Question

Submit an evidence-based practice paper about cultural competency in mental health nursing. An evidence-based practice paper allows you to explore best practice and help improve client outcomes on a psychiatric unit. Your paper should describe how you, as a nurse, will include - or have included - cultural awareness in a client diagnosed with a mental illness. The person you describe could be someone in your clinical setting, someone you have worked with in the past, or a theoretical client.

Remember that culture can also include gender equality, sexual orientation, and other cultures besides race and religion - including cultures unique to one particular family. Your paper should be at least 3 pages (double-spaced, not including the title or reference pages) in APA Format and include:

Assessment: Discuss what you would assess in regard to a client's culture. For example, are there specific dietary requirements? Are schedule changes necessary to avoid conflicts with religious practices? Who is the spokesperson for the family? What would you assess?

Diagnosis: List any mental health nursing diagnoses this person has or may be at risk for. Include at least one cultural diagnosis.

Planning: What planning needs to be done to ensure the cultural and emotional safety of the client?

Implementation: What are interventions that would ensure the safety of your client in regard to culture? Include at least two interventions. For example, if your client has religious beliefs that affect the ability to take medications, what interventions would you create to ensure the client's safety? What can you do to make sure the client's cultural needs are met?

Evaluation: How will you evaluate whether your implementation was effective? Make sure the parameters are objective and measurable.

In your summary, discuss whether any completed interventions were successful. What could be done differently in the future? If the interventions have not yet been carried out, you might discuss some institutional changes that could be made to ensure cultural safety for all clients in that setting

Your paper should utilize proper APA guidelines and include at least three scholarly sources to support your paper. A scholarly source is a source that has been peer reviewed and has appropriate authors that are credentialed

Answer 1

Culturally competence in the Mental Health
Nursing:

Assessment:

The nurse should keep in mind about the patient's
ethnicity, race, acculturation, and language. The
patient is AfficancAmerican and he has somatic
complaints He has no interest, anxiety, loss of
appetite. and sleep disturbances The patient has
specific food practices. He believesthat the mental
illness is dueto the gods punishment. He also
believes in the traditional healing process.

Diagnosis:

1. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body
requirements related to loss of appetite.

2. Disturbed sleep pattern related to depression.

3. impaired verbal communication related to a
language barrier.

4, impaired social interaction related to loneliness
5. Anxiety related to depression.

Planning:

. Maintain the nutritional needs ofthe patient

. improve behavioral changes that are socially
acceptable

. Maintain eye (ontad with the patient to initiate
social interaction with the patient.

. Respect to the patient's cultural beliefs and
religious practices to establish trust of the patient
with the staff.

. The patient will not harm self or others.

implementation:

. Diet has provided according to the patient
practices and frequency has been increased to
maintain the body requirements.

. Be with the patient when the interacting.

. Use simple languages when communicating with
the patient Use gestures and other signals for the
communication.

. Explain the patient about behavior modification
and the positive attitudes.

. Maintain relationship with the family members.

. Maintain eye (ontad with the patient.

. Explain to the family members to provide a calm
and quiet environment,

. Gather information regarding when the patient
getting anger, and it's behavioral response and
perception towards the anxiety.

. Redirect the behavior when the patient feels
anXiety.

. staffshould maintain a positive and caim attitude
to the client.

- Anxiety shouid he reiieved safely.

Evaluation:

. Patient nutritional status improved and the needed
pody requirements have met.

- Khe patient trusted with the Staff and
communicated with the caregiver.

. the patient interacts with the famiiy members and
with the society in an appropriate manner.

. Anxiety is maintained to a minimum ievei

. The patient recognizes and ready to express his
teetings.

. the patient initiates verpai and noncverbai
communication.

Summary.

The patient has cooperated atterestabiishing a
trust He respects and hears the caregivers words
and aiso maintains good rapport. He shows
improvement in behaviorai modification. But the
anXiety ievei stiii to be minimized. The patients
show positive attitudes and stiti. he has to be under
the guidance of someone. The patients needs are
met.