HNB3224 - Mental Health and Illness Written Assessment: Essay Plan and Essay

Part 2: Essay: Write a structured essay (1500 words)

This counts towards 50% of this assessment. The essay is due in week eight. You are to choose one of the topics covered in either Module 3 (Managing Challenging Behaviours) or Module 4 (Physical Illness and Comorbidity).
Choose from one of two available essay topics:
1. Discuss the assessment, prevention and management of (aggression/behaviours of concern), for persons living with a mental illness Include the following in your discussion:
o The prevalence of (aggression/behaviours of concern) in consumers with mental illness
o The risk factors for (aggression/behaviours of concern)
o Identify from the literature the consumers’ perspectives and lived experience relating to the topic
o Describe best practice approaches/models/standards/guidelines
o Discuss the mental health nurse’s role and nursing interventions to minimise (aggression/behaviours of concern)
o Highlight any barriers to those interventions

2.Discuss the comorbidity of physical illnesses, for persons living with mental illness. Include the following in your discussion:
o The prevalence of different physical illnesses that tend to occur comorbidly with severe mental illnesses
o The risk factors for those physical illnesses
o Identify from the literature the consumers’ perspectives and lived experience relating to the topic
o Describe best practice approaches/models/standards/guidelines
o Discuss the treatment options and the mental health nurse’s role and nursing interventions
o Highlight any barriers to those interventions

Then, develop an essay that enables you to explore and investigate aspects of that topic in greater detail: