Assignment Task
1. Assessment Summary
Conflict and containment can place both consumers and staff at risk of harm. The Safewards model is an evidence-based model which aims at reducing conflict and containment. The new Victorian Mental Health Act (The Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022) also recognizes the lack of therapeutic benefit of seclusion and restraint and proposes their elimination in mental health care provision. The recovery-orientated model also advocates for patients to set their own care priorities and to live a meaning life of their choice.
The aim of this assessment is to examine literature on the safewards model and recovery framework and how their implementation can reduce conflict and restrictive practices. The essay also aims at examining the use of self as a therapeutic tool when working with consumers living with a mental illness.
2. Assessment Instructions
Students are to select one (1) from a choice of two (2) questions critically examining and analysing contemporary mental health nursing issues.
Question 1
1) Identify two (2) safewards interventions and analyse how these interventions are utilised to reduce restrictive practice and interventions. Use contemporary literature to support your analysis.
2) Explore how the role of vicarious trauma and burnout experienced by mental health nurses can impact care towards consumers.
3) Critically evaluate the correlation between implementation of safewards and reflective practice.
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Question 2
1) Utilise contemporary literature to discuss as well as to analyse recovery framework and its role in reducing conflict and restrictive practice.
2) Explore how the role of therapeutic use of self and self-awareness can impact recovery-centred care towards consumers.
3) Critically evaluate the correlation between the implications of removing restricted care and the importance of clinical supervision for a mental health nurse.