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School of Nursing and Midwifery
NSG3MHI Mental Health and Illness
Assessment 2
Title: Recovery-oriented practice
Due: 26th April 2022 Tuesday 11:59pm
Percentage: 35%
Word count: 2,000 word (±10%) including in-text citation, but excluding reference list.
SILO 2. Employ recovery-oriented principles to nursing practice.
SILO 5. Examine the application of Mental Health Act. in delivery of mental health services
Rationale. It is essential that nurses employ the principles of recovery-oriented practice when
working with individuals with mental illness, regardless of the service setting. This essay provides an
opportunity to understand the concept of recovery-oriented practice, and to reflect on how this will
guide your future nursing practice.
You must support your arguments with evidence from cu
ent literature. Please use the sub-headings
to structure your essay in line with the assignment outline.
Assignment Instruction:
1. Introduction (100 words)
2. Theoretical understanding (900 words)
a. Describe what is recovery-oriented practice. Discuss how it is different from the traditional
medical model of care. [300 words]
. Introduce the purpose and domains of the Framework for recovery-oriented practice
(Department of Health, 2011) [300 words]
c. Discuss the principles underlying the Mental Health Act XXXXXXXXXXin relation to recovery-
oriented practice. [300 words]
3. Applying theories to practice (900 words) [You can use the first-person writing style in this
section.]
a. Select one of the consumer scenarios, listed below on page 2.
. Select three of the recovery oriented domains of the Framework for recovery-oriented
practice (Department of Health, 2011), listed on page 3.
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c. Discuss how you would demonstrate these domains in your attitudes, behaviours, skills or
knowledge in your nursing practice when providing care for this person. [900 words]
4. Conclusion (100 words)
Consumer scenarios [Choose one]
1. You are a mental health nurse working in a homeless outreach community team, in
Melbourne metropolitan. Ryan, 32 year old male is self-presented to ED with the concern that
his food has been poisoned by the staff at McDonald’s. Until March 2020, he was working as
an IT developer however, was made redundant due to a corporate restructure. He enjoyed
playing video games, and was on a social soccer team with his colleagues. In April 2020, he
left his share house in Sydney because he was concerned that his housemate was poisoning
his food at home. Since then, he has been travelling around the country, staying at motels and
ackpackers. He’s now spent all his money and has been sleeping rough for the past six
weeks. Ryan’s mother lived with schizophrenia and died two years ago due to cardiovascular
disease. Ryan’s father rema
ied when Ryan was ten and has not been in touch since. Ryan’s
other support was Tom, his partner of six years, however they
oke up in 2019. Ryan has
agreed to be refe
ed to the homeless outreach team for follow up after assessment by the
emergency mental health team. You have been allocated as a key clinician to Ryan.
2. You are a registered nurse working in an acute medical unit. You are allocated to Felicity, a
22 year old social work university student who is living in campus housing. She was admitted
for medical monitoring post intentional paracetamol overdose, after her boyfriend John had
oken up with her after two months of dating. Last year, she received an award for being the
highest achieving student. She is also a talented singer and sings in a band at her university.
Felicity spent most of her time with John for the last two months and has withdrawn from
university study and usual social activities and the band. She states, “No one cares about me,
my life is over.” Felicity has a known diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, and
cu
ently sees a private psychologist fortnightly. Felicity has a history of trauma, and her
mother and step-dad live interstate. She reports that she is feeling helpless and hopeless.
3. You are a registered nurse working at the aged care facility in regional Victoria. Bill is an 87
year old man, who immigrated to Australia from Italy when he was 20 years old. His wife
passed away 5 years ago, and his two adult children live in the city. Bill worked as a
carpenter in his town since his a
ival to Australia, and he takes great pride in knowing that
he constructed many buildings in his community. Bill was an active member in the local
Italian social club and enjoys dancing and growing his own vegetables. Recently, Bill reports
a low mood and has stopped engaging in social activities at the aged care facility. He has a
poor appetite and has recently lost weight. He has been complaining of stomach upsets and
constipation. He has also been more restless and is seen pacing around the co
idors. His son
who recently visited is concerned with the decline in Bill’s personal care. When his son asked
him to take a shower more often, Bill states that “I don’t care anymore, what’s the point?”
