This study adds epidemiological weight to the implementation of health maintenance strategies and risk management procedures to reduce the risk of violent outcomes in individuals with mental health disorders (specifically, substance use disorder, psychosis, and ‘personality disorders’). The findings highlight how experiences of victimisation and perpetration are more often comorbid, with experiences of both victimisation and perpetration more common than an experience of only one of the outcomes.
Implications for practice and research:
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in acute mental healthcare settings is inhibited by mental health nurses’ experiences of being unsafe, their lack of emotion management skills and their involvement in coercive practices.
Further research is needed to better understand the relationship between mental health nurses’ emotional intelligence and their ability to implement TIC.
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The role of digital technology in the delivery of patient care was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic when remote triage and consultations became part of everyday practice in healthcare settings. Yet despite growing evidence that a digitally literate nursing workforce can support and enhance patient safety and outcomes, many nurses report a reluctance to engage in the use of digital technology.
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Evidence-based practice is vital to nursing, and health and social care, but research suggests it is less widespread than it should be. One reason may be that front-line practitioners do not always have the support, time and knowledge to search for and review evidence.
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Leaving the nursing profession can cause some people to have a sense of lost identity. Find out how you can plan ahead, emotionally and practically, and also work toward a new purpose
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Advice for non-specialist nurses on adapting practice for people with a learning disability and autistic people
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Findings Several barriers and facilitators to the use of digital technology were identified, including around infrastructure, time, skills, training, support, leadership, familiarity and confidence. The use of digital technology may enhance care consistency and increase patient autonomy, but it may also erode nurse-patient relationships.
Conclusion Digital technology can enhance patient care but organisational barriers, notably in relation to digital literacy training, need to be addressed for nurses to fully adopt it.
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To understand how small group teaching sessions can assist participants to learn new knowledge and skills
To learn how to plan a small group teaching session by setting aims and learning outcomes
To appreciate the importance of assessing participants’ learning and addressing gaps in their understanding throughout the delivery of small group teaching sessions
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There has been a steep rise in mental health referrals for children and a lack of capacity to deal with it. Dual registration could be an answer. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Knowing how to build a strong business case is a valuable skill for nurses in any band or setting as it means you can demonstrate the value of your work or proposed projects. With NHS funding severely stretched, organisational leaders are continually making difficult decisions about where to invest and where to cut back. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
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”.
Personality disorder is a contentious diagnostic label that is associated with high levels of stigma, leading many practitioners and people with lived experience to call for a change in its use. Mental health nurses frequently encounter people who have received a diagnosis of personality disorder in various settings. This article provides a critique of this diagnosis and discusses the issues that are associated with this label. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The authors concluded that the meta-analysis: 'revealed small to moderate positive effects of resilience training on resilience and other mental health outcomes immediately post-intervention (resilience, wellbeing) and in the short-term (anxiety symptoms, [perceived] stress), while there was a lack of evidence for training effects on depressive symptoms or any outcome at later follow-ups.'
In part two of her two-part series on mental health, Sarah Palmer sign-posts community nurses towards relevant services, in cases where they may come across a patient with mental health issues. Furthermore, a case for digitally enabled mental health care is made by the author, as this would let individuals receive help sooner.
This integrative review aims to explore existing literature regarding mental health service users' experiences of telehealth interventions facilitated through the COVID-19 pandemic, to determine the visibility of nursing involvement in the facilitation of telehealth interventions and to use these experiences to inform nursing practice.
Citizens identifying as Black and Minority Ethic (BAME) face barriers and disadvantage across many areas of life, including housing, employment, and education. In the context of mental health, considerable research highlights the overrepresentation of people from BAME backgrounds in inpatient mental health services, with a recent international meta-analysis finding that BAME and migrant groups are at far greater risk of being detained under mental health legislation than any other ethnic group (Barnett et al., 2019).
While clinical reflection has been an essential aspect of nursing practice for many years, some nurses may still find it challenging to constructively engage with this process and may not recognise the benefits and learning that can result from it. This article provides practical guidance for nurses on how to undertake reflection, to support them to reflect regularly as part of their practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
• Reflection is a process of engaging with and learning from one’s thoughts, emotions and actions in a supportive and critical manner.
