Nursing in psychiatric inpatient wards: plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Professor Dinesh Bhugra, on becoming the President of the United Kingdom ’s Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2008, described many inpatient units as ‘unsafe, overcrowded and uninhabitable’ to the point that he ‘would never use them, and neither would [he] let any of [his] relatives do so’ (Observer, 2008). However, there will always be need for some inpatient provision for people with mental health difficulties and nurses are key to whether admissions to such units aid or obstruct patient recovery.
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research