The Francis Inquiry (2013) focused the attention of the general public onto poor quality nursing care. As a direct result of this inquiry, NICE was asked to review the evidence base for safe nurse staffing levels in nine care settings in England. Two of these reviews focused on mental health, with reviews proposed for acute inpatient and community care. This work was halted in June 2015 by NHS England, and it was thought that the majority of this work would not be completed and published.
Hope is an important factor in psychological resilience and change, and recovery from mental health difficulties. Recently, there has been an increased focus on recovery-oriented practice within forensic mental health settings. Several policies include calls for mental health practitioners to inspire hope for recovery in the individuals they work with. However, there is little suggestion of how to implement such recommendations in practice or research exploring how staff foster hope in forensic settings. This study used grounded theory to explore nurses’ perspectives and experiences of hope within a medium secure setting. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
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The administrative elements of care co-ordination reduce opportunities for recovery-focused and personalised work. There were few shared understandings of recovery, which may limit shared goals. Conversations on risk appeared to be neglected and assessments kept from service users. A reluctance to engage in dialogue about risk management may work against opportunities for positive risk-taking as part of recovery-focused work.
A caseload management tool was developed with the aim of creating a straightforward, unbiased way of assessing a clinician's caseload for the community mental health teams (CMHTs) in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. For the first time, the tool developed allows for individual clinicians to record caseloads electronically, enabling decision makers and their teams to assess caseloads. The newly developed tool also has the capability to assess a client's individual weighting score over time. This is crucial in ensuring an appropriate clinical response, improving client experience and safety. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details 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 requesting.
A caseload management tool was developed with the aim of creating a straightforward, unbiased way of assessing a clinician's caseload for the community mental health teams (CMHTs) in Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. For the first time, the tool developed allows for individual clinicians to record caseloads electronically, enabling decision makers and their teams to assess caseloads.To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Safe staffing and coercive practices are of pressing concern for mental health services. These are inter‐dependent and the relationship is under‐researched.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
To explore healthcare professionals’ perspectives of dignified care and experiences of providing care. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - request a copy of the article from the library - www.sssft.nhs.uk/library
News. Mental health nursing should retain its specialty undergraduate course, an independent workforce review has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The reluctance of registered nurse mentors to fail nursing students in clinical practice despite concerns about competence remains a contemporary issue in international healthcare education. Mentors’ assessment decisions have considerable impact for a variety of key stakeholders, not least for students in these circumstances. 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.
A former army nurse reveals how a holiday charity helped him to cope with grief and work-related trauma
Military nurses, care assistants, medics, doctors and other healthcare professionals are witnesses to a high degree of trauma. We not only see battlefields, peacetime training, traumatic injuries and death, but we have to help the wounded and provide care from the point of contact through to the next level of triage and treatment or aftercare. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
To explore the extent and influence of mental health professionals’ personal experience of mental ill health on clinical practice. 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.
Shift change handoffs are known to be a point of vulnerability in the quality, safety and outcomes of healthcare. Despite numerous efforts to improve handoff reliability, few interventions have produced lasting change. Although the opportunity to ask questions during patient handoff has been required by some regulatory bodies, the function of questions during handoff has been less well explored and understood. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
To gain a deeper understanding of the differences in patients and staff perspectives in response to aggression and to explore recommendations on prevention.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Consumer participation is central to mental health policy. Negative attitudes of health professionals are barriers to realising policy goals. Evidence suggests consumers (Experts by Experience) can influence positive attitudes in nursing students. Research in this area to date is limited and primarily from Australia and New Zealand.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
The purpose of this essay is to introduce a threat‐based beliefs model of treatment‐seeking for depression through the discussion of facilitative threats (i.e. beliefs regarding the negative impact of depression on personal functioning that may facilitate treatment engagement) and to propose potential treatment strategies that mental health and psychiatric nurses can utilize to encourage their patients to receive treatment for depression. Considering mental health and psychiatric nurses play an important role in maintaining the mental health of their patients, this information could prove invaluable to assist nurses in helping their patients to not only receive treatment for their depression, but also to maintain their treatment‐seeking motivations. This essay will begin by discussing the staggering lack of treatment‐seeking for depression.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Research into how people with intellectual disabilities (ID) pursue intimate relationships in care settings presents some contradictory findings; despite increasingly liberal staff views, service users experience significant restrictions. This study attempts to explore this gap within a secure hospital, examining service user's representations of staff discourses about sexuality and intimate relationships. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Reports of increased healthcare bureaucracy and concerns over care plan quality have emerged from research and surveys into staff and service user experiences. Little is known of mental health staff perspectives on the value of written care plans in supporting dementia care. 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.
People with intellectual disabilities continue to underutilize technology, in part due to insufficient training. Because support staff professionals provide instructional support, how they perceive integrating new technologies is important for people with intellectual disabilities. Please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
(1) To understand the implicit and explicit perceptions of accountability from the perspective of bedside nurses and their managers. (2) To identify the factors that facilitate accountability behaviors. 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.