This assignment aims to critically appraise an ethical conflict in relation to the care provided to a patient. It will explore how ethical decisions are reached and how they can directly influence patient care. To achieve this aim the author will examine a case study of a patient whose care he was involved with whilst…
A Case Study About Healthcare Leadership
Effective leadership is essential in health care organisations as in other organisations. It is necessary for driving innovation, effective patient care, patient safety, improving working within clinical teams, sorting out issues within emergency context and other aspects necessary for effective and efficient running of healthcare organisations. Transformational leadership has often been prescribed as the ‘gold…
Public Health Funding Essay
Executive Summary The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, hereinafter referred to as the ACA, was designed to extend the accessibility of healthcare insurance by creating federal subsidies through health insurance exchanges and through the expansion of state Medicaid programs. As the State of Golden has chosen to opt out of expanding its Medicaid program,…
Health and Safety Management in Health and Social Care
Review and assess the management of health and safety. According to Health and Safety Executive (2008), Health and Safety is the protection of workers from harm or ill health by appropriate precaution and provision of satisfactory work environment.To implement the accountable, adaptable and aggressive standards towards the organization`s goal and to motivate employees to work…
Introduction to Occupational Therapy
Physiology is the study of how the body parts and living organisms work and physical and chemical factor responsible for the origin, progression and development of life. Physiology is a foundation for further studies in the health science. Occupational therapy is a health profession that helps patients improve their nervous system functions including motor, social,…
Mental Health Nursing: Bipolar Disorder
Mental Health Nursing. Identify and Describe the signs and symptoms of the mental distress experienced by adults with Bipolar Disorder II Bipolar disorder is a common and serious mental disorder which is synonymous with the older term manic depressive psychosis. It is a comparatively serious and recurrent condition which is characterised by periods of complete…
Preventing Self-Harm: Mental Health Nursing
The area of self-harm has been subject to extensive research since the 70s when professionals first noted the occurrence of the behaviour in psychiatric inpatients (Iwata et al, 1994). Since then the occurrence of self-harm has continued to increase. Each year approximately 220,000 people present to A&E after self-harming and it accounts for the most…
Communication in Mental Health Nursing
INTRODUCTION Buknall et al ., (2013) argues that effective communication is essential to enhance health outcome of a patient. To accomplish this; however, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2015) stipulates that professional nurses are obliged to understand and care for patients proactively; demonstrating competency, compassion, empathy and sincerity. Professional nurses must also endeavour to…
Person Centred Mental Health Care for Schizophrenia
Person Centred Mental Health Care Disha Gupta References Essay: Ben is a 22 year old male who has been admitted to the acute in patient unit as a compulsory client under the Victorian Mental health Act (2014) who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Question When using recent research evidence please addresses the following; Identify the…
Values Practice Issues Within Mental Health Nursing Practice
Using the values identified in the attached book (empathy and importance of self expression) review prepare a 2000 word discussion and analysis of values practice issues within mental health nursing practice. Introduction This essay aims to explore some issues around values and practice in mental health nursing. The essay builds upon a previous piece of…