Literature Regarding The Perceptions Of The Service

Accurate physical assessment is an essential part of clinical practice, and helps to distinguish between normal and abnormal health findings. Performing a physical assessment of all patients is a major role of healthcare practitioners (Birks, Cant, James, Chung & Davis, 2013). Research evidences have recognized the presence of co-morbidities in mentally ill patients that makes physical stabilization of utmost importance (Hendrie et al., 2013). Furthermore, medical acronyms have been found to facilitate the conduction of such physical assessments for improving the health of a patient.

It is the duty of mental health nurses to plan and provide medical care and support to their clients, suffering from a range of mental illness (Happell, Scott, Platania?Phung & Nankivell, 2012). Research evidences have established an association between the role of nursing education and skill training to improve the overall health and patient outcomes (Happell, Platania-Phung & Scott, 2013). Moreover, there exist a range of lifestyle programs that have shown benefits in training and educating nurses, working in the mental health context.

According to several research findings, the fact has been confirmed that mental disorders are frequently co-morbid with a plethora of physical illnesses. Studies have identified the co-occurrence of several mental disorders with associated physical conditions (Chadwick, Street, McAndrew & Deacon, 2012). Furthermore, the pragmatic tool Mental Health Improvement Profile has proved successful in enabling mental health nurses to screen patient’s physical health status (White, Gray, Swift, Barton & Jones, 2011). Another major role of nurses encompass their responsibility of advocating for the rights and demands of mentally ill patients.

The major C-zones of potential grief include chronology, allocated paper works and maintaining a diary of reflective for an effective clinical practice. Use of modern technology, effective caseload management and balance maintenance enhance the work performance. Moreover, conflict management and regular feedbacks also exert a flexibility in a healthy clinical practice (

One major C-zone that I found challenging was handling of my coworkers. There was dissatisfaction among the nurse working in night shifts regarding their workload. The changes that I should bring about include fostering a direct communication with workers, understanding their demands and respond to them with dignity for resolving such conflicts.

In order to become a political animal I will appreciate the importance of opinions and identify the key players in the organization. I will solicit advise and information as needed. My activities include conducting myself professionally with my co-workers, bosses and clients and taking attempts to resolve conflicts and disputes. I also embrace the political reality of my organization. The direct benefit is associated with the help it provides in determining my ultimate success. It also makes me contributes positively to the organization.

References

Salter, M., & Turner, T. (2008). Community mental health care: a practical guide to outdoor psychiatry. Elsevier Health Sciences. Retrieved from- https://books.google.co.in/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2sa2LUCEOgYC&oi=fnd&pg=PT7&dq=Salter,+M.,+%26+Turner,+T.+(2008).+Staying+alive+-+you,+the+care+worker.+In+Community+Mental+Health+Care:+A+practical+guide+to+outdoor+psychiatry+&ots=MVoENUeddX&sig=agLrauVwEOcG9qA6T9dVpcILYes#v=onepage&q&f=false

Chadwick, A., Street, C., McAndrew, S., & Deacon, M. (2012). Minding our own bodies: Reviewing the literature regarding the perceptions of service users diagnosed with serious mental illness on barriers to accessing physical health care. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 21(3), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00807.x

White, J., Gray, R. J., Swift, L., Barton, G. R., & Jones, M. (2011). The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials, 12(1), 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-167

Happell, B., Platania-Phung, C., & Scott, D. (2013). Physical health care for people with mental illness: Training needs for nurses. Nurse Education Today, 33(4), 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2013.01.015

Happell, B., Scott, D., Platania?Phung, C., & Nankivell, J. (2012). Should we or shouldn’t we? Mental health nurses’ views on physical health care of mental health consumers. International journal of mental health nursing, 21(3), 202-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2011.00799.x

Birks, M., Cant, R., James, A., Chung, C., & Davis, J. (2013). The use of physical assessment skills by registered nurses in Australia: Issues for nursing education. Collegian, 20(1), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2012.02.004

Hendrie, H. C., Lindgren, D., Hay, D. P., Lane, K. A., Gao, S., Purnell, C., … & Callahan, C. M. (2013). Comorbidity profile and healthcare utilization in elderly patients with serious mental illnesses. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21(12), 1267-1276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.056