LO1 – Relates to knowledge and understanding
– Demonstrate understanding of the evidence in relation to biopsychosocial frameworks and tools that underpin effective, inclusive, safe, and recovery focused assessment.
LO2 – Relates to knowledge and understanding
– Analyse how mental health nurses work with people in a way that values, respects and explores the meaning of their lived experiences, evidenced through a plan of care. LO3 – Relates to knowledge and understanding
– Analyse the relationship between physical and mental health well- being and the importance of integrated care in supporting service users to manage their health needs. LO4 – Relates to knowledge and understanding
– Evaluate the professional, legal, and ethical factors involved in the delivery of mental health assessment.
LO5 – Relates to Intellectual, practical, affective and transferrable skills – Examine the role of multi-agency and multi-disciplinary working in providing support for mental health service users in their recovery journey.
LO6 – Relates to Intellectual, practical, affective and transferrable skills Consider challenges and opportunities associated with the role of mental health nurses in supporting families of people with mental health needs, whilst demonstrating understanding of appropriate research literature.
Follow the guidance below in structuring your work and use the suggested headings as a means of ensuring that you cover all the areas of information that are required in a balanced manner.
Introduction: An introduction to the assignment is required at the start. You should clearly signpost the reader to the key themes to be discussed in the essay You should be telling the reader what to expect in the essay . Ensure that you adhere to The Code on confidentiality (NMC 2018) throughout. (approximately 200-250 words)
Biography: The biography should provide a brief outline of your case study’s personal experience of their background and life events. Avoid making assumptions or judgements about the service user avoid talking about their mental health problems and diagnosis (250 words). Assessing the needs of the service user:
Given the wordcount, please identify only two needs in this section of the service user although we acknowledge that some service users may have multiple or complex needs.
• Provide a definition of the concept of assessment in mental health nursing and show your understanding of what and how we assess, including risk. LO4
• Consider our professional role and responsibilities in mental health assessment, and how service users might experience our services, within the wider legal and ethical context of care provision. LO3
• Discuss how the service user you have identified was engaged in the assessment. Consideration should be given to biological, psychological, and social aspects that might have might contributed to their mental health problems and presenting needs. LO1
• Examine how principles of recovery were used during the engagement and assessment of the service user. LO5
• Discuss how interpersonal skills were used to help provide person-centred care for the service user, supported by the wide body of literature on communication in mental health nursing.
(Suggested: 1500 words)
Planning care for the service user:
• Define and show your understanding of the concept of care planning. Focus on how mental health nurses work with people in a way that values, respects and explores the ways that service users experience their mental health condition. LO2
• Discuss how care was planned for the service user you have identified and consider how this was linked to the principles of recovery. Describe and analyse how the collaborative care plan that was devised, was able to support and address their needs. LO2
• Identify and evaluate evidence-based interventions and provide rationale(s) for the choice of specific interventions. Refer to relevant policy guidance and frameworks to demonstrate an awareness of these interventions and their efficacy, to link theory and practice. LO6
• Consider the extent of service user’s/carer’s/other professionals (multidisciplinary, multi-agency) involvement in selecting interventions. LO5
• The completed care plan which addresses the two identified needs MUST be included as an appendix (Suggested: 1300 words)
Conclusion: Provide a summary of what you have discussed in the assignment (Suggested: 200 words).
References: Included a complete reference list of all the sources used in the assignment and correctly formatted according to the Harvard system
Appendices: The appendices should include the care plans. Each appendix should include a care plan for a different need/ goal. Use a consistent format for the care plans and present them in the order in which they are discussed in the text of the assignment.
Wordcount: State the wordcount of your essay at the end.
Examples
1. Based on Wrycraft (2015) which states that assessment can be done with the service user during the first few days of their inpatient admission, Mr Andrew was fully assessed at the next ward round a day after his admission by the Multi-disciplinary team (MTD) which includes Consultant psychiatrist, doctor, psychologist, social worker, welfare, the mental health Nurses and the student Nurses.
2. In order to comply with the NMC (2018) that says that mental health professionals must seek service user’s consent before commencing assessment. The consultant introduced student Nurses to Mr Andrew and asked if they should been involved in carrying out the assessment. Mr Andrew accepted for student Nurses to been included in the assessment process with him.
3. In application of Wrycraft (2015) definition of care planning, following assessment with Mr Andrew, information were gathered, Mr Andrew’s needs were identified, the MDT deliberates on the needs that were identified and care plan was drawn out
4. Coffey et al., (2019) also points out that involving service users in care plan and reviewing their care can help personalised care focused on recovery, with the aim of developing goals specific to the individual and designed to maximise achievements and social integration. NICE guideline recommends that mental health practitioners such as psychiatrists, mental health nurses, psychologists, and social workers worked with people using mental health services to jointly develop care plans, ensure that they are given copies of their care plan (NICE, 2022). In accordance with NICE (2022), the MDT worked in partnership with Mr Andrew throughout the care plan process, and they ensured that he was full involved in his care plan and a copy of his care was given to him.