'I feel like we've really cracked it'; a nurse-led crisis day unit for mental illness is reducing hospital admissions and improving access to the latest medication for people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia
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Linda Fitzpatrick heads a nurse-led psychiatric unit for treating patients suffering from a mental crisis. The service's combination of drug therapy and counseling has been helpful for schizophrenic patients who symptoms have previously resisted treatment.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
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What valuing people really means
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Learning disability specialty nurse Sue Denny believes that the government white paper "Valuing People" has greatly improve care for learning disabled persons. Her career and aspirations for the future are discussed.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
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The gift of life after death: a donor liason nurse is helping change the way people cope with bereavement
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Christine Elding, a donor liaison nurse at a British hospital, talks about her position. She works with the families of dying patients to encourage them to donate tissue and organs from the body of their relative.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 2003
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