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ok so i have to do a health promotion group for class. specifically for my psych clinical. my instructions are- as a student in mental health clinical, you are expected to provide health teaching for your clients by conducting a health promotion group. then it lists some topics: nutrition, exercise, hygeine, general health, self-esteem promotion, relaxation group.

so when i read this, it all seems pretty simple.but as i sit here rereading it (its been almost 2wks now) i dont have a clue what im supposed to be doing. anyone ever have to do this for psych clinical? i dont even kno where to start. i dont even kno what im supposed to do.

and yes i did present my problem to my professor and was told"if you can't even understand this, maybe you need to find a new profession." and that was it.no help-nothing. so if anyone can point me in the right direction here id so much appreciate it!

thanx!

sam

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Hey had that same problem while working on a scenario and found all kinds of health promotions in my fundamentals of nursing book where the growth and development section is.

You can kinda tweek them to suit a mental health patient and that is what our instructor said.

I hope this steers you in the right direction.

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ok so i have to do a health promotion group for class. specifically for my psych clinical. my instructions are- as a student in mental health clinical, you are expected to provide health teaching for your clients by conducting a health promotion group. then it lists some topics: nutrition, exercise, hygeine, general health, self-esteem promotion, relaxation group.

so when i read this, it all seems pretty simple.but as i sit here rereading it (its been almost 2wks now) i dont have a clue what im supposed to be doing. anyone ever have to do this for psych clinical? i dont even kno where to start. i dont even kno what im supposed to do.

and yes i did present my problem to my professor and was told"if you can't even understand this, maybe you need to find a new profession." and that was it.no help-nothing. so if anyone can point me in the right direction here id so much appreciate it!

thanx!

sam

Maybe you could do a booth at a health fair, or go to a school and teach a class about something, like stress management? You could even make pamphlets or something like that. Anything you can do to teach people things that will contribute to their mental health BEFORE they have problems- that's what health promotion is all about. Hope this helps!

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ok so i have to do a health promotion group for class. specifically for my psych clinical. my instructions are- as a student in mental health clinical, you are expected to provide health teaching for your clients by conducting a health promotion group. then it lists some topics: nutrition, exercise, hygeine, general health, self-esteem promotion, relaxation group.

so when i read this, it all seems pretty simple.but as i sit here rereading it (its been almost 2wks now) i dont have a clue what im supposed to be doing. anyone ever have to do this for psych clinical? i dont even kno where to start. i dont even kno what im supposed to do.

and yes i did present my problem to my professor and was told"if you can't even understand this, maybe you need to find a new profession." and that was it.no help-nothing. so if anyone can point me in the right direction here id so much appreciate it!

thanx!

sam

Do you understand what health promotion is?

Do you understand how all of these "nutrition, exercise, hygeine, general health, self-esteem promotion, relaxation group" relate to mental health?

Pick one of the above topics and review how it relates to mental health. From there do a presentation to teach those concepts.

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