NURS1037 Foundations of Nursing

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Assessment 2: Essay Plan 500 words +/-10%

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Draft introduction: Communication is the foundation of effective nursing care, particularly when working with mental health consumers. Mental health consumers face unique challenges and vulnerabilities. However, communication in this context can be significantly hindered by various barriers. Stigma is one of the most prevalent barriers while dealing with mental health consumers. Stigma can be societal, internalized, or professional, and can create a sense of shame, reduce trust, and limit mental health consumers from engaging openly with healthcare providers. Understanding and addressing this barrier is critical for improving the quality of care and promoting a more supportive and inclusive environment for mental health consumers.

Thesis statement: This essay explores how stigma hinders communication in nursing care for mental health consumers and outlines strategies to address this issue like fostering peer support networks, understanding support access through perceived entitlement, and implementing anti-stigma initiatives combined with personality-traits training and quality of life adjustments.

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Identified communication barrier:

Stigma is a critical barrier to communication in nursing care for mental health consumers.

People living with mental illness often face stigma and discrimination in accessing social services and healthcare. This results in them feeling abandoned by professionals, which worsens their distress.

In one study, approximately 41.6% of consumers with schizophrenia experienced high internalized stigma.

Self-stigma and shame were associated with less participative and critical communication behaviours during interactions with health professionals. The Authors found that consumers with lower self-stigma and shame, and a greater sense of responsibility exhibit more active and critical communication behaviours in consultation.

Stigma is a major barrier to mental health treatment, with over half of adults with a mental illness not receiving treatment due to stigma. Stigma manifests at both the societal (macro) and individual (micro) levels, including social stigma, self-stigma, and professional stigma.

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is now recognized as a legitimate psychiatric diagnosis. Many people diagnosed with BPD continue to face stigma, barriers to treatment, and difficulty accessing appropriate services. ADDIN EN.CITE <EndNote><Cite><Author>Langer</Author><Year>2020</Year><RecNum>182</RecNum><DisplayText>(Langer & Ferguson, 2020)</DisplayText><record><rec-number>182</rec-number><foreign-keys><key app="EN" db-id="er0xvr2wlpffx4e2zenxpxdnfpvw2zdzdts0" timestamp="1724025082" guid="1c63b9d6-8530-429e-892e-25c85b4eff34">182</key></foreign-keys><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author>Langer, Rosanna</author><author>Ferguson, Moira</author></authors></contributors><titles><title>Stigma, Discrimination, Resilience, and Support in Members of a Mental Health Consumer Peer Support Organization</title><secondary-title>The international journal of interdisciplinary social sciences</secondary-title></titles><periodical><full-title>The international journal of interdisciplinary social sciences</full-title></periodical><pages>23-34</pages><volume>14</volume><number>1</number><dates><year>2020</year></dates><publisher>Common Ground Research Networks</publisher><isbn>1833-1882</isbn><urls></urls><electronic-resource-num>10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v14i01/23-34</electronic-resource-num></record></Cite></EndNote>(Langer & Ferguson, 2020)

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