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Domains [choose three] The details of each domain can be found on the framework:
• Promoting a culture of hope
• Promoting autonomy and self-determination
• Collaborative partnerships and meaningful engagement
• Focus on strengths
• Holistic and personalised care
• Family, carers, support people and significant others
• Community participation and citizenship
• Responsiveness to diversity
• Reflection and learning
You can download the framework from Department of Health website, or you can also download it
from the assessment resource folder on LMS.
Tips to do this assessment well.
• Read the instruction and ru
ic thoroughly, then read it again!
• Watch the lecture on the assessment (Welcome lecture 3), and recovery-oriented practice.
• Take your time reading the framework and understanding it.
• Use La Trobe li
ary to find relevant literature.
• There is no minimum number of references required. Where needed, the arguments need to be
eferenced with a high-quality literature.
• If you have a question about the assessment, check Q&A forum if your question has been
already answered.
• It not, please use the Q&A forum to ask a question, so that others who have the same question
can see the answer as well.
• Also, you can ask a question at a weekly zoom drop-in with a subject coordinator.
• Do NOT plagiarise or collude. If your work appears to be highly similar to others, both
students will be refe
ed to academic integrity advisor. This must be your own work.
https:
www.latrobe.edu.au/students/admin/academic-integrity
• Written expressions & referencing is worth 30% of total marks. Pay attention to this. Use La
Trobe learning hub services for study resources. https:
www.latrobe.edu.au/students/study-
esources/learninghub
• For APA style information, such as title page, headings, citations etc., please see
https:
apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines
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Assessment XXXXXXXXXXword essay (35%) Ru
ic
Excellent XXXXXXXXXX%) Very Good (70-80%) Good (60-70%) Fair (50-60%) Poor (0-50%)
The
introduction &
Conclusion
(10%)
The introduction is succinct,
elevant and attracts the
eader’s attention. This
paragraph clearly introduces
what the essay is about. The
conclusion clearly summarises
the essay and does not
ing
new ideas.
(8-10)
The introduction is succinct
and relevant. This paragraph
introduces what the essay is
about. The conclusion clearly
summarises the essay and
does not
ing new ideas.
(7-8)
The introduction or conclusion
can be more succinct and
elevant. The introduction
somewhat introduces what the
essay is about. The conclusion
provides a satisfactory
summary of the essay.
(6-7)
The introduction or conclusion
can be more succinct. The
introduction does not clearly
introduce what the essay is
about. The conclusion did not
clearly summarise the essay.
There are new ideas in
conclusion.
(5-6)
There is no clear introduction
and/or conclusion.
(0-5)
Theoretical
understanding
(30%)
The student demonstrates an
in-depth understanding of
ecovery-oriented practice, and
differences to the traditional
model of care.The student
clearly introduces the purpose
and domains of the framework
for recovery-oriented practice.
The student demonstrates a
strong understanding of how
the principles of Mental Health
Act 2014 relate to recovery-
oriented practice. The
understanding of abstract
concepts is in-depth and
accurate. All arguments are
supported with high-quality
evidence.
(24-30)
The student demonstrates
sufficient understanding of the
ecovery-oriented practice and
differences to the traditional
model of care. The student
clearly introduces the
framework. The student
demonstrates an
understanding of how the
principles of Mental Health Act
2014 relate to recovery-
oriented practice. The
understanding of abstract
concepts is accurate but
could be more in-depth. The
arguments are mostly
supported with high-quality
evidence.
(21-24)
The explanation of recovery-
oriented practice makes sense
to the reader. The student
introduces the framework. The
student introduces the Mental
Health Act 2014, however
provides a weak connection to
ecovery-oriented practice. The
understanding of the
abstract concepts is
somewhat superficial and
lacks depth. Arguments are
sometimes supported with
evidence.
(18-21)
The explanation of recovery-
oriented practice is somewhat
unclear. The student
introduces the framework
superficially. The student
introduces Mental Health Act
2014, however does not
provide a connection to
ecovery-oriented practice. The
understanding of abstract
concepts is superficial and
somewhat inco
ect.
Arguments are often not