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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Psychiatric nurses"”.
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An Examination of Psychiatric Nurses' Attitudes Towards the Suicide Attempter
<p>This study explored attitudes of psychiatric nurses in two public mental health facilities towards the suicide attempter. The study utilized a descriptive, relation-searching survey design. A convenience sample (N = 44) of psychiatric nurses completed a questionnaire designed to explore …
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Perceived stressors, coping strategies, and burnout pertaining to psychiatric nurses working on locked psychiatric units
… coping strategies, and burnout levels of psychiatric nurses working on locked psychiatric units in southeastern Michigan (<em>N</em> = 46), as well as to examine the relationships among demographic factors and these variables. This study utilized a correlation design, adapting the stress, …
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Identification Of Essential Content On Caring For Persons With Schizophrenia And Medical Comorbidities For Non-Psychiatric Nurses
… schizophrenia and medical comorbidities for non-psychiatric nurses.</p> <p>Background. Approximately 30-40% of medically hospitalized patients carry psychiatric diagnoses. They have complex medical needs and higher rates of morbidity and mortality, yet more restricted access to health care …
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Electroconvulsive therapy: Nurses' knowledge and attitudes
This study examined psychiatric nurses' knowledge of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and their attitudes toward ECT. Festinger's (1957) theory of cognitive dissonance provided the study framework. The hypothesis stated that there is a positive correlation between psychiatric nurses' knowledge of …
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A child mental health program for primary care nurses
… care to the population. Primary health care nurses are generally lacking in mental health skills. The provision of training for them has been identified as being essential if integration is to succeed. The various provinces have differed from each other in their approaches to integration and …
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Psychiatric nursing described : an investigation of the role of the psychiatric nurse using Flanagan's critical incident technique
… to describe the work of six grades of ward-based psychiatric nurses. The major data collection tool used was Flanagan's critical incident technique. Four thousand, four hundred and seventy seven incidents were collected from 1,637 staff and patient respondents in eleven Scottish psychiatric …
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Justifying Coercion: Nurses' Experiences Medicating Involuntary Psychiatric Patients
… theory study delineates the process inpatient psychiatric nurses use to respond to the challenging nursing problem of medicating resistant involuntary patients. Since approximately one third of all admissions to psychiatric units in the United States are involuntary (Durham, 1996), caring for …
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Developing Dual Diagnosis Care Curriculum For Nurses In Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Settings
… and challenging care needs especially in acute psychiatric inpatient settings. Acute psychiatric care plays a vital role in mental health service delivery and there is evidence that nurses working in these settings often have unmet learning needs regarding dual diagnosis care, posing a challenge …
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Barriers to provision of psychiatric nursing care : a case study of a teaching hospital, Nigeria
Barriers to the provision of psychiatric nursing care have been reported worldwide, although literature on these barriers in Nigeria is limited. The purpose of the study was to explore and describe the barriers to provision of psychiatric nursing care, using the case study methodology. A sample of …
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Risk as the key criterion for invention? A study of four psychiatric settings.
… has become one of the major issues facing nurses. Its role in healthcare organisations has gained increased recognition as the consequences of risky decisions have become more visible. The project was primarily concerned with exploring issues that confront one particularly group of …
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Aspects of registered psychaitric nurses' talk about their clinical judgement and decision-making.
… the clinical judgement and decision-making of nurses for several decades now. However, prior to the research described in this thesis, Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs) working in the Irish Republic had not been the subject of a comprehensive study looking specifically at their clinical …
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Relapses in psychiatric patients in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa
… aimed at deteimining the extent of relapses in psychiatric patients in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa; determining the factors that contribute to such relapses, and determining possible solutions to the problem. Admission records of the three psychiatric institutions in this province …
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Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors
… occupations are likely to experience burnout, nurses are considered to be a high-risk group (Miller, Reesor, McCarrey, & Leikin, 1995). Considering the amount of direct client contact that nurses have, it is important to consider ways in which we can protect this group from experiencing the …
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Burnout In Psychiatric Nursing: Possible Protective Factors
… occupations are likely to experience burnout, nurses are considered to be a high-risk group (Miller, Reesor, McCarrey, & Leikin, 1995). Considering the amount of direct client contact that nurses have, it is important to consider ways in which we can protect this group from experiencing the …
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A retrospective study of outcomes after referral to the early intervention in psychosis programme at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital
… with psychotic disorders. Setting. Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, Cape Town. The EISH Team is an outpatient service consisting of psychiatrists, a psychologist, an occupational therapist, psychiatric nurses and social workers. Methods. Retrospective cohort study. Hospitalisation during the …
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Factors contributing to absconding of mental health care users in Mopani District Limpopo Province, South Africa
… Prohibited malingering of patients from psychiatric wards is a critical concern among professionals responsible for their care. This is because patients who abscond from psychiatric hospitals pose a risk of potential injury and harm to themselves, other patients, and the community. The …
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Female patient violence experienced by qualified nurses working in an inpatient psychiatric department in Al Amal Complex for Mental Health (Riyadh) Hospital
Psychiatric nurses are considered the most vulnerable healthcare workers in terms of encountering violence, and this trend is rising. Violence in the workplace poses a threat to the physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing of nursing staff, and in particular those working in mental health …
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Testing the Reliability and Validity of Tools Based on the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Four-Branch Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence with Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses
… Ability Model of Emotional Intelligence with Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses</p> <p>A lack of emotional skills may affect a nurse’s personal well-being and have negative effects on patient outcomes, particularly for patients with psychiatric-mental health conditions. Raising awareness of …
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