Metaphorical communication as aesthetic method for nursing practice.

abstract：:The goals of the project described here were to reduce the length of hospital stay, decrease financial losses, improve care for the elderly, and improve the attitudes and knowledge of nursing staff caring for the elderly. Data collected included reimbursement information, nursing staff variables, and outcomes of patie...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Mathew LJ,Gutsch HM,Hackney NW,Munsat EM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with mental illness generally make their initial healthcare contact via a registered nurse. Although studies show that encountering and providing care to care-seekers with mental illness might be a challenge, little research exists regarding Primary Care Nurses' (PCN) view of the challenges they face. The aim...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bjorkman A,Andersson K,Bergström J,Salzmann-Erikson M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the recovery process for individuals engaged in treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs) who had co-occurring anxiety and depression. The participants were eight individuals engaged in treatment. The results of a Grounded Theory design and methods revealed the core category and substantive ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Abram MD,White JH

更新日期：2020-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to document the smoking cessation experiences of three groups of 18-24-year-old college students and explore their ideas for cessation. Focus group interviews were conducted with former smokers (n = 7), smokers struggling to quit (n = 7), and smokers with no desire to quit (n = 5). Partic...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Staten RR,Ridner SL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nursing has transitioned from earlier models of practice, elements of clinical specialist and psychiatric nurse practitioner roles are being blended to produce a new type of practitioner. The challenge of preserving mental health expertise while expanding advanced practic...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Naegle MA,Krainovich-Miller B

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Group psychotherapy is one intervention that can be used for aggressive male inpatients. This paper reports relevant literature and clinical applications for conducting a psychodynamic psychotherapy group designed to help patients (a) identify, understand, and deal with underlying problems resulting in aggressive beha...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Lanza ML,Satz H,Stone J,Kayne HL

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims were to analyze patients' adherence to psychotropic medications and its association with sociodemographic factors, therapeutic regimen, presence of common mental disorders, and illness factors. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in ten Primary Health Care units in Brazil. The tools were...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Miasso AI,Telles Filho PC,Borges TL,Pereira Júnior AD,Giacchero Vedana KG,Shasanmi R,Escobar Gimenes FR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of AIDS in families, following the chronic evolution of the illness, has produced crisis situations unknown until now. With the objective of knowing this new reality better, 20 caregivers of AIDS patients were interviewed in southeastern Brazil. The collected data were analyzed using a qualitative method. T...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： de Figueiredo RM,Turato ER

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communities of faith are important arenas for psychiatric mental health nurses to promote emotional well-being and support recovery for persons with mental health problems. This article describes an innovative faith-based mental health group, based on Buddhist philosophy and practice and established by an advanced pra...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Phoenix B

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with psychiatric disorders receive nursing care in psychiatric units, medical units and long-term care facilities. Like other patients, their well-being is reliant upon knowledgeable caregivers. The pharmacological interventions that patients are dependent on can have catastrophic effects; of particular conce...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Gall-Ojurongbe S,Williams C

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk assessment pervades mental health care policy, practice, and legislation. This paper aims to establish the research evidence for the effectiveness of a risk assessment approach in mental health. A search was conducted of the professional literature on risk assessment in mental health, specifically seeking any res...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wand T

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored the knowledge and attitudes of Jordanian nurses toward patients with HIV/AIDS, particularly in regards to their sources of information and education. This survey utilized a cross-sectional design. A self-administered questionnaire developed by Eckstein was used in collecting the data. A total of 92...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Hassan ZM,Wahsheh MA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in caregiver and family health and in family health behavior patterns were examined 9 weeks after the hospitalization of a child for an acute, first-time illness in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Family and caregiver health included reports of physical, mental, role, and social functioning as well as ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Tomlinson PS,Harbaugh BL,Kotchevar J,Swanson L

