Best Practice for Working with PTSD Patients (Essay Sample)

Mental Health Assessment and Learning Requirements for Graduate Nurse Program
1. Written assignment
Word limit: 2500
Marks allocated: 60 %
What does evidence suggest is best practice for working with a person with lived experience of ONE of the following mental health concerns? Discuss how this informs, or should inform, recovery-oriented practice (utilizing recovery oriented language; include DSM or ICD 10 Formulation) and what are some of the limitations that may be encountered?
Psychosis;
A personality disorder (choose 1 type only);
Dementia with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD);
An eating disorder;
A mood disorder;
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
Dual Diagnosis
Use literature to support your discussion.
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Submitting essays
Graduates are required to submit all essays to Turnitin.com.
Graduates are required to submit essays that are formatted and submitted in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines. See the following websites for further information:
www.apastyle.org/index.aspx
www.blog.apastyle.org
The GNP has been designed to be at a Post Graduate level, hence the RPL’s that can be received by affiliated Universities. Given this, essays are required to be at a post graduate standard. On the following page is a guide to successful essay writing. Further information can be found at the link below:
http://students.fvas.unimelb.edu.au/admin/writing-style-guide
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MH GNP Assignment writing instructions
The following resources are helpful in completing this assessment task.
Draw on theoretical concepts of patient safety and risk management provided in the unit.
Access relevant contemporary literature to support your discussion. References should mainly include refereed journal articles but recommended texts can be referred to as well.
The suggested readings in the unit are a good place to start. References to websites and/or Wikipedia are not appropriate for this assessment task.
You may also use information from the following sources to support your analysis: government websites, professional bodies, and the Mental Health Act 2014.
Should you need further support in developing your assignment or with your writing skills Deakin provides a number of resources which you might find helpful at the following site https://sync.deakin.edu.au/studying
Make sure you self-assess your assignment against the marking rubric available before submission. This enables you to make sure you have addressed the relevant unit learning outcomes
Presentation:
Front page: to include student name and number, Assignment title and word count.
Adhere to word limit requirements (see penalties section of unit outline).
The word count does not include headings, references page, reference citations and direct quotes.
A reference list should be provided on a separate page headed ‘References’ at the end of the assignment.
Appendices (if applicable) are attached after the reference list page
Table of contents: Do not include a table of contents unless instructed to do so and don’t add headings.
Font:
12-point type size (never use a larger point size for headings or on the title page).
Use Times or Times New Roman.
Spacing:
Double-line spacing (Do not insert extra lines between paragraphs or the references list entries). Use
one space after all punctuation except certain periods within abbreviations, quotations or
parentheses (e.g., p.m.; "et al., 2014").
Page numbers
Page numbers to be provided on all pages except front page. Place page number in top right hand corner
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Margins
2.54 cm at the top, bottom, left-hand, and right-hand sides of the page.
Paragraph indents
Indent the first line of each paragraph (using the tab key or paragraph tool).
Exceptions: abstract, block quotations, titles and headings, table titles and notes.
References list indents
Apply the hanging indent for the second and subsequent lines of a reference.
Justification of text
All text needs to be aligned to the left, not justified.
Structure:
Must contain a purposeful introduction that outlines some general background to the topic, an aim and purpose and themes for discussion.
The body of the assignment will usually constitute about 80% of the word limit and provide key arguments supported by literature. The body of the assignment is normally organised in paragraphs of approximately 150 words with each paragraph focused on explanation of one idea.
There should be a logical progression of ideas as demonstrated by logically linked arguments/discussion made in each paragraph. Each paragraph should commence with a topic sentence and end with a link to the next paragraph, and show a logical progression of ideas/argument.
The conclusion paragraph should provide a summation of ideas, draw together the discussion, present no new material (references are not expected in the conclusion paragraph) and offer your position drawn from the discussion.
Academic writing:
Adheres to conventions of written English (Australian version) eg. word choice, professional language, grammar, use of appropriate sentence structure, punctuation and spelling.
Use of direct quotations: unless really necessary, most assignments do not require the use of direct quotes. Instead, re-expression of author arguments into your own words (paraphrasing) is required. If a direct quotation is used, you must explain how it adds to the discussion
Referencing style
Acknowledge sources and must adhere to referencing conventions as per APA Style (see rubric).
Please also note: your assignment must include a cover page when submitted to Turnitin which includes:
your name
the module
the date you are submitting the work
a word count not including your reference list
the complete question you are answering.
Please also ensure your paper has page numbers and you use 1.5 spacing