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This is the first time the impact of such training on nurses’ sense of professional and personal identity has been explored.
Drawing upon data derived from twenty interviews, this paper explores the key themes reported by nurses in relation to their personal experience of training in SFBT.
This paper extends our understanding of the lived experience of mental health nurses and facilitates discussion on the preparation and practice of their role. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
With a rise in the number of unqualified staff providing health and social care, and reports raising concerns about the quality of care provided, there is a need to address the learning needs of clinical support workers. This article describes a qualitative evaluation of a service improvement project that involved a work-based learning approach for clinical support workers on mental health inpatient wards. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Advice for nurses on reporting concerns and abusive practices, whether in forensic, assessment and treatment units or other care settings, and the support available
Poor care has been back in the spotlight following two TV exposés. Undercover filming by the BBC Panorama programme highlighted alleged verbal and physical abuse of patients at the Edenfield Centre, a secure mental health unit in Greater Manchester. This was followed by a Channel 4 Dispatches programme investigation into care at acute mental health wards at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
To explore how nursing students account for decisions to report or not report poor care witnessed on placement and to examine the implications of findings for educators. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
This article reports on the culture and practice changes that have evolved in an intensive psychiatric care unit (IPCU) since starting its journey with the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (Mental Health) in 2012. Significant, sustained reductions in patient violence and use of restraint have been experienced which has had a positive impact on the physical and psychological safety of patients and nursing staff within IPCU. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
The badges have been introduced to help other members of staff spot new or recent starters who may be feeling vulnerable bacause of their lack of experience and local knowledge.
They are all undergoing Preceptorship and Preceptorship support Nurse Teresa Shaw said:”The badges are there so all of our staff can use their experience to help and support new starters” “The acorn symbol signifies that great oaks develop from tiny acorns therefore our preceptees will flourish and grow throughout their careers”
The use of dialectical behaviour therapy for patients with binge eating disorder has developed recently and, as part of the Eating Disorder Service in Forth Valley, an adapted dialectical behaviour therapy treatment programme has been piloted prior to patients progressing on to the weight management service, to find out if an adapted dialectical behaviour therapy group can help patients with binge eating disorder reduce bingeing behaviour and improve quality of life. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
This essay addresses common arguments against implementing smoke-free policies in mental health facilities drawing on the international research evidence. Key arguments supporting implementation of smoke-free policies in mental health facilities are also outlined. This commentary provides policy makers, researchers, and clinicians with information to dispel myths about smoke-free policies in mental health facilities and provides arguments advocating for implementation of these policies. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Valerie Provan is a Nurse Consultant on Ruskin Unit, an assessment unit in Carlisle for older adults with organic mental illnesses such as Dementia. It is the only nurse led treatment centre of its kind in the country and several other trusts have visited to see how it could be replicated elsewhere.
Improving patient safety during handovers has become a public health priority.1 Over the past decade, a number of best practices have emerged, which, taken together, represent the first generation of handover interventions. Largely adapted from industries (such as aviation and railroad) in which transition errors have high consequences,2 these first-generation best practices aim to reduce information loss and distortion via structured communication protocols such as face-to-face and written sign-out that use mnemonics and standardised templates, interactive questioning and distraction-free environments. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Aggression by patients against healthcare workers is a global recurring phenomenon in mental health care. Discrepancies in defining aggression can lead to differences in judgement, which in turn causes difficulties in managing aggression. The multidisciplinary nature of mental healthcare makes a standardized definition an even more pressing matter. No studies, however, were found exploring the way different disciplines approach the definition of aggression. Although traditional methods of managing aggression rely on coercive methods, current research favours the use of non-coercive measures. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The therapeutic relationship is not always functional in clinical practice due to various factors, such as lack of time, lack of job motivation, exhaustion and rejection towards the person cared for.
Vision-based monitoring is often used in mental health settings to observe patients but has become controversial.
Digital technologies are transforming the way healthcare is delivered. In mental health, non-contact patient observation systems have become popular in recent years to monitor patients and keep a check on their vital signs. But the technology has also caused some controversy with concerns raised about privacy issues. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Last week we launched ambitious new standards that set out the skills and knowledge the next generation of nurses need. We also introduced a more modern and innovative approach to the way universities and their practise partners train nurses and midwives. The changes will allow greater independence of assessment, and greater innovation by placement providers.
Journal of Nursing Scholarship; Indianapolis49.5 (Sep 2017): 557-563.
The purpose of this article is to fill the need for an updated concept analysis of compassion fatigue. This review used Rodgers' Evolutionary Model to direct the analysis of 25 papers published between 2005 and 2015. This review focused strictly on healthcare providers in the formal healthcare setting. The authors provided an analysis of the evolution of compassion fatigue and identified surrogate terms, attributes and defining characteristics, and antecedents and consequences of the term, true to Rodgers' Evolutionary Model. Related terms are also discussed and a brief case model is provided. A better understanding of compassion fatigue will allow researchers and clinicians to identify its causes, prevention, and treatment. This could impact the rate at which healthcare providers leave clinical practice and their ability to compassionately engage with patients. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
This study has contributed to understanding the views of non-prescribing mental health nurse prescribers on why they do not use their prescribing qualification. The findings from this study suggest that there are complex, interlocking factors: power and knowledge; culture; and structure and agency, which may enable or prevent mental health nurse prescribers from independently prescribing. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Suicidality is prevalent worldwide, particularly in people who access mental health services. The quality of therapeutic alliance between people with mental health difficulties and staff has been associated with suicidality but only in community settings. Defeat and entrapment are correlated with suicidality and may mediate any relationship between alliance and suicidality. Therefore this exploratory study explored these relationships in people admitted to mental health wards. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
The objectives of the study were to: (1) examine the relationships between three different qualitative perceptions of safety culture and the Canadian Patient Safety Climate Survey factors; (2) determine whether these perceptions are associated with different hand hygiene practices. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.