Journal regarding your learning from topics of Mental Health Nursing. Relate your personal or social experiences to what you have learned from nursing mental health course.

What are the criteria for a substance use disorder? If your client asked you “What is the difference between substance abuse and substance dependence? ”  How would you explain (teach)

3.  Many people are described as having duel diagnosis.  What does that mean?

and how would that impact your nursing treatment of that person?

How would you go about prioritizing what issue you would treat first?

4.  Many people have a substance abuse disorder yet so many people are not identified or treated for this disorder.  What are some reasons cited in the text regarding failure to detect substance abuse disorders and failure to provide treatment?

5. Review some methods used to screen for substance abuse disorders?  What is CAGE?

6.  What is the legal limit of blood alcohol content with a breathe device?  What is the level that could cause death?  Is that true for everyone?  can the levels change?  why or why not?

7.  Explain briefly what is alcohol withdrawal?  what happens in the body?

What is the treatment course for alcohol withdrawal?  is it life threatening?  What is the most significant concern with alcohol withdrawal?

8.  What medications are used when a person is going thru  active withdrawal from alcohol?

How long does withdrawal typically last?

What are the common symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?

Carefully read the following scenario. This task requires you to work with your classmates in the simulated community services environment within the classroom while basing this task on your own personal work placement organization. You will not actually be implementing this program within your work placement organization – but will be implementing it during class time using your classmates and assessor, who will role play your colleagues as and when appropriate.

Basing it on your real work placement in the community services sector will enable you to further study the organization and its goals, practices and policies and make it relevant to you. Ideas for a service program within your organization’s setting could include: .

A volunteer program (e.g. companionship) A wellness program (e.g. leisure, nutrition or interest-based) . A mentoring program (e.g. buddy or big brother/sister program) or any other service program you feel may suit the goals of the organization and meet the needs of those it has been set up to assist.

Your assessor can discuss other ideas with you before begin if you have any doubts or questions. The guidelines for the program are as follows: It must run for at least four weeks and not be a once-off event. There is a budget of $5,000.

Ment ardi to ating ite sislamno You are restricted to using two existing staff members (these can be existing positions within your work placement organization) and new staff cannot be recruited.

You can make use of volunteers if necessary but you would be responsible for recruiting these people. Approvals must be obtained after the planning stage is completed and then again after the program development has taken place prior to implementation.

In order to complete this activity you need to be familiar with, and have access to, your work placement organisation’s policies and procedures on risk management.

Nursing Using the CDC’s Policy Analytical Framework, answer the questions below 0 What are the costs and benefits associated with the policy, from a budgetary perspective? 0 e.g., for public (federal, state, local) and private entities to enact, implement, and enforce the policy? Economic 0 How do costs compare to benefits (e.g., cost-savings, costs averted, return on investments, cost—effectiveness, cost-benefit analysis, etc.)? 0

How are costs and benefits distributed (e.g., for individuals, businesses, government)? 0 What is the timeline for costs and benefits? 0 Where are there gaps in the data/evidence—base NOTE: Please, answer the above questions with references Thanks

Childhood Obesity case study. There is a growing concern about childhood obesity in your local community. The city is ranked 22nd as the most overweight and obese in the United States. Because of your expertise in obesity, you have been asked to lead an interprofessional team to analyze the community-level problem, develop a plan to address the issue, present your findings and recommendations at the next community-wide council meeting for this case study,  suggest expected outcome for the plan and method of evaluation for the plan