Study Guide - Synthesis of qualitative research and evidence-based nursing

  Synthesis of qualitative research and evidence-based nursing, Kate Flemming , British Journal of Nursing, Vol. 16, Iss. 10 24 May 2007, pp 616 - 120
Abstract: Evidence-based nursing is central to nursing practice. Systematic reviews have played a key part in providing evidence for decision making in nursing. Traditionally, these have consisted of syntheses of [...]

Nursing - Positive dementia care: taking perspective

  Positive dementia care: taking perspective, Nursing & Residential Care, Vol. 10, Iss. 4, April 2008, pp 184 - 187
Abstract: Clive Evers discusses the importance of understanding the needs of the person with dementia from the person’s perspective. Facilitating independence in completing tasks such as dressing and grooming can help maintain self-esteem.
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Most Read article from Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

An evaluation of staff and patient views of and strategies employed to manage inpatient aggression and violence on one mental health unit: a pluralistic design, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 325-337, Jun 2002,
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Following an initial springboard study, a further more extensive piece of research was [...]

Study of Nurses’ Experiences Caring for Patients who Self-Harm - No.1 Most Read Article from Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing

   Being burdened and balancing boundaries: a qualitative study of nurses’ experiences caring for patients who self-harm, February 2007, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 14 (1) , 72–78
Abstract: Although nurses encounter self-harm patients in various settings, self-harm has seldom been addressed in psychiatric nursing research. The research question was: ‘What are nurses’ descriptions [...]

‘Better Safe than Sorry’ - Dangerousness and Mental Health Policy

  Dangerousness and mental health policy, April 2008, Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 15 (3) , 186–194
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 management [...]

Evidence Based Practice & Reflective Practice for Nurses

  A review of evidence-based practice, nursing research and reflection: levelling the hierarchy, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Volume 17, Issue 2, Page 214-223, Jan 2008 Full-text click on Title above
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Aim. This paper examines the evidence-based practice movement, the hierarchy of evidence and the relationship between evidence-based practice and reflective practice.
Background. Evidence-based practice is equated with effective decision [...]

Dementia - Top 10 Most Read Articles from - Dementia

   The Top 10 most read articles from the journal - Dementia
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How can occupational therapy improve the daily performance and communication of an older patient with dementia and his primary caregiver?: A case study, Dementia, 2006; [...]

Mental Health Nurse - Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse

   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, Apr 2008,
Abstract:
Key messages
• Partial agonist is a novel treatment approach for people with schizophrenia.
• Partial agonists may, theoretically, initially increase the risk of suicide for people with schizophrenia.
• Mental [...]

Bipolor - Promotion of choice in the care of people with bipolar disorder: a mental health nursing perspective

   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 [...]

Schizophrenia Understanding - Partial agonists and suicide: the role of the mental health nurse

    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 [...]

‘Better Safe than Sorry’ - Dangerousness and mental health policy

   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 [...]

Nurses’ accounts of locked ward doors: ghosts of the asylum or acute care in the 21st century?

   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 [...]