Therapeutic milieu is “the controlled environment of treatment facilities that shelters patients from what they perceive to be painful and frightening stressors, thus providing them with a stable and coherent social environment that facilitates the development and implementation of treatment.” (Stuart, 2009) The chief purpose of selecting this topic is that it is an exclusive…
Biopsychosocial Versus Biomedical Model In Clinical Practice
Pain can be defined as ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage’ and is considered chronic when it ‘persists beyond the normal time of healing’ (Merskey and Bogduk, 1995). A recent survey studying 4,839 people found 20% suffered from chronic pain with many reporting a reduction in quality of…
Mental Health Nursing And Concepts Of Behavioral Psychology Nursing Essay
During my mental health clinical rotation i came across a 35 years old male patient admitted with complain of hallucinations delusions, obsession, aggression, and self talkative behavior. During history patient reveals that his parents get separate when he was seven years old and he was single child shifted with his mother at that time. His…
Reflection on Self Development in Mental Health Nursing
The Nurse Association (ANA) (2003) defines nursing as the promotion, protection and improvement of health and abilities, stopping of illness and injury, relief of suffering through identification, medical care and support in the care of individuals, families, societies and citizenry (Nancy, 2001 p.2).Generally nursing is liable to the society for providing quality, economical as well…
Assessing Behavior through Observation
Introduction Assessing behavior through observation can be vital in understanding the cause and the impact certain behaviors are having on an individual as well as those around them. In addition, observation can determine what behavior is the issue if the issue has not been predetermined. Observation can occur in a professional setting, a school setting,…
Paranoia Studies Effecting Psychological Interventions for Psychosis
To what extent do studies of paranoia in the non-clinical population inform psychological interventions for psychosis? Introduction Research into paranoia in non-clinical populations has enriched our understanding of this phenomenon and informed psychological interventions for psychosis. Paranoia is defined as an interpersonal experience: a fear that others intend to cause you physical, psychological or social…
Cough in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Table of Contents Introduction Review of Evidence Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Conclusion and Recommendations References Appendix Introduction The “Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILDs)” is a diverse collection of parenchymal diseases of the lung that are categorised with respect to numerous degree of fibrosis and inflammation (Van Manen, et al., 2016). Some of these diseases…
Promoting Holism and Diversity in Mental Health Nursing
Holism is derived from the Greek holos meaning whole, this term was first introduced in 1926 by South African philosopher Jan Christian Smuts who described it as the tendency in nature to form wholes that are greater than the sum of individual parts through creative evolution (Poynton, 2010). The aim of holism is to view…
Literature Review of Reflexivity in Qualitative Studies
Every research study needs to be contextualised, understood within the background and context of its place within the theoretical and practice spectrum (Fink, 2005). Nursing research, as with every other aspect of nursing practice, should be ethically sound (Carrick, 2000), and should also be founded within sound methodological principles and developed along the lines of…
Case Study of Living with Schizophrenia
As we have seen the symptoms or rather the results, of Schizophrenia can be life disheartening, depressing and take an emotional toll on the patients and their family. The person is unable to interact within the community and family, express him or herself well and hence unable to continue with his work and social life….