Evidence Informed Mental health and Indigenous Health Knowledge and Healing Practices Advocacy Assignment Guidelines
A mental health topic will be assigned to you. Provide a brief overview of this topic
Identify your geographical area/community you reside in (needs to be clearly identified). Make sure to describe the demographics of your community and relate it with your topic.
Identify 2 community resources available within your geographical area (except Local community hospital in units/out patient or online help services ie telehealth) that can be used to help treat/support a client with the mental health topic you have been assigned. These must be located within 20km of where you live.
Describe the services they provide and clearly explain how these resources/services you have identified would be beneficial/support patients with your assigned topic.
For your assigned topic utilize evidence based literature to explore 1 of the following:
Describe one of the following: psychosocial OR cultural OR spiritual consideration in your community. Clearly identify which one you are discussing in regards to your assigned topic.
As a student nurse identify 2 evidence–based nursing interventions (NI) using scholarly research articles that you could implement to care for a client with your assigned mental health topic & give the rationale for each NI.
These need to be NI that you as a student nurse could implement in caring for a client with your assigned topic..
You must use 2 different scholarly journal articles to support the 2 evidence-based nursing actions/intervention you identify (1 for each NI).
For the indigenous Canadian population utilize evidence based literature to explore 1 of the following:
Describe one of the following: psychosocial OR cultural OR spiritual consideration. Clearly identify which one you are discussing in regards to this population.
Identify & describe 1 indigenous healing practice and the benefits of its use related to mental health in the indigenous population. You must support this with an evidence based scholarly journal article.
Ensure you clearly identify and describe 1 specific healing practice.
All papers are to be written in APA style and be no more than 4 Pages excluding title page and reference sheet.
Evidence based scholarly references must be less than 5 years old
Ensure you include a title page, page numbering, proper formatting and headers are required
Ensure proper in text citations and reference list citations based on APA including journal articles
For guidance, use the Centennial College Library APA guide 7th edition.
Link:
https://libraryguides.centennialcollege.ca/apastyleguide
