Essay NURS1042 – Foundations of Mental Health Nursing Partnerships – Reflective Writing – Nursing Assignment Help

Assignment Task

Assignment
• You are required to think of a Significant Episode of Communication from your past: this can have been either a planned or an unplanned situation.
• You are required to undertake a critical discussion of the communication reflecting upon the counselling approaches utilised by the MH Nurse.
• Your interview could involve the person suffering, or their carer/partner. An episode drawn from your clinical practice environment is preferable, however if this is not possible the client may also be from a workplace, school or personal family life context.
• You are required to reflect upon and critically discuss (with integrated support from the literature), an appropriate communication and counselling approach. In your discussion, you must refer specifically to the following issues:
• What is preferred theoretical model of counselling/helping;
• Application of the model of counselling /helping to achieve health goals with individuals, families and groups;

Tasks to be undertaken:
1. Students are required to consider a significant episode of communication involving an individual requiring support and who is undergoing emotional and/or mental health issues that are affecting their functioning.
2. You could [i] base this on an interview / interaction you might already be having with a consumer or [ii] you could interview a significant person/carer who is experiencing emotional difficulties and requiring additional support.

Overview of the Episode of Communication:
3a. Students are to provide an overview of their perception of the situation.
3b. Students are to provide any limitations to their overview of their assessment. Is there a gap in their perception? If yes, please specify.
4. What are the variables that are affecting this person? In your response examine variables such as:
• Environmental;
• Cultural; Social.

Overview of preferred Theoretical Communication and Counselling Model:
5a. Students are required to specify which theory / model they found useful in working with this person’s current predicament.
5b. Students are required to explore and describe the key principles of their chosen model and analyse why this model lends itself to this helping session (i.e. Psychodynamic, CBT, Person-Centred etc. approaches).