In: Nursing
Now, it's time to turn in your semester project. Remember your project should include the following:
A Mental Health Concern - and the Patient or Community - for your project.
A brief history of the patient including diagnoses and medications - or a brief description of the community issue.
Any substance abuse, addiction or violence issues surrounding this mental health problem. Describe the attempted interventions that have been made for your patient or community, and identify what has been successful and what has not. Submit a rough draft of information gathered so far.
Describe your thoughts regarding your patient's or community's mental health issue. Are there any cognitive concerns? Think about interventions that may be helpful. Include sources for evidence-based practice.
List appropriate nursing interventions for your chosen patient or community. How will you evaluate effectiveness? Include an evaluation tool or rubric.
Complete your Semester Project by identifying mental health resources that can be used for your chosen patient or community. Finish with an educational tool for your patient or community.
Mental health Project
Mental health concern: Mood disorder; Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)
Brief history of patient:
Name: Mr. Vinay Sharma
Age: 55 years/Male
Brief History
Substance abuse, addiction or violence issues in the patient: Nil
Attempted interventions that have been made for patient and identify what has been successful and what has not. Submit a rough draft of information gathered so far.
Four Behavioral Counselling sessions conducted for patient so far but no reults have shown in the past 1 month.
Thoughts regarding patient's mental health issue. Any cognitive concerns? Interventions that may be helpful. Include sources for evidence-based practice
It is considered the major global burden of diseases according to WHO, depression is the fourth leading course of disability world wide, It is associated with the high rates of suicides and mortality.
Interventions that may be helpful
Appropriate nursing interventions for the patient.
Management of depression can be divided into 3 broad categories: Acute phase, continuation phase and maintenance phase
Educational tool: Beating the blues