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Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Competency-Based Assessments

Psychiatric-Mental Health NursingCompetency-Based Assessments

Competency-Based Assessments

1 .
Address the topic of proxemics for physical distance between individuals for interactions. Give examples of the zones of intimate space, personal space, social space, and public space using your college classroom/campus or the clinical facility your class attends. Discuss your responses in small groups in class or in the discussion thread on your learning management system online.
2 .
List three obstacles in the therapeutic relationship and describe each from the nurse’s point of view and from the client’s point of view. Discuss in class or post in the online class discussion thread.
3 .
As a nursing student, how might you go about engaging in an open discussion with a client about their beliefs and stigmas related to psychiatric-mental illness?
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