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to identify coping responses of rural adolescents. The sample included 193 students attending three high schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. Family and peer relationships were the most common stressful situations described by the adolescents. Coping responses were measured by the Coping ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Puskar KR,Grabiak BR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve mothers who had experienced domestic violence and whose children had received psychiatric diagnoses before school age were interviewed. An attachment based tool, the Reaction to Diagnosis Interview, was employed as it accesses maternal representational content. Using psychodynamic and attachment based models as...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kearney JA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory cross-sectional study aims to investigate good practice for preventing and controlling infections in a psychiatric hospital and for limiting potential exposure to biohazards for nursing professionals at this hospital located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The researchers directly and systematicall...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Piai-Morais TH,Fortaleza CM,Figueiredo RM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Deaths of despair", deaths due to drugs, alcohol, and suicide, occur at higher rates in rural communities. The incidence of such deaths highlights underlying access and treatment disparities which result in poorer outcomes. Telehealth is a viable option for addressing rural mental healthcare needs as it enables more ...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Myers CR

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric nurses are subject to a high rate of assault by patients. The stress of exposure to assault and the potential for assault appear to impact nurses' emotional states in the form of post-traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most studies report a prevalence rate of PTSD in this populatio...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jacobowitz W

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the links between intergenerational acculturation conflict and depression symptoms in 176 Korean American parents of children between the ages of 5 and 10. Approximately, 29% of fathers and 28% of mothers reported increased depression symptoms, which were related to parent-child acculturation confl...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kim E

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research was to assess and provide community interventions for victims of domestic violence in the Arab American immigrant population in a large midwestern city of the United States. The theoretical framework of critical social theory provided the context for the research. A survey tool for assessi...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Kulwicki AD,Miller J

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing number of women are being dually diagnosed with HIV infection and substance use problems. Forty-two percent of all women diagnosed with AIDS have been infected through injection drug use. Many more women with HIV are exposed to nonintravenous drugs that potentially affect their quality of life and illness ex...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Moser KM,Sowell RL,Phillips KD

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phenomenological study was conducted to answer the following question: What is the lived experience of aloneness for older women currently being treated for depression? Eight women from Northern Ohio composed the purposively selected sample. Transcriptions of each 1-hr interview were reviewed by use of Colaizzi's (1...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Wilkinson L,Pierce L

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative, descriptive, secondary analysis of spousal caregivers (n = 20) examined similarities and differences in help-seeking patterns to understand the processes underlying decisions regarding resource use. Husbands were comfortable with letting others assume care or getting others to provide care while wive...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Brown J,Chen SL

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular nurses are frequently involved in critical patient care, providing support to patients and their families. The goals of this study were to survey a representative sample of cardiovascular nurses, describe ways of coping, and identify sources of stress in the hospital setting. A descriptive and correlati...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Bianchi ER

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This descriptive study, one component of the Carolina Adolescent Health Project (CAHP), measured self-efficacy in a voluntary sample of 432 normal freshmen and sophomore urban high school students. Using Coppel's Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), which is based on Bandura's conceptualization of self-efficacy, the research al...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Grubbs S,Hardin SB,Weinrich S,Weinrich M,Garrison C,Pesut D,Hardin TL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health nurses work with acutely unwell patients, and the busy setting is characterised by unpredictable events. This paper is a report of a review conducted to identify, analyse and synthesize research in adult acute inpatient mental health units, which focused on nurse-patient interaction. Several electronic d...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Cleary M,Hunt GE,Horsfall J,Deacon M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the prevalence and patterns of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in abused and postabused women. A convenience sample of 160 abused, postabused, and nonabused women completed measures related to physical and emotional abuse by an intimate partner, risk of homicide, and PTSD. Resul...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Woods SJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been no published studies that measure health-related stigma in individuals with sickle cell disease (SCD). This study provides preliminary validity and reliability of the Sickle Cell Disease Health-Related Stigma Scale (SCD-HRSS). Using a sample of 77 young adults with SCD, ages 18-35 years, the results su...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Jenerette C,Brewer CA,Crandell J,Ataga KI

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent mental health care policy has addressed the need for health care professionals to consider the physical health of consumers. Mental health nurses are particularly well-placed for this role. To provide mental health nurses with practical information, this narrative review summarises evidence from recent research...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Scott D,Happell B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many older adults with moderate or severe dementia also have depression, but identifying depressive symptoms in these individuals can be challenging. The Depressive Symptom Assessment for Older Adults (DSA), a newly developed instrument designed to evaluate older adults for depression, regardless of their cognitive st...

journal_title：Issues in mental health nursing

authors： Onega LL,Pixley JL

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00