abstract：:Preceptorship is a valuable strategy largely underestimated in its ability to influence nursing students' attitudes and beliefs about mental health nursing. As a model, it has the potential to influence nursing practice, enhance clinical learning, promote recruitment and retention, and generate a more collaborative ap...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Charleston R,Goodwin V

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health nurses have historically been pessimistic about and often unsympathetic towards clients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. By the time these clients reach adult mental health services their behaviours are often difficult to manage and they often suffer significant re-victimization by health ...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Meekings C,O'Brien L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Collaboration between the education and service providers assists with the development of enhanced clinical and educational experiences for students. This paper describes an innovative collaborative program developed by the School of Nursing, University of Ballarat and Grampians Psychiatric Services, Ballarat Health S...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Arnold SA,Deans C,Munday J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health nurses are increasingly encouraged to discuss and document the outcomes of their nursing practice in order to maximize the care that they offer clients. One frequent function performed by mental health nurses working in inpatient units is the administration of 'as required' (PRN) psychotropic medications...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Curtis J,Capp K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric research and practice involves the colonization of the personal experience of problems of human living. From a Western perspective, this process shares many similarities with the subjugation of women, people of colour and people embracing non-Christian faiths and cultures. The Tidal Model is a mental healt...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Barker P

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of aggressive behaviours by patients against nurses in the first year of practice, and to determine the psychological impact of this behaviour. An anonymous survey was sent to registered nurses in their first year of practice. From the 1169 survey instru...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： McKenna BG,Poole SJ,Smith NA,Coverdale JH,Gale CK

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Victoria, the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act (1997) reformed legal practice in relation to the detention, management and release of persons found by a court to be not guilty on the grounds of insanity or unfit to be tried. This Act provides a legal structure for such 'forensic patients' to...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Kelly T,Simmons W,Gregory E

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that modifications to the physical environment of psychiatric institutions are associated with positive changes in patients' behaviour, attitudes and perceptions. However, little attention has been paid to the impact such modifications to the physical environment have on the nursing staff. The build...

journal_title：International journal of mental health nursing

authors： Tyson GA,Lambert G,Beattie L

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00