For this assignment, you will need to reflect on your values, beliefs, opinions and learnings about mental health and illness.
Begin from the position of recognising your understandings about mental health and illness prior to beginning this unit and then reflecting on which views, beliefs and opinions have changed (or not) over the past five weeks.
This requires a level of self-awareness and is designed to further increase your self-awareness. Describe what you have learned about yourself, others, and society generally.
While this assignment is about YOU and your experiences/beliefs/values/opinions, you still need to refer to the literature to support some of your ideas. This demonstrates that you have thought more deeply and critically about this reflection.
Systematic Reflection Must Includes these parts as they are from our lectures...
mental health
mental illness
stigma
recovery
therapeutic use of self
The Safewards Model
biopsychosocial assessment
carrying out a mental state examination (MSE)
assessment of risk for aggression, suicide, absconding and vulnerability to victimisation
clinical formulation
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
recognising symptoms of anxiety
developing a clinical formulation for a person with anxiety
applying Maslow's Hierarchy of needs to prioritise care needs
mindfulness as a strategy for mental health care.
Learning outcomes measured:
1. Apply principles of cultural safety and reflect on self to articulate the role of self in person-centred mental health care and therapeutic use of self.
2. Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the challenges and factors that can compromise mental health for ourselves and others in order to promote positive mental health and wellbeing.
4. Describe key mental health issues and work with consumers and carers to address needs and promote recovery across the care continuum applying the Recovery Model.
Length: 1,000 words
Authentic Assessment: Yes
Formative/Summative: Formative and Summative
Presentation
requirements:
This assessment task must:
be written in first person (e.g. "I think ..."; "In my opinion ...")
be written in complete sentences, not dot points
the assignment cover sheet must be included as the first page of your document
use 12 point font
use double line spacing
include page numbers
have headings to guide your work include your word count after each section.
The assignment word count includes any words in the body of the assignment, including headings, in-text references and quotations. It does not include the title page, reference list or appendices.
include a reference list on a new page
Mental Health: Self and others Bachelor of Nursing
use QUT APA referencing for citing academic literature
Task description: For this assignment, you will need to reflect on your values, beliefs, opinions and learnings about mental health and illness.
Begin from the position of recognising your understandings about mental health and illness prior to beginning this unit and then reflecting on which views, beliefs and opinions have changed (or not) over the past five weeks.
This requires a level of self-awareness and is designed to further increase your self-awareness. Describe what you have learned about yourself, others, and society generally.
To help guide your thoughts for this task, you are encouraged to write a weekly journal reflecting on the weekly readings, lectures and tutorial experiences. This journal is not for submission but is likely to help you to engage in the process of reflection and ultimately, to write
this assignment.
While this assignment is about YOU and your experiences/beliefs/values/opinions, you still need to refer to the literature to support some of your ideas. This demonstrates that you have thought more deeply and critically about this reflection.
Background
In each part, markers will be looking for: indications of your insight and self-awareness; connections between your personal experience and the unit content; your ability to apply reflective practice to clinical practice; indications that progress has been made towards achieving the learning objectives.