Mental health nurse role and consumer perspective

write in the 3rd person first.

pick a clinical scenario that was good clinical example or if you were involved in a behaviour of concern. You then need to reflect on this before you write.

What was it that occured, what is good practice or good model of the approach, what is the Mental health nurses role in this type of scenario and what is consumer perspective, how do they feel if in this situation.

You need to look at what the evidence(peer reviewed articles) is telling you.

what would be best practice or the best model that you as a nurse should expect from the scenario

For example it may be an example of good practice, you would then look at the literature and report on the consumer perspectives on this as well.

Use high-quality contemporary, evidence-based literature (i.e. peer reviewed journals) to inform the discussion and critical analysis

 Review and critically analyse the literature

Introduction

Start by setting the context and providing relevant background information

o Include a thesis statement that is a response to the essay question, and that

summarises the main aim or argument of the essay

o Outline the main ideas to be discussed in the essay, in the order they appear in the

body of the essay

 Body

o Each paragraph should cover a single idea expressed in a topic sentence, followed by

supporting evidence and examples from contemporary academic literature, including

peer-reviewed journal articles

 Conclusion: A summary of your appraisal

o Restate your thesis and sum up your arguments

o Make recommendations for future directions

Additional criteria can be found below.

Clinical scenario is as below –
While on mental health placement, a 74 y/o female brought in by her family with GAD (Generalised anxiety disorder), MDD (Major depressive disorder) with a history of agitation, and aggression. One day she suddenly has thrown the lunch tray on the wall in her room and nurses went towards the noise as soon as, they heard it. The patient was very agitated and aggressive. The way nurses dealt with it and how it made the mental health clinical placement interesting and learning are explained below. Most of the time patients get aggressive to express their feeling or to take their frustration out. It is very necessary to build up a therapeutic relationship with the client, so he can trust the nurses.