Gibbs’ (1988) Reflective Cycle Gary‚ Andrea‚ Nick & Omar Gibbs’ reflective cycle is a common model for reflection. It includes 6 stages of reflection Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle • It is a never ending cycle‚ whereby theory and practice constantly feed each other • It can start as quite a shallow process‚ but the more you develop and the more you begin to analyse the tasks‚ the deeper your learning experience becomes • In professional practice‚ tasks do not always follow set procedures – you
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This essay will explore the idea of the Mental Heath legislation and how the 2007 Mental Health Act can either be beneficial or not beneficial in the context of professionals who work in this field. Firstly it will be based on the concepts of the legislation‚ which will then be followed by showing how the Mental Health Act supports people working within the mental health service. Why do we need the Mental Health legislation? First of all‚ the government plays a major role in supporting and providing
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Mental health within childhood is a long standing problem within society. One in ten children suffer with mental health issues (Mentalhealth.org.uk‚ 2015)‚ by adopting different perspectives‚ models and explanations for childhood mental health‚ an evaluation can be made on the best course of prevention. The different views we adopt however have an effect on the way we think about the issue‚ such as the way we assess and identify it‚ how we treat it and most importantly how we try to prevent it (Kearney
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Anxiety and stress is treatable but 80% of kids diagnosable anxiety disorder and 60% with stress are not getting treated according to the 2015 Child Mind Institute Children’s Mental Health Report. Anxiety disorders and stress can have a big effect on your health. Stressors are events in your life that cause stress. Teenagers experience a myriad of different stressor‚ by controlling they have to identify the stressors. Stress is a big impact on not only teens but adults as well‚ stress leads to emotional
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various mental health wards in a number of local hospitals. Diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 27‚ an illness he maintains he has never had‚ Mr X blames his family‚ in particular his father and brother‚ for his many stays in hospital including numerous detentions under Sections 2 and 3 of the Mental Health Act (1983). Mr X had been encouraged by his care co-ordinator‚ under Section 131 of the Mental Health Act (1983)‚ and the Code of Practice paragraph 4.9 (Department of Health and Welsh
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public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing by her
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Leadership and Organizational Reflection Essay Introduction The first smart goals I chose are to learn to become a leader and to have better time management skills. I chose these because I work on a small unit with no assigned charge nurse. Any day you go in to work it could be your day to be charge nurse so everyone on the unit needs to be able to step up and be a leader. Time management is a skill that every nurse needs to learn. In my opinion‚ if you have good time management skills it can
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think transgenders mental health is important? I personally think that transgender mental health is important. Being discriminated as a trans person also affects mental health. It can lead to depression. Transmen and women have financial issues. They have to pay for a lot of different things to help with their transition. In conclusion being discriminated against and having financial issues can affect your mental health. First‚ personal happiness can cause mental health issues for transgender
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Reflections (Experiences of delivering the presentation of the QIP): Consider the situation/Collect information During the presentation of my QIP‚ I felt pressurised by the limited of time that I have for the presentation. However‚ I felt more confident after the presentation as I was able to present all the contents within the time limit. I also received some valuable feedbacks from the audiences and the markers. Process information/Identify problem The feedback from the marking rubric shows my
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I am applying to study Mental Health Nursing and Social Work after spending several years working as a community based Support Worker and the last two years working as Mental Health Nursing Assistant in a hospital setting. I believe both professions offer the opportunity for me personally to develop my skills and knowledge and enable me to continue to positively affect the lives of those individuals who I would work with‚ either as a Social Worker or Mental Health Nurse. I have worked with a variety
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