Mental Health
Written Assessment / Presentation
Assessment Review of Coroners Court Case
This assessment relates to the following Learning Outcomes:
1. Examine the nursing actions associated with the use of pharmacology and other types of biological treatments.
3. Explore safety and therapeutic implications for the mental health nurse in relation to medication and other types of biological treatments across mental health settings.
Aim
The aim of this assessment is to examine the Coroner’s Report from August 17, 2017, which relates to the case of JJKD, who died by drowning, while in the care of a mental health service.
Consider what occurred and demonstrate a critical understanding of how alternative nursing actions, such as advocacy, psychoeducation and family involvement, may have prevented this adverse outcome.
Instructions
1. Download the Non -inquest findings into the death of JJKD 17/8/2017 from Coroners Court of Queensland and develop
a timeline of JJKD’s involvement in the mental health service. The timeline should highlight:
Where you consider JJKD’s recovery may have been compromised.
Important milestones where effective clinical nursing interventions would have been appropriate.
Appropriate nursing interventions for that point in the timeline.
How you would have intervened, as a practising mental health nurse.
An overview of the coroner’s report.
The timeline.
What, in your opinion, went wrong.
The salient learnings that could assist mental health nurses to manage these risk factors in the future.
You will need to support your determinations with peer reviewed evidenced based literature.
2. Review all prescribed psychotropic medications in this case and identify:
The metabolic pathways.
Matters of concern in relation to the prescribed medications.
Any early warning signs of adverse reactions to the medication.
Any advanced clinical nursing interventions that should have been utilised in relation to the adverse reactions.
3. Utilising appropriate literature, examine issues relating to the concurrent use of the medications prescribed.
4. Include a synthesis of your paper that includes at least five major ‘take home’ lessons that have been evident from engagement with the report. A suggestion would be to include this immediately prior to your conclusion.
