Community Mental Health Needs Assessment

Criteria
Non-Performance
Basic
Proficient
Distinguished

Patient Assessment: Identify an individual with a mental illness diagnosis to conduct interview(s) sessions. Analyze, reflect then discuss the results of the assessment, including onset, major life events, treatments, medications, hospitalizations etc.
(17 Points)
Does not address or provides no details regarding major assessment areas. Fails to analyze current needs of client.
Provides limited details of assessment, and excludes one or more of the major assessment areas: diagnosis, onset, major life events, treatments medications etc. and analyzes current needs of client.
Provides details of assessment including diagnosis, onset, major life events, treatments medications etc. and analyzes current needs of client.
Provides complete details of assessment including diagnosis, onset, major life events, treatments medications etc. and analyzes current needs of client.
Community Resources: Investigate resources in the community in meeting the needs of your client. Analyze, reflect then discuss what needs are being met and which are not.
(17 Points)
Does not address community mental health resources or how client’s needs are being met/not met.
Lacks details of available community mental health resources and specifics of how client’s needs are being met/not met.
Provides details of community mental health resources lacks details of how client’s needs are being met/not met.
Provides details of community mental health resources with specifics of how client’s needs are being met/not met.
Research Review: Utilize research data bases to find at least two current studies that reflect best practices that would benefit your client. Analyze, reflect then discuss how each would benefit your client.
(17 Points)
Does not address two current research studies that clearly tie into benefiting the needs of the client.
Provides a limited analysis of two current research studies. Does not clearly tie into benefiting the needs of the client.
Provides analysis of two current research studies that clearly tie into benefiting the needs of the client but lacks specific details.
Provides detailed analysis of two current research studies that clearly tie into benefiting the needs of the client.
Movie/Book Analysis: View a documentary/movie or read of a book that depicted the same/similar mental illness as their client. Analyze, reflect then discuss the similarities and differences.
(17 Points)
Does not address similarities and differences between movie/ documentary/ book and client.
Provides limited analysis of similarities and differences between movie/ documentary/ book and client.
Provides a brief analysis and limited specific examples of similarities and differences between movie/ documentary/ book and client.
Provides detailed analysis including specific examples of similarities and differences between movie/ documentary/ book and client.
Self-Assessment: Reflect then discuss your thoughts, feelings and emotions before, during and following this experience. Explain how this experience will benefit your future nursing practice.
(17 Points)
Does not address self-assessment or benefits of future nursing practice.
Provides limited details in self-assessment of thoughts, feelings and emotions before, during and following this experience. Provides limited explanation of how this experience will benefit future nursing practice.
Lacks details in providing self-assessment of thoughts, feelings and emotions before, during and following this experience. Explained with examples of how this experience will benefit future nursing practice.
Provides detailed self-assessment of thoughts, feelings and emotions before, during and following this experience. Explained with examples of how this experience will benefit future nursing practice.
Paper requirements: 3-5 pages excluding title and reference pages. Proper use of 6thed. APA formatting and citations. Use of proper spelling, grammar and paragraph structure.
(15 Points)
Does not meet paper requirements. Has more than 8 errors in APA, spelling grammar or formatting, or lacks in-text citations, title or reference page.
Follows most paper requirements. APA title page and reference page included. Has 4-7 errors in APA spelling grammar or formatting.
Follows most paper requirements. APA title page and reference page included. Has 3 or less errors in APA spelling, grammar or formatting.
Follows all paper requirements. APA title page and reference page included. No APA errors including citations. No errors in spelling or grammar. Uses APA Level 1and 2 headings and proper paragraph structure.