Mental State - Mental State Examination - Mental State Assessment Help

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Mental State Assessment Help

TASK Assessment is the first step of the nursing process and involves the collection, organisation, and analysis of information about the patient’s health. (ANA 2007). Nursing assessments performed in the mental health setting include the mental status examination as well as a number of risk assessments, which may be client centred or health service centred It is important that the nurse include a lifestyle assessment and an assessment of the client’s physical health. Some lifestyle choices, such as substance use or poor dietary intake can produce disease that may manifest as disorders of mental status. This origin of disease needs to be exposed through questioning so that other causes and influencing factors of mental health can be investigated and eliminated. It is expected that you will develop a sense of your ability to observe client behaviour and accurately document those observations as findings on the Mental Status Examination (MSE) and risk screening tool in the correct assessment categories using correct terminology. Students will also develop patient-focused documentation skills in reporting the identified MSE and risk assessment findings concisely and accurately within the nursing report. From your findings, it is also expected that students will be able to identify symptoms pertaining to the client and consequently be able to develop mental health nursing specific interventions to assist the client.