well being (Gilbert, 2014).
What are ways to deal with mental patient having seclusion events
Seclusion behavior of people create problem for nurses because primary step of
evaluating overall actual symptoms cannot be carried out properly. It will results into confusion
in order to decide desired treatment to reduce mental health problem of people at Morisset
Hospital. Meanwhile, seclusion patients create issues to analyze real signs of health issues but
also remain alone and avoid interacting with others which is a barrier to make them
psychologically stable.
As per knowledge of Ezeobele and et. al., (2014), several activities are carried out in
mental asylums to make people mentally stable and motivate to interact with another individuals
which is helpful to overcome actual psychiatric disorder. Moreover, different ways are required
to be applied including use of friendly tone to fulfill professional concept and remain
concentrated towards desired plan of treatment rather than own opinions. Additionally, behave
equally with every individual by following proper principles of clinical practices in mental
patients (Ezeobele and et. al., 2014). Furthermore, it is necessary for grumpy nurses to make eye
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contact while talking to patients which helps to conduct proper diagnosis to gain better
outcomes. However, try to gain their trust by listen to them properly and respond with empathy
as well as adjusting medication with their personality. At the other hand, frank behavior with
patient may results in negative manner as they will ignore instructions of nurse. At last, people
suffering from fear or depression are mostly needs to deal with patience and supportive nature so
that seclusion patients can share actual problems which helps to give an accurate treatment to
make them well being.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES
This is being considered as a systematic plan that may aid in conduction the whole
research investigation with ease. This section of investigation can take researcher to much more
closer where he/she can draw favourable outcomes for set objectives (Chambers and et. al.,
2015). While conducting the research, it is the responsibility of investigator to choose from the
two main methods an these are qualitative and quantitative. In present research, to reach to a
conclusion with ease, investigator have used qualitative method so that issue which has been
formulated by researcher i.e. grumpiness of nurses of Australia that raised seclusive events
related to patients.
Types of Research :- In this context, there are two major methods that can be used and
these are primary and secondary research through which investigator can collect the data as per
the requirements. In present research report, investigator have used both primary and secondary
research tools (Hornstein, 2017). But mainly, investigator have used secondary tool that may aid
in concluding over the set aim with ease.
Primary Research: This type of investigation includes questionnaire, survey, interview
and many more through which authentic data is being collected. Away with this, data can also be
collected from a single research study which has never been done before by any scholar (Bowers,
2014).
Secondary Research: This is one of the main source through which data can be gathered
with ease and in short period of time as well because collected information are mainly found by
other authors and scholars which is used for conducting further investigation (Moos, 2017).
Synthesis of multiple studies, Literature reviews, meta analysis, Meta synthesis are some of the
ways through which data can be collected using this approach. In present context, researcher
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have used this tool much so that to look into the issue i.e. grumpiness of nurses while treating
mental patients.
Research Design :- A research design, is the way of conducting the investigation in a
systematic manner that may aid in drawing favourable outcomes in short period (Carpenter,
2018). Descriptive, exploratory, case study, experimental and more are some of the designs that
can be used by investigator while conducting the research. In this investigation, descriptive
design has been used which will aid in framing the whole research tight on time.
Data Sampling :- This section of investigation plays a crucial role in investigation
because sampling process may differ in both qualitative and quantitative methods of research. It
is important for investigator to select the right sampling method as per the selected investigating
approach that has been selected. There are number of sampling methods like probabilistic, non -
probabilistic, purposive, non purposive, random sampling and many more. In present context,
investigator have used purposive data sampling method and to select the issue and draw the
outcome because it may aid collecting right data related to topic. Here, issue was grumpiness of
nurses which raised mental illness in patients who were already suffering from it. This is being
considered as the main reason of selecting the investigation (Goffman, 2017).
DICSCUSSION
Grumpiness of nurses have been a hot topic in previous years in all over Australia. It has
been critically analysed on author's point of view is that grumpy nurses led illness of patients in
improving number of chances in reaching to a whole new level. Away with this, age, mental
disorder, situations, seclusion situation, violent response, fearfulness and many more are some of
factors which impacted upon decision making of practitioners related to making the whole
Australia stress free.
REFLECTION
Present investigation was based on the issue i.e. grumpiness of nurses which raised
mental illness. While conducting this investigation, I have been through a number of magazines,
online sites and did a good investigation over the issue which has helped in learning about how
grumpiness can be reduced among nurses in working hours. I have learnt that drinking tea can be
favourable in times which can easily refresh a person and can remove sedentary behaviour as
well at the same time. In future, If I will get the same opportunity of conducting the investigation
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related to this topic, I might finish my work in set time frame with the knowledge that I have
gained.
CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATIONS
From above mentioned report, it has been concluded that effective nurses plays a crucial
role in delivering right services to metal patients. Away with this, grumpiness among nurses can
be reduced with the help of discipline and eating habits. Drinking tea in working hours can help
nurses in getting refreshment and energy at the time of performing tasks. With the help of this,
seclusive behaviour can be reduced as nurses will be more active and will start interacting with
patients. Along with this, training from time to time may also lead nurses to deal with all the
problems which has been faced by patients.
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