• Reflection can assist nurses to learn from practice, support team working and promote self-care.
• Nurses can reflect alone or with others, and there are various structured models of reflection that they can use to support them.
This article describes several leadership models which all have something to offer to nurses looking to develop their ward leadership skills. It discusses core elements of effective ward leadership, notably providing support and direction to the team through coaching and mentoring, developing the ward as a learning environment, understanding the wider care context and taking time for self-care. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In conclusion, the study suggests that most patients and staff do not believe that body-worn cameras will achieve their aim of preventing violence and aggression. They perceive violence and aggression to have complex underlying causes, including unmet needs in the immediate as well as the wider context. Indeed, there is a risk that body-worn cameras will “mask structural issues” (p.19) and “exacerbate epistemic injustice” rather than prevent violence and aggression.
Suicide is a leading cause of death for children and young people and its prevention is a global priority. Many Mental Health Services employ safety planning as a brief intervention. There is some evidence of safety planning effectiveness for adults, but little is known about its effectiveness with young people.
Following research into the application of Electronic Monitoring (EM), Criminal Justice Order (2016) no. 954 was published, which introduced EM for offenders leaving custody in England and Wales (Ministry of Justice, 2016). EM was later extended to include those subjected to release on temporary licence (ROTL). The purpose of this study is to be the first, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to evaluate a pilot project using EM during the ROTL process. The outcome allowed for recommendations to be made regarding the continued use of EM within the open prison estate. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
When the regulator updated its proficiency standards for nurse education it was seen as a step forward, but now there are fears training has become too generic
It is almost five years since the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) overhauled its proficiency standards, which provide the basis for nurse education. It heralded a new dawn for the profession. Out went the separate requirements for the four different fields of nursing and in their place came a generic set of standards designed to equip nurses for the fast-changing nature of 21st century care. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
A healthy and valued workforce is vital for safe and compassionate mental healthcare. That was my take-home from the recent senior leadership symposium on advancing and sustaining the mental health nursing workforce. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The popularity of the nurse well-being app has inspired a new version offering personalised support for students. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
With as many as one in three nursing students leaving their course before they complete it, a new free app will offer personalised support to those who are struggling.
An intervention strategy that helps nurses deal with distressing or traumatic incidents, or crisis situations. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Psychological first aid (PFA) is an intervention strategy to support people in severe distress following crisis events. These traumatic events might include natural disasters, accidents, violent crimes or trauma experienced in nursing work, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Off-duty texts or meeting-up with patients could indicate that boundaries have been blurred, and consequences could be severe. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Positive and therapeutic nurse-patient relationships are crucial to building the trust and respect that enables nurses to provide the best possible care.
Mental health nurses working in inpatient settings are at increased risk of being assaulted by patients. Systematic reviews have synthesised predominantly quantitative evidence relating to the prevalence, contributing factors, effects and adverse outcomes of violence towards mental health nurses. This article details a systematic review that used a meta-aggregative approach to synthesise qualitative evidence on the experiences of mental health nurses who have been assaulted by patients in inpatient settings. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this study is to explore nurses' experiences of seclusion or restraint use and their participation in immediate staff debriefing in inpatient mental health settings.
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Coercive measures represent an ethical conflict because they limit the person's freedom, compromising their personal autonomy, self-determination and fundamental rights.
The reduction of the use of coercive measures implies not only regulations and mental health systems, but also cultural aspects, such as societal beliefs, attitudes, and values.
There is evidence about the professionals' views on coercion in acute mental health care units and community settings, but they remain unexplored in inpatient rehabilitation units.
Nurses work in mental health services around the world, constituting the largest professional group.
Nurses have been identified as being potentially able to carry out a much wider range of functions than are typically allowed in practice, when provided with suitable training.
There are long-term concerns regarding shortages of mental health nurses in England and many other countries.
Workforce data is rarely subject to analysis in peer-reviewed journals.
