Running Head: Psychosocial Group Activity

Psychosocial Group Activity

Hana Scully
Nursing 360 Mental Health
Kapiolani Community College

September 15, 2016

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NURS 360 Psychiatric Mental Health

Psychosocial & Psychoeducational Group Template
Acute & Community
Psychoeducation and psychosocial interventions encompass a broad range of nurse led activities.
The primary therapeutic focus is for clients to learn practical and positive emotional and
behavioral skills to improve life adjustment, management of emotions and self-awareness.
Patients groups also serve to provide information about health and wellness, illness, treatment,
symptoms, resources and services.
A psychoeducation approach appreciates the importance of education in changing unhealthy or
negative emotional and behavioral patterns. In groups tools such as handouts, worksheets,
activities and games are helpful. In both the acute and community setting nurse led
psychosocial and psychoeducational groups provide clients the opportunity to learn life skills,
feel empowered, improve their health and effectively manage their illness.
Pre Group Planning
Group Facilitator Student Names: Hana Scully, Ihilani Lum, Rosalyn Ardoin
Title of Group: Scavenger Hunt
Psychosocial or Psychoeducational:
Rationale: teamwork, working together and following clues and directions to reach the reward
(candy)
Goal(s): teamwork
Purpose: Have each team member have a role (blindfolded, hold the candy, and all members will
help find each piece of candy), they will work together and communicate with each other to lead
one of the group members that will be blind folded to find all the piece of candy that will be
hidden around the room in a certain time frame. This will test their ability to communicate, not
talk over each other, and work together as a team to reach a goal.
Setting: Candy will be hidden around the room, one of the group members will be blind folded
and the other group members have to communicate to help lead the member that is blind folded
to find the all the piece of candy. Whatever group collects the most candy in the time given will
win. This activity will take communication, following directions and teamwork

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Target Population: adolescents
Group Activity Steps:
Gather the groups attention. Introduce co- leaders and myself. Explain the activity, rules, initiate
my classmates roles one to help assist with the activity and one to have that is available for one
to one if necessary. 1. Separate the group into two groups. 2. One of the members will be
blindfolded. 3. The other group members will have to lead him by communicating to find all the
pieces of candy in a certain time limit. 4. When the time is up the groups gather back together
and reflect on how they did, how it made them feel, what went well and what areas could use
improvement.
Supplies Needed: candy, blindfold, clock
Post Group Write up:
Number of Participants in Attendance: 10

Outcome: What worked, what didnt and why? The activity went very well however there was
room for improvement. Things that worked were the group members all interacted with each
other appropriate and followed the rules that were stated before the activity. Each group member
and my classmates and I all had a role. There was no running or yelling. The patients enjoyed
and deserved their award. Areas that could use improvement were boundaries, a few times the
patients would get excited and cross boundaries. Communication techniques, there were times
everyone was trying to speak over each other.
Suggestions for Improvement:
Have clearer boundaries, encourage more patients to participate, positive reinforcement, also I
need to work on not trying to contribute my ideas or help to the group because the whole purpose
of the activity is for the patients to reach the goal/reward as a group.
As a nurse engaged in patient education what was learned?
From this activity I learned the importance of setting rules before an activity therefore if you
need to reinforce them you can remind them what was stated earlier and if they are not followed
they cant participate. I also learned the importance of delegating roles to my co- leaders
especially making one available for one to one with a patient if they cant cooperate in the group.
I also learned how valuable group activities can be for adolescents, by their feedback they
seemed to have really enjoyed the activities and felt a positive outcome from participating. The

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activities allowed them to work on expressing themselves and working together with their peers
to reach a final goal.