Anxiety Communication Notes-A Tool to Facilitate Anxiety Management and Improve the Nurse-Patient Relationship in Mental Health Nursing
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Sep 21:1-11. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2251058. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health care tends to be dominated by a biomedical perspective at the expense of a more recovery-oriented approach. Research on nurse-led interventions intended to strengthen the patient's ability to manage anxiety is sparse in this context. The aim of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of the use of anxiety communication notes in nursing patients experiencing anxiety in mental health inpatient care. Data were collected by interviewing twelve nurses working in two mental health inpatient care wards...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - September 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Zetterstr öm Maria Linde Marjut Blomqvist Henrika Jormfeldt Source Type: research
The Future of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Workforce: Using Our Skill Set to Address Incongruities in Mental Health Care Delivery
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Sep 21:1-11. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2252498. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOur country is dealing with well-documented issues around mental health and its treatment. The Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) workforce is growing and practicing in a variety of roles within the mental health system. How will PMH nurses address instances when the structure of services does not meet the mental health needs of the population? In this piece, I argue that to some degree the future of the PMH workforce will be determined by how well we use our capacity and capabilities to address incongruities in servic...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - September 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Kathleen R Delaney Source Type: research
Finding the Hidden Professional Culture of Mental Health Nursing-Spiritual Care for Individuals with a Co-morbid Life-Limiting Illness
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Sep 21:1-9. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2246064. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPeople with severe mental illness are dying up to thirty years earlier than the general population. The limited literature on their experience of dying indicates that they often suffer from inequities in their access to healthcare services, and further, what care they do receive is frequently poor. Living with both a mental illness and facing death can engender spiritual concerns and dying at a younger age is a risk factor for spiritual despair. Hence, addressing spiritual concerns can be an important dimension of me...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - September 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Sharon Picot Ann Harrington Jeffrey Fuller Source Type: research
Anxiety Communication Notes-A Tool to Facilitate Anxiety Management and Improve the Nurse-Patient Relationship in Mental Health Nursing
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Sep 21:1-11. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2251058. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health care tends to be dominated by a biomedical perspective at the expense of a more recovery-oriented approach. Research on nurse-led interventions intended to strengthen the patient's ability to manage anxiety is sparse in this context. The aim of this study was to describe nurses' experiences of the use of anxiety communication notes in nursing patients experiencing anxiety in mental health inpatient care. Data were collected by interviewing twelve nurses working in two mental health inpatient care wards...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - September 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Linda Zetterstr öm Maria Linde Marjut Blomqvist Henrika Jormfeldt Source Type: research
The Future of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Workforce: Using Our Skill Set to Address Incongruities in Mental Health Care Delivery
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Sep 21:1-11. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2252498. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOur country is dealing with well-documented issues around mental health and its treatment. The Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) workforce is growing and practicing in a variety of roles within the mental health system. How will PMH nurses address instances when the structure of services does not meet the mental health needs of the population? In this piece, I argue that to some degree the future of the PMH workforce will be determined by how well we use our capacity and capabilities to address incongruities in servic...
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - September 21, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Kathleen R Delaney Source Type: research
