The inside track
Article Abstract:
Inpatient mental health nursing has a low status but it allows nurses to see patients in an acute state and nurses often find it more challenging and varied than community nursing. There are 57,000 mental health nurses and 92% of them work in hospitals. However, there are few educational or training initiatives for inpatient mental health nurses and this has to be addressed at national level. Pay and career prospects also have to be improved. The government seems likely to improve conditions for these nurses so they do not feel the need to move across into community nursing.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Turn down the heat
Article Abstract:
Patients in medium-secure mental units often have anger control problems which need to be managed and assessed to enable coping skills to be developed. Mental health nurses are in the front line of anger management, being ideally placed to help patients deal with stress and anger. Previous anger control techniques such as 'time out' have proved to be of questionable value. A new method known as stress inoculation training teaches patients to cope with the anger they feel in response to daily life and environmental factors.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Gearing up to work in a secure unit
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Caswell Clinic Interim Secure Unit's 36 recently appointed psychiatric nursing staff feel prepared overall for the launching of the unit, according to a survey. Reasons for not feeling prepared include inability to consolidate new knowledge until admission of first patients. Details of the staff breakdown are included.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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