. During your psychiatric–mental health nursing rotation, you have been asked to spend several days with...

. During your psychiatric–mental health nursing rotation, you have been asked to spend several days with a home health nurse. How would you feel about caring for someone in his or her home? What are some reasons that you would prefer to have a family member treated in your home rather than in an institutional setting? What difficulties do you think a psychiatric home care nurse might encounter in the home compared with the hospital setting? What would you find challenging and rewarding about working in the home setting? 10, 11 2. Jeremy is a 42-year old man who suffers from severe and persistent mental illness. His family is interested in finding out more about preventative services. What is the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention services? Provide a list of community services available in your local area. Identify the services as primary, secondary, or tertiary. 1, 2 3. Your local community is looking to increase the mental health services available to citizens. A community support system is being developed and will be run by the health department. List and explain the three tenets of community support systems. List one of the principles that are basic to psychiatric rehabilitation. Explain how an institution could strive to achieve this principle.

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