Module 4.1

Question 1

How can mental illness impact the community and individual?

Answer 1

lack of education, social isolation, predisposed abuse, allocation of health resources, employment opportunities, low income, and lack of housing. There can be a link between if the individuals are thriving and if the community is thriving

Question 2

What are some of the roles of the nurse with mental health programming in the community?

Answer 2

health educator, counselor, drug administrator, advocate, case finder, direct care provider, community assessor and developer, monitor and evaluator of care, health program planner, participant in developing resources, and case manager,

Question 3

What would the community nurse do in their teacher role?

Answer 3

As a teacher they would teach coping skills, health promotion, provide educational services, give information about drugs, provide education on safe sex, and encourage autonomy.

Question 4

What would the community nurse do in their counselor role?

Answer 4

As a counselor, the nurse may work with individuals and self-regulation, help in identifying stressors, provide new coping strategies, encourage self-care activities, and help illicit unidentified problems within communities and its members.

Question 5

What would the community nurse do in their drug administrator role?

Answer 5

As a drug administrator, the nurse would go around helping patients by reminding them to take their meds, help at the methadone clinic, the TB clinic, and determine the effectiveness of a patients current psychobiological intervention.

Question 6

What would the community nurse do in their case manager role?

Answer 6

During case management, a nurse would act as a team leader. This would involve coordinating an appropriate interdisciplinary team, talking and planning with outside resources, such as health programs, family, and significant others, and allocate local resources that would improve the lives of the community members. As well, they would be using their innate nursing skills to assess major stressors, predict responses, plan best intervention, and most importantly, they would be strong advocates for their community and its members.

Question 7

How does the social determinate of income and social status impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 7

poverty has many relational links with mental illness e.g. unable to afford basic life necessities

Question 8

How does the social determinate of social support networks those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 8

Social isolation- these play huge factors in both cause and effect of psychiatric symptoms.

Question 9

How does the social determinate of Education impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 9

education has a direct correlation with income and social status. Education also plays a factor in resiliency and how different individuals cope with different stressors in their life.

Question 10

How does the social determinate of employment and working conditions impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 10

Offers social position and prestige, provides meaning and purpose in life, and gives a sense of contribution. It also gives a source of social connection and self-esteem, and provides structure.

Question 11

CHN’s who wrk with vulnerable populations need what skills?

Answer 11

Good assessment skills, current knowledge of available resources, ability to plan care based on client concerns and client receptivity to help, should asses living enviro and neighborhood surrounding, their perception of socioeconomic resources, congenital and genetic predisposition to illness, preventative health needs, stress,

Question 12

Community Health nurses should always do what 9 things, in all settings?

Answer 12

1. Create a trusting environment
2. Show respect, compassion, and concern
3. Not make assumptions
4. Coordinate services and providers
5. Advocate for accessible health care services
6. Focus on prevention
7. Know when to “walk beside” the client and when to encourage the client to “walk ahead”
8. Know what resources are available
9. Develop their own support network

Question 13

What populations are at risk for mental illness?

Answer 13

Children and adolescents, adult, older adults

Question 14

How does the social determinate of physical environment impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 14

a lack of affordable housing can lead to mental health issues. The lack of safe affordable housing can exacerbate mental health problems and may lead to additional challenges such as homelessness. Inadequate or unsafe housing also impedes recovery.

Question 15

How does the social determinate of biology and genetic endowment impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 15

Genetic endowment provides an inherited predisposition to a wide range of individual responses that affect health status.

Question 16

How does the social determinate of personal health practices and coping skills impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 16

Unsafe behavior or problems with self-regulation will often lead to reactions that will solidify ineffective coping skills

Question 17

How does the social determinate of healthy child development impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 17

building resiliency as a child, as well as healthy coping skills is necessity for proper early childhood development. Half of all mental illnesses emerge in adolescence, 75% emerge by the age of 24

Question 18

How does the social determinate of health and social services impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 18

Access to both health and social services will help build the resiliency and coping skills necessary for proper self-regulation from stressors

Question 19

How does the social determinate of gender impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 19

Gender plays a role in different health issues. Women are more 1.5 times more likely to develop mood disorders. Men are more likely to complete suicide.

Question 20

How does the social determinate of culture impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 20

Some persons or groups may face additional health risks due to a socio-economic environment, which is largely determined by dominant cultural values that contribute to the perpetuation of conditions such as marginalization, stigmatization, loss or devaluation of language and culture and lack of access to culturally appropriate health care and services.

Question 21

How does the social determinate of social environment impact those with mental illness in the community?

Answer 21

Proper social supports allow for the building proper coping skills