Laura’s Resources for Mental Health Illnesses Mood Disorders Disorder Resources Depression http://allpsych.com/disorders/mood/index.html http://www.camh.net/education/Online_courses_webinars/mha101/index.html Signs and Symptoms: lack of energy; oversleeping/not sleeping; drop in grades; regress to childhood fears; self-harm; substance abuse; aggressive; accident prone/clumsy Strategies: connect; allow creative outlets (writing‚ drawing‚ doodling); help with memory and organization
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Mental health is a disease people have experienced since the beginning of time. Mild to severe disturbances in behavior and/or thoughts are the effects of a mental illness. More than 200 forms of mental illnesses have been classified. In the ancient period the Egyptians “documented” disordered states of attention and concentration and emotional distress in the mind or heart‚ which later became known as melancholy and hysteria. Somatic treatments usually involved reciting magic spells and applying
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Running head: SLEEP DEPRIVATION EFFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH Decreased Sleep Due to Nursing Interventions on Inpatients Recovering From Mental Health Crisis University of South Alabama SLEEP DEPRIVATION EFFFECTS ON MENTAL HEALTH Decreased Sleep Due to Nursing Interventions on Inpatients Recovering From Mental Health Crisis Sleep is one of the great mysteries of Science. Past and recent studies have shown the need for sleep‚ but the why has always been elusive. A study on Is Sleep Essential by
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Human Rights and Mental Health Are human rights infringed in treatments for mental health? Ethics are moral values that govern us as individuals and a group on the appropriate conduct in society. Ethics lay down the foundations of how we should live our lives‚ treat others and ourselves; giving everyone an understanding of what is morally right and wrong in society. Ethics give us a baseline for understanding the concept of right and wrong. Help us to have a ready understanding of how to react
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Name Mental health I had been having periods of anxiety for over eight months which were characterized by sleepless nights and difficulties in concentration. Before then‚ I had been taking care of my father after my mother became ill and passed away two years ago. She had looked after my father and me in a loving manner and always took good care of us. I am a single women aged 26 years. I recently resigned from work in order to be present with my father as I take care of him. The problem got worse
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I had learned so much from this class that I will take with me into my nursing career. During this course‚ I was able to think critically and tried understand what is like to be old. I am happy to say that my results were outstanding and I think the information that I had acquired from doing the internet explore on many different topics will be useful to me in the future. I work in a nursing home and I love helping people with their activities of daily living. Many people that I helped have a great
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other patients their top priority. After witnessing this‚ I knew I would be earing a bachelors degree in nursing. Spending the time I did at Loma Linda Hospital with my father made attending Loma Linda University both meaningful and attractive. To add to this I had several friends and professor speak of the university with high regards. It was at this time I began to research the School of Nursing. Upon conducting
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Reflective Journal on clinical practice Event | Evidence | On 4th June‚ H’stix was done to a patient. | It is my first time to perform H’stix to patient. I misunderstood that a small drop of blood was enough but it should be more for the blood glucose detector to measure. | From 5th - 7th June‚ Vital signs taking was done | There is a big time improvement for vital signs taking after three-day practice. The procedure of vital signs taking becomes smoother.Since the patient is an isolation
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1482) found that “Reflection is now a prerequisite for all nurses‚ midwives and health visitors. It is the method endorsed by the UKCC to promote the development of informed‚ knowledgeable and safe practice‚ and qualified practitioners are required to maintain a personal professional profile containing evidence of reflection on practice.” For my reflective portfolio assignment I will discuss a scenario where I felt dignity was not provided for certain patients. For this essay I will use a reflective
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I chose this model as it allows me to navigate myself through the reflection process and identify areas of weakness‚ ultimately enabling me to overcome these and improve my future nursing practice. Gibbs model is broken down into six stages as follows; Description: What happened? Feelings: how did I feel? Evaluation: What was good about the experience? What was bad about it? Analysis:
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