Self-Paced Mental Health Assessment

The assessment process is the back bone to any package of care and it is vital that it is personal and appropriate to the individual concerned. Although studies have found that there is no singular theory or understanding as to what the purpose of assessment is, there are different approaches and forms of assessment carried out in health and social care. These different approaches can sometimes result in different outcomes.

Self esteem – reflect personal efforts to preserve pride and avoid shame, (Piotrowski, 2005). Example: She shows satisfaction always keeping the house in order. She is always willing to help her friends by watching their children when needed, and preparing their parties.

Person-centred ways of administering medicines whilst adhering to administration instructions mean staff to ask how the individual would like to take is medications e.g. with a glass of water, orange juice, cup of tea. The level of support when administering medications will vary according to the individual mental capacity. For example, self-medication assessment must be completed by staff to answer final decisions regarding self-medication questions. Does the individual shows signs of confusion or suffer from memory impairment? Is the individual able to pen the packaging which their medications is supplied in? Does the individual have any physical disability which may hamper the ability to self-medicate? Can the individual understand the medication

Self esteem is the component of a person's personality that dictates how they view themselves. People with healthy self-esteem

Within this essay, I will reflect and critically analyse an OSCE which has increased my awareness, or challenged my understanding, in assessing the holistic needs of a service user (John), referred by his GP, whilst incorporating a care plan using the Care Programme Approach (CPA). By utilising this programme and other sources of current literature, I hope to demonstrate my knowledge and understanding in relation to this skill as well as identifying areas with scope for learning.

Self-assessment usually comes in the form of a questionnaire that identifies the PWS needs through a series of questions about their capabilities and limitations. In xx case, he requires full support with eating, drinking, moving and handling, decision-making, being safe and all other aspects of daily living. Once this has been completed, then it will be shared with the team, social worker, manager, advocate and other important people in xx life.

The client’s name is Keisha, she is a female, single, sixteen years old, African American, high school student. She was transferred recently to a nontraditional high school, to complete the required credits needed to receive her high school diploma. According to her transcripts she is passing her classes satisfactorily. Keisha is scheduled to graduate on time by the summer of 2018. The client was referred to mental health counseling by her grandmother because she appears to be depressed. The grandmother stated that “student lost her mother when she was seven years old, and thinks she is sad about that” .The school psychiatric social worker referred the client to me in order to conduct a mental health assessment. Per her

The head to toe physical assessment is the first step of the nursing process and is a systemic approach of collecting objective (physical) and subjective (mental) data on the patient that will help the nurse formulate nursing diagnoses and plan patient care. It is also used to confirm or question data that was stated in the pt. previous history stated in the charts and to evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing interventions that were carried out on the patient. The main focus of the head-to-toe assessment is to focus on what the patient is currently presenting with; the patient's responses to actual or potential problems.

In this Assessment nursing course, one of the major things that is taught is the most important part of giving proper care to a patient. Correct patient assessment is needed before any nursing care plan or treatment can be implemented. This post-review of a person’s assessment will demonstrate the proper way to go about assessing a person’s health.

Self- esteem is used to describe a person's overall sense of self- worth or personal value.

People with mental health problems are a growing issue and must be addressed accordingly. When police officers are responding to a 911 call that involves a mentally ill person, the police officers that are responding must be trained on how to de-escalate the situation to protect everyone’s safety. The American Psychological Association (APA) suggests that police departments expand the number of officers with specialty mental health training in their department. (American Psychological Association, 2015). This is where the need for a mental health task force is shown.

The Sarah self-referred for assessment at am outpatient clinic. She subsequently requested a referral to a psychologist in Chicago, IL. Sarah is a 24-year-old adult Caucasian female who identified as a lesbian. She reported a history of depressive symptoms that have worsened in the last few months. She is seeking treatment for these intensified depressive symptoms. She described having “depression” many years ago, but became evasive when asked to clarify. In addition, she noted a concern with experiencing anger and hostility towards others; she stated that these emotions are “uncomfortable” for her. She clarified that in the past three months she has perceived herself as “grumpier than usual.” She reported having experienced anhedonia, fatigue, and insomnia.

Throughout this complete health assessment, I will approach my patient, a 49 years old, female, married patient, and perform a head to toe examination. Starting with the gathering of information, I will start with biographic data, reason for seeking care, present illness, past health history, family history, functional assessment, perception of health, head to toe examination, and baseline measurements. The subjective data will be collected first, where the patient will provide necessary information about every organ system for further examination while the objective data will be amassed in every system based on my findings. This assignment serves as an opportunity to establish a nurse-client interpersonal relationship that

Developed at Rochester by Drs. George Engel and John Romano. This approach systematically examines biological, psychological and social factors and their interactions in understanding health, illness and healthcare delivery (University of Rochester Medical Centre, 2016).

The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale is a self-report that contains a 10-item questionnaire that measures self-esteem (Stapleton, P., Crighton, G. J., Carter, B., & Pidgeon, A., 2017). This scale will measure self-esteem which is a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. The questionnaire contains five positive Items about having self-value for instance “I feel that I have a number of good qualities.” The remaining five items express valueless stamens for example, “I certainly feel useless at times. “The items on the self-esteem scale are scored on a 4 point Likert scale, the score of 1 being strongly disagree to the score of 4 being strongly agree. Scores are then calculated; higher scores reflect a higher self-esteem and lower scores reflect a lower self-esteem. In Sinclair et al. (2010) study he reported high internal consistency for the RSES in an American community sample (α = .91), and good convergent and divergent validity. Also in his study, he reported high consistency with Cronbach’s alpha of .89 which demonstrated reliability.