Week 3 Project Illness and Disease Management Across Life Span Project Part 3

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The depressive symptoms have adversely impacted his occupational and social functioning. This paper seeks to discuss interventions of the professional caregiver, implementing Healthy People 2030 objectives to improve wellness and the impact of the environment on patient’s health.

Support Needs of the Participant

The assessment results revealed various support needs that H.K requires to accelerate his recovery process. High priority needs include coping skills, positive reinforcement, and treatment adherence. Medium-priority needs include self-esteem, financial, and sleep issues. Low-priority needs include nutrition, physical exercise, and acceptance to treatment.

Appropriate Interventions of the Professional Caregiver

Interventions for the professional caregiver, such as the PMHNP, should include encouraging the client to adhere to his treatment plan.

The PMHNP should help the client develop creative reminders to remind him to take his medications and keep clinic appointments. The PMHNP should also give positive reinforcement by reminding him of his positive qualities and his significance to his family and friends (Gariepy et al., 2017). Giving positive reinforcement can help the client stop judging himself harshly and finding fault with everything he does.

Besides, the professional caregiver can assist the client in creating a low-stress environment, which will lower the severity of depressive symptoms (Gariepy et al., 2017). For instance, the PMHNP can guide the client in creating a schedule for meals, physical activity, medication, and sleep, to lower the stress caused by chaotic timelines. The PMHNP should also help the client locate and join support groups that offer counseling and resources for depression.

How to Implement Objectives of Healthy People 2030 to Increase Wellness
One of the Healthy People 2030 goals is to enhance mental health through prevention and ensuring access to appropriate, quality mental health services. Objectives related to schizoaffective disorder include Reduce the suicide rate; Reduce the proportion of persons who experience major depressive episodes; Increase the number of adults with mental health disorders who receive treatment; Increase depression screening (ODPHP, 2020).

The objectives can be implemented through individual, family, institutional, community, and policy interventions to improve mental health and various social outcomes across social-ecological levels (Castillo et al., 2019). At the individual level, outreach activities can be implemented to increase access to mental health services and evidence-based treatment for individuals. Community health workers should also increase the acceptability of mental health services.

At the family level, health providers can provide psychoeducation for families to improve mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and increase help-seeking in mental health. Providers should offer psychoeducation and skills training to minimize risky behaviors such as drug abuse and domestic violence associated with mental health consequences (Castillo et al., 2019).

There should also be case management for families at risk of mental disorders. At the institutional level, organizational leaders should embed mental health services within the workplace. Besides, they should modify institutional policies and processes to better serve persons with mental disorders (Castillo et al., 2019). Leaders should also modify policies to foster access to mental health services and prioritize social and emotional wellbeing.

Community outreach programs should be implemented at the community level to improve individuals’ knowledge, attitude, and collective efficiency in mental health (Castillo et al., 2019). At the policy level, policy-makers should provide technical and financial support for community-based organizations that focus on mental health to collaborate with the healthcare sector.

Nursing’s Role as an Advocate for Participant Acceptance of Diagnosis and Treatment
Nurses interact with patients the most compared to other healthcare providers and are thus ideally positioned to be patients’ advocates. Nurses have a role of helping mental health clients to translate medical terms, navigate the multifaceted medical system, and make ethical decisions (Gerber, 2018).

To promote clients’ acceptance of diagnosis, nurses have a role of explaining to the client about their diagnosis, including causes, risk factors, treatment interventions, and prognosis (Gerber, 2018). Explaining to the client helps reduce the anxiety associated with the diagnosis and increases the likelihood of accepting the diagnosis.

To enable the client to accept treatment, the nurse should explain the available treatment options to the client. The nurse should ad