NURSING

Assignment about Mental Health Nursing Course - BROADENING PERSPECTIVES OM PRACTICE

NS502 BROADENING PERSPECTIVES OM PRACTICE COHORT :

FIELD OF NURSING: Adult / Child / Mental Health STUDENT NO.

CW1 WORKBOOK OF EVIDENCE

Please delete the two tables which do not relate to your field of nursing.

Table 2 - Adult Field Student

INDICATE ON THE CHART which Insight Experience you are applying to the area of reflection

Learning Disability

Maternity

Care of the Older Person

Child Field

Mental Health Field

Communication

Clinical care . service delivery

Safeguarding / Advocacy / Risk Management

Organisational aspects of service provision

(5) Government initiatives

Table 2 - Child Field Student

INDICATE ON THE CHART which Insight Experience you are applying to the area of reflection

Learning Disability

Maternity

Care of the Older Person

Adult Field

Mental Health Field

Communication

Clinical care . service delivery

Safeguarding / Advocacy / Risk Management

Organisational aspects of service provision

Government initiatives

Table 2 - Mental Health Field Student

INDICATE ON THE CHART which Insight Experience you are applying to the area of reflection

Learning Disability

Maternity

Care of the Older Person

Adult Field

Child Field

Communication

Clinical care . service delivery

Safeguarding / Advocacy / Risk Management

Organisational aspects of service provision

Government initiatives

For each reflection, write 250 words. These reflections should be written in the first person, that is “I”.

PLEASE CONFIRM THAT ALL NAMES OF PATIENTS, STAFF AND PLACEMENT HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN LINE WITH NMC (2008) GUIDELINES ON CONFIDENTIALITY FOUND IN THE CODE.

YES / NO

(1) Area of Reflection :

Communication

Insight Area

Learning Disability

Your reflection

Communication, like any other aspect of life, is one of the most important components. However, in case of patients who have mental disorder pertaining to learning, its role becomes more significant. As a matter fact, patients with learning disabilities are more prone to healthcare risks than ordinary population. Hence, it is pertinent that health professional must have adequate skills to deal with such a tedious issue. At the outset, identification of barriers in the way of communication serves as the harbinger for future endeavours. It is, however; the first step towards reducing as well as removing the barriers.

In order to fulfil this purpose, I, first of all, try to enhance the health care access of patients who are associated with learning disabilities. This, however; will include developed individual catered health action plans. For instance, at the initial level, the patient will be classified in terms of intensity of disability ranging from mild, moderate, and severe. Based on such classification, I will devise individually tailored communication plan so that each of the patient should not face any kind of difficulty in accessing the help of physician, doctor or other support staff. Furthermore, I will simplify the overall communication trend at the organization level. Because most of the times, patients as well as the companions find it difficult to keep in touch with the concerned staff. However, simplification at overall organization does provide much ease to every person who is associated with organization directly or indirectly. All in all, my major focus would remain over the individual tailored plan and utilization of resources in this discourse.

Reference List

PBS.org (2013) Communication Strategies, Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/learning-disabilities/strategies-for-learning-disabilities/communication-strategies/

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