You are a mental health nurse working on an inpatient unit and the charge nurse advises that you will be leading a group session on your next shift. The nurse manager says you may select any topic you would like, and the group session can be for a specific population of patients or for all patients.

1)What topic will you choose to address in your group and what population will you invite? Include two expected outcomes.

2)When thinking about your group topic, what leadership style would be most beneficial and why?  

3)How will you deal with the following challenging behaviors?

4)A group member who is monopolizing the conversation and will not let others speak

5)A group member who is angry and blames everyone else for his situation.

1. A group member who is silent and appears very uncomfortable.

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Step-by-step explanation

Being a mental health nurse, having the task of speaking about any related topic as a mental health nurse allow your patients to recognize the things or situations that negatively affect their mental health, to learn ways to cope with such influences. For example, they might teach a patient exercises to help him control panic attacks or anger.

According to being identified with this role, the topic that I would choose would be about stress, anxiety, how it works in the person and when to be alert about adequate care, since it is controlled over time and has both physical consequences. as well as in mental health and even with the current situation presented by the world that affects us all emotionally without exception.

The most sensible thing would be a talk in general, as an intermediary of information and promotion of mental health involving the family or caregivers of the patient, and also coworkers keeping them up to date on the chosen topic, increasing their confidence in helping them. themselves to the patient.

Mental health is an important part of well-being and overall health. It affects us in the way we think, feel and act. It also affects how we manage stress, interact with others, and make decisions during an emergency.

People with pre-existing mental health problems or substance use disorders can be especially vulnerable in an emergency. Mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia in this case based on (stress and anxiety) affect a person's way of thinking, feeling, and behaving in a way that influences their ability to relate to and perform at diary. These conditions can be situational (short-term) or chronic (long-term). People with pre-existing mental health problems should continue treatment and be on the lookout for new or worsening symptoms. If you think you have new symptoms or your symptoms have worsened, call your healthcare provider.

As for the member of the group who is monopolizing the conversation and does not let others speak, his right to speak would be respected but to avoid this uncomfortable moment for other people who want to use his opinion, he would place a time limit on the dynamic so that everyone has the right to express themselves.

The group member who is angry and blames everyone else for his situation, would observe his behavior very well and after the talk he would speak with the individual considering his problem and offering him help as a mental health nurse, since that is not an attitude correct of an individual.

To the group member who is silent and seems very uncomfortable, I think there is nothing to do in this regard. a detailed explanation would be given on the subject so that more information arrives and it can be processed as correctly, if the person remains attentive even if he seems annoyed.

 As mental health specialist nurses they help coordinate patient support within the community, so they must be in contact with other professionals, such as doctors, health visitors, social housing department and social service department workers, as well as with the police and voluntary organizations.