Mental Health Specialist

intro to mental health

Creation

Now is the time to take all that you have learned and create! Use any of the applications listed below to create content based on the topic listed below. Submit a screenshot, or file, of your work to the assignment labeled “Weekly Creation Assignment” This is an optional assignment that is due before the next quiz.

You are a nurse working in an inpatient mental health unit. One of your clients, a 16-year old male, has been displaying increasing signs of aggression after not being able to watch his favorite movie. After multiple attempts to deescalate the client through verbal, milieu, chemical, and seclusion interventions, the client continues to choke themself. You decide that mechanical restraints are now necessary to prevent further injury to self. How can the nurse use positive reinforcement to prevent this from occurring in the future? How can the nurse demonstrate nonmaleficence Complete the nurses documentation form below:

§  Precipitating events and behavior of the client prior using mechanical restraints

§  Least restrictive interventions implemented to avoid mechanical restraints

§  The time treatment began

§  The client’s current behavior, what foods or fluids were offered and taken, needs provided for, and vital signs

§  Medication administration

§  Time released from restraints

Ideas for creating…

Concept map

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Use Gitmind or MindMeister to develop a concept map. Try mapping out Assessment, Interventions, Medications, and Teaching (AIMT).

Podcast

Use Garageband, Audacity, or even your voice memo application to develop a podcast (audio recording) discussing todays topic. (1-2 min)

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Animation

Use Plotagon to create an animation between a nurse and a client. (1 min)

flyer/poster

Use Canva or Apple Pages to create a flyer, invitation or poster. (1 page)

Presentation

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Make a Powerpoint, Google Slides, or Apple Keynote presentation. (4-5 slides)

Video

Record yourself doing a teaching demonstration. (1 min)

 

Concept Exercises

After you attend class

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  • Use various exercises to apply the concepts in this document. Go beyond flashcards!

  • Test your knowledge by using the end of chapter questions and the worksheet packet.

 

Submit questions anonymously at the link below. The event number will be given at the beginning of class.

https://onlinequestions.org

Once you finish reviewing all of the material on this page, stand by for our group discussion and live practice test. We will be moving onto applying these concepts shortly!