Humanised care refers to the holistic approach to the person, considering their bio-psycho-social and behavioural dimensions. It becomes more complex when the person has mental health problems that may affect his or her will, cognition and relationship to the world. The literature on the humanisation of mental health is scarce and only offers the view of professionals. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
While the negative effects of trauma on nurses have been well-documented, it is equally important to focus on ways to promote posttraumatic growth (PTG) among nurses. This study aims to explore the levels and related factors of PTG among nurses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Previous research has indicated that community-based mental health services in Iran are restricted, leading to overcrowding in psychiatric wards. This overcrowding has been linked to a range of problems, such as violence, suicide and medical errors. Despite the abundance of research on patient safety, there is still a lack of understanding regarding how mental health nurses (MHNs) create a secure environment within these wards. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Managing issues such as suicide risk and sexual assault while showing leadership as an event medic was confidence-boosting
In the second year of my mental health nursing degree studies, I spent two weeks in Italy working with a medical response team at a university sports event.
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This study provides further evidence that forensic mental health nurses are frequently exposed to various forms of patient aggression. For some nurses, this exposure to patient aggression negatively impacted their mental and physical health. Employing organizations should therefore prioritize provision of formal support for nurses.
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Personality disorder is a serious mental health condition affecting up to 52% of psychiatric outpatients and 70% of inpatients and forensic patients. People with a diagnosis of personality disorder have higher morbidity and mortality than those without.
Service users and carers reported a lack of training for staff in the management of individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder, particularly with regard to self-harm and suicidal behaviours.
Staff burnout creates barriers to compassionate person-centred care for individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder as staff struggled to accommodate the nature of the presentation when under significant emotional, psychological and professional strain caused by understaffing and lack of support.
Self-care is essential for nurses' wellbeing, with stress posing a major barrier. Research into self-care is often absorbed into studies of burnout or resilience. Understanding lived experiences of influences on nurses' self-care practices is essential. There is currently a paucity of literature on this topic.
We asked ChatGPT basic questions about a fictitious person who presents with self-harm and then evaluated the quality of the output. We found that the output could look reasonable to laypersons but there were significant errors and ethical issues. There are potential harms to people in care if AI is used without an expert correcting or removing these errors.
Mentalizing is the capacity to understand both one‘s own and other people‘s behaviour in terms of mental states, such as, for example, desires, feelings and beliefs.
The mentalizing capacities of healthcare professionals help to establish effective therapeutic relationships and, in turn, lead to better patient outcomes.
This debate essay proposes possible remedies to the shortage of nurses in acute inpatient mental health settings and draws inspiration from a Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing editorial, Glascott and McKeown (2022, 29, 767).
this article discusses the benefits for nurse leaders to explore a new approach known as quantum leadership. This is a relationship-focused and value-based leadership style in which leaders understand that healthcare organisations have been in a state of flux and recognise how to respond constructively to change in the future. Quantum leadership enables nurse leaders to create and maintain synergistic team working, whereby the team works together towards the common goal of delivering optimal person-centred care. The author suggests that quantum leadership is an engaging and realistic approach to adopt, with benefits of all staff delivering healthcare services and ultimately for patients. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Aggression is a feature of many nurses’ working lives. Some see surveillance technology as a deterrent, others worry it undermines trust
Nurses groped by patients and even by colleagues. Inappropriate comments about someone’s appearance or sex life. Patients masturbating while staff try to deliver care. Threats of rape. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Ill health makes us vulnerable, and mental ill health that requires inpatient care, sometimes for weeks or months, even more so. Most mental health professionals strive to develop a therapeutic relationship with the people they care for that is underpinned by compassion, trust and safety. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In this unique role, nurses offer clinical, professional and well-being support to colleagues
Professional nurse advocates (PNAs) provide professional clinical leadership in their clinical settings, says the RCN. This includes leading quality improvement programmes, developing positive learning cultures, and facilitating restorative clinical supervision (RCS) of nurses and healthcare staff, a process that supports individuals to have reflective conversations involving open feedback. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A mental health nurse and lecturer suggests ways to approach people’s distress related to hearing voices.
Many mental health nurses (MHNs) and practitioners lack the knowledge and confidence to support people who hear voices. They may struggle to know how to help a person who is distressed by their voice hearing in a way that is meaningful and effective. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Two mental health nurses on how formulaic progress notes undermine advances made by the specialty.
Mental health nurses are professional and analytical, with a wealth of clinical knowledge and skills. But for some reason, our note-taking does not reflect the great strides the profession has made. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
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”.
Veteran-friendly practices aim to overcome this vulnerable group’s tendency to avoid seeking out help.
Mental health disorders are common in military veterans. Part of the challenge is that they are a hard-to-reach group who are reluctant to seek help. This leads to unnecessary delays in addressing operationally attributable mental health issues, often left until they are in crisis. To remedy this, veteran-friendly accredited general practices and military charities can work with nurses to support the mental health and well-being of veterans. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Massage therapy has recognised psychological benefits, yet it is rarely used in forensic mental health settings. In 2022, ten-minute sessions of seated chair massage – where recipients remain fully clothed – were offered to patients and staff at a secure forensic mental health and learning disability service in the UK. This article is a service evaluation of the impact of providing these sessions. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
There is a paucity of research on mental health nursing students’ experiences of witnessing physical restraint in practice, despite the fact that they spend half of their time in clinical placements. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.