Mental health professionals with lived experience of mental illness can find it a challenge to integrate their identities as both mental health professional and mental health service user.• There are currently limited options available to them
Mental health nursing staff may experience psychological stress and burnout. Exercise provision for mental health staff may improve staff physical and mental wellbeing and mitigate against psychological burnout.
Existing research suggests the provision of exercise equipment for mental health nursing staff may improve staff attitudes towards physical activity and staff confidence in motivating physical activity amongst patient groups they care for, although more research is needed, and research investigating the attitudes of mental health staff towards such initiatives is warranted.
Ben Hannigan explores a recent systematic review exploring the prevalence, risk factors and interventions for suicide and self-harm in nurses and midwives.
Not all nurses managers have experience so education in, and exposure to, compassionate leadership can be vital
What is the difference between a manager and a leader? All organisations need a manager, but they benefit from leaders. But when nurses become managers, are they managing, leading or both? To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The nursing profession is facing some of its greatest challenges. After providing society with highly skilled care during the pandemic, the effects of the demands made of nurses are becoming noticeable, leading to global staffing shortages. The positive impact of nursing leadership strategies on the profession’s response to COVID-19 have been significant, yet more recently we have seen the media portrayal of nurses shift from angels and heroes to disrupters. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Psychological first aid (PFA) is an intervention strategy to support people in severe distress following crisis events. These traumatic events might include natural disasters, accidents, violent crimes or trauma experienced in nursing work, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
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”.
Tips for nurses on monitoring the physical risk factors for people with mental illness who are being teated with antipsychotic medications
People with mental illness, especially those with severe mental illness (SMI) such as psychosis, have a life expectancy shortened by 20 years compared with the general population (Pradhan and Joshi 2018). To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
New app boosts the mental well-being of beleaguered staff, and helps them to combat burnout and stress
ShinyMind is the only mental health and well-being app co-created, developed and tested in partnership with NHS employees at all levels. The new nursing version provides more than 150 resources, tools and exercises to support well-being. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Any nurse could have contact with patients who have been accused or convicted of an offence, or found to have diminished
For nurses working in prisons, mental health units and even hospital emergency departments, caring for people who have been charged with or have committed serious crimes is part of the job. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Previous research has found that nurses in inpatient CAMHS can struggle to define their role and contribution to patient care. While gratitude has received increased attention in relation to subjective well-being in healthcare settings, the receipt of gratitude in the form of thank you letters is currently unexplored in the CAMHS context.
Medication self-management (MSM) is considered an important aspect of pharmacotherapy and plays an essential role in the treatment of various illnesses. To date, research into the willingness and attitude of psychiatric healthcare providers toward MSM in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorders during hospitalization is lacking. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
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”.
Communication between nurses and patients is essential in mental health nursing. In coercive situations (e.g. seclusion), the importance of nurse–patient communication is highlighted. However, research related to nurses' perceptions of nurse–patient communication during seclusion is scant. 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.
Clinical practice within statutory roles is an important issue for the nursing profession. There is increasing involvement of nurses undertaking statutory roles and opportunities for nurses to advocate and offer their unique clinical opinion regarding the need for restrictive measures imposed by mental health act legislation. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Use of debriefing following restrictive practices in forensic psychiatric care - Author: Jaana Asikainen, Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen, Eila Repo-Tiihonen, Olavi Louheranta To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Relationship between forensic vigilance and personality traits, work experience, burnout symptoms, workplace stress and satisfaction in forensic mental healthcare professionals - Author: Maartje Clercx, Marije Keulen-de Vos, Leam A. Craig, Robert Didden To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Seclusion and restraint still regularly occur within inpatient mental health services. Professionals lack clarity on safe and humane procedures. Nevertheless, a detailed policy on for instance age limits, techniques, and time limits is required. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Identifying patient-reported outcomes of the nurse-patient relationship is a priority in inpatient mental healthcare to guide clinical decision-making and quality improvement initiatives. Moreover, demonstrating nurse-sensitive patient outcomes can be a strategy to avoid further erosion of the specialism of psychiatric and/or mental health nursing. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
With increasing workplace and home pressures for many