practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think about‚ judge and examine how to tackle moral life
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Government of India‚ National Mental Health Programme (NMHP) has certain objectives to be met. The programme was launched in the year 1986 and was reformulated in National Health Policy 2002. The original objectives included the following – (i) To ensure the availability and accessibility of minimum mental healthcare for all in the foreseeable future‚ particularly to the most vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the population; (ii) To encourage the application of mental health knowledge in general
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Personal Philosophy of Mental Health Nursing Bonnie K. Wright University of Charleston Each individual has their own personal philosophy of mental health nursing. Throughout this paper there will be facts‚ and my personal thoughts. This is including the following topics; mental health‚ mental illness‚ continuum of mental health/mental illness‚ defense mechanisms‚ therapeutic tools‚ and self-awareness in the nurse. The words mental health placed together creates a definition
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Case Study: Tom is 37 years old‚ self-employed and is suffering with depression. He doesn’t know why he has depression but can see the effects of it. It is impacting on his relationship with both his wife and children and he also finds it difficult developing and maintaining productive friendships. Tom is spending a lot of his time in bed. Getting out of bed and doing the essential things‚ such as work‚ proves difficult as motivation is lacking and this is now impeding his family financially. Tom
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NA201 Student ID: Alcohol misuse is a growing concern for the nation. Statistics have shown an increase in cost expenditure to the NHS and an increase in related illness. According to the department of health the effects of alcohol misuse cost the NHS 2.7billion per year. Alternatively the cause of alcohol misuse can harm an individual’s health‚ destroy families and disrupt a community. In 2010 Nutt implied that compared to drugs‚ alcohol has a larger impact on society and is lower in price and easier
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an absolute exception under the Freedom of Information Act Moreover Care Standard Act 2000 is also another legislation relating to health and social care settings - All service users must have care plans in place‚ which include the medical information‚ personal details and risk assessment. The Risk assessment should include the environment‚ individual mental and physical conditions; ALL Information must keep safe by locking it up. 1.2 It is important to have a secure protected system for
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Mental Health : Nature or Nurture Mental health is by nature and not by nurture. The mental health of a person is linked to his gene and hereditary. A person with no mental illness ancestry does not easily encounter depression or other illness in adverse situations. On the other hand‚ a person having a parent with mental illness has a considerable chance of getting mentally ill. A person having a mutated gene in his DNA can get mental health problems easier than normal people. Nurturing adds to
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Final Project: The Role and Life of a Mental Health Counselor For the Final Project‚ you will apply the information learned in this course‚ as well as in an interview you conduct‚ to your understanding of what it means to be a mental health counselor. Interview (in person) a mental health counselor who works with a population in a setting that interests you. For example‚ if you are interested in working as an in-home therapist with children in need of supervision‚ interview someone who does
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Mental Health in PSE The contemporary issue in the education system is mental health in post secondary education. Mental health has become an increasing issue for this age group as they are now faced with many new challenges‚ such as moving out‚ discovering new opportunities and responsibility (Lunau 2012). The role of institutions such as collages and universities play a crucial part in responding to this situation. The amount of involvement institutions emplace within their educational system ultimately
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post-traumatic stress disorder often comes a co-morbid aspect that patients see as coping mechanisms for the post-traumatic stress disorder that they know little about. Post-traumatic stress and alcohol/substance abuse addiction often find themselves closely related due to the vast amount of individuals who use alcohol or other substances to treat the symptoms of PTSD. When a patient takes on substance abuse‚ they no longer have one disorder to deal with‚ they have two. Patients and counselors alike have many
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