Assignment: Mentalhealth- Reflection
Topic: Reflection
Areas for reflection:
o Describe how you achieved competencyin mental health including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to that competency
o Describe how you achieved the transferable skill, Communication, including at least one example of new knowledge gained related to the transferable skill
o Describe how this new knowledge will impact your nursing practice.
Course Competencies
o Describe the foundations of mental health nursing.
o Explain current legal issues and social concerns in mental healthcare.
o Select appropriate nursing interventions for clients with certain cognitive, addictive and psychotic conditions.
o Evaluate nursing care strategies for clients with certain mental health/mood/personality and eating disorders.
o Assemble nursing care interventions for clients with mental health/stress related disorders.
o Identify factors that impact mental health in special populations.
Transferable Skills
Communication: Displaying capability in writing, reading and oral communication; understanding of non-verbal language.
o Review how youachieved competencyin mental health and transferable skill.
o Identify new knowledge in mental health gained you had not considered.
o Describe how this new knowledge could impact your nursing practice.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.