Posted on March 5, 2008 by sjennings29
Promotion of choice in the care of people with bipolar disorder: a mental health nursing perspective, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 87-92, Mar 2008
Abstract: Inpatient nurse prescribing is proving to be a useful mechanism by which patients can have their medicines prescribed. A case study is described [...]
Filed under: Mental Health Nurses, bipolar, depression, mental health | Tagged: advice, alternative methods, bipolar disorder, depression, good practice, legislation, managment of depression, medication management, non-medical prescribing | No Comments »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by sjennings29
Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 3 Page 253-259, April 2008
Abstract: Suicide is a devastating outcome for at least 10% of people with schizophrenia, which has been known for some time (Miles 1977, Fenton et al. 1997). It is a [...]
Filed under: Mental Health Nurses, Schizophrenia, medium secure, mental health | Tagged: advice, guidelines, mental health, nice, nurses, roles of mental health nurses, safety, Schizophrenia, suicide | No Comments »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by sjennings29
Dangerousness and mental health policy, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 3 Page 186-194, April 2008
Abstract: Mental health policy development in the UK has become increasingly dominated by the assumed need to prevent violence and alleviate public concerns about the dangers of the mentally ill living in the community. Risk [...]
Filed under: Mental Health Nurses, medium secure, mental health | Tagged: better safe than sorry, community mentally ill, dangerousness, legislation, media, mental health policy, policy, risk, service professionals, society, uk | No Comments »
Posted on March 5, 2008 by sjennings29
Nurses’ accounts of locked ward doors: ghosts of the asylum or acute care in the 21st century? Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 15 Issue 3 Page 175-185, April 2008
Abstract: The practice of locking acute ward doors in the UK to manage patient care has been reported with increasing frequency in a [...]
Filed under: Forensic Mental Healthcare, Mental Health Nurses, medium secure, mental health | Tagged: 21st century, acute, asylum, forensic, locked ward doors, mental health, nurses, nurses thoughts and experiences, opinions, patient care, policies, secure, surveys | No Comments »