Nursing

Issues and Trends in Psychiatric Mental Health Practice

Collaboration Café

Purpose

The purpose of the graded collaboration café is to engage students with their peers in an interactive dialogue to organize, integrate, apply, and critically appraise knowledge for nurse practitioner (NP) practice. Meaningful dialogue fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This collaboration café supports the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.   

Course Outcomes

This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes: 

CO 5: Examine the Scope and Standards of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Practice Advanced Practice Competencies. (PO 5) 

Due Date

Initial posts are due to the discussion forum by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Peer responses are due by Sunday at 11:59 p.m. MT. Students must post on a minimum of two separate days. A 10% late penalty will be imposed for discussions posted after the deadline Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. MT, regardless of the number of days late. NOTHING will be accepted after 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday (i.e., the student will receive an automatic 0).     

Total Points Possible

This collaboration café is worth a total of 80 points.

Preparing the Assignment

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.

General Directions:

1. Select an issue or trend that impacts psychiatric mental health practice. Examples include ethical issues, mental health treatment disparities, substance abuse, recovery, or wellness issues. 

2. Select one of the phenomena of concern for psychiatric mental health nurses as described by the American Nurses Association et al. (2022) text on pp. 4-5. 

Source: American Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, & International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses. (2022).  Psychiatric–mental health nursing: Scope and standards of practice (3rd ed.). American Nurses Association.  

Include the following sections: 

I. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.  

a. Describe the issue or trend.

b. Provide an example from practice.

c. Discuss how the phenomenon you selected relates to or impacts your selected issue/trend.

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Nursing Japanese cultural assignment

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Outline for Comprehensive Cultural Assessment

Jennifer Gonzalez

St. Thomas University

NUR 505-AP6

Dr. Darline Francois, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ENA, RRT

July 7, 2024

Outline for Comprehensive Cultural Assessment: Japanese Cultural Beliefs and Practices

I. Introduction

· The brief history of Japanese culture

· Cultural background is one of the essential principles of healthcare

II. Japanese Cultural Beliefs and Practices

· Family and community roles

· Importance of family decision-making

· Respect for elders

· Concepts of health and illness

· Culture (e.g., conventional thoughts of disequilibrium of body, mind, and spirit).

· Integration of Africa’s traditional medicine practices with modern approaches.

· Dietary customs and restrictions

· Common dietary practices

· Effect on the diet management in healthcare.

III. Impact on Healthcare Decision-Making

· Decision-making process

· Individual versus Collective decisions

· Family’s participation in consent and care planning

· Trust in healthcare professionals

· Importance of building trust

· Honor for superiors and knowledgeable people

IV. Treatment Adherence

· Patient's expectations and beliefs on medication and treatment

· Preferences for non-invasive treatments

· Possible fallback on traditional treatments

· Factors influencing adherence

· Family support and encouragement

· Awareness of treatment advantages and disadvantages

V. Communication Strategies

· Language barriers and preferences

· Interpreters or translators are employed, providing translation services or any other bilingual personnel.

· The significance of mutual understanding and effective manner of speaking to one another

· Non-verbal communication

· Body movement and nonverbal communication are important.

· The norms of an individual’s culture determine how they feel or convey pain/discomfort.

VI. Cultural relevant intervention

· Culturally sensitive care plans

· Drawing on the traditional practices when it makes sense

· respect diet and lifestyle choice.

· Involving family in care

· Family members should participate in the care of their sick ones.

· Implementing family-focused service provision

VII. Patient Education

· Tailoring education materials

· Incorporation of the local language and examples

· Make some of the items so they can be easily understood by people with poor reading and writing skills.

· Awareness on health and nutrition

· Focusing on possibilities of warding off diseases and providing comprehensive medical treatment

· Addressing cultural practice that people have toward the management of their health

VIII. Conclusion

· Summary of key points

· Since culture is a dynamic concept, cultural competence must be developed and maintained continuously.

· Promising cultural respect to patients

IX. References

Cite a list of sources on Japanese cultures and practices in healthcare.

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Discussion – Nursing

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Cultural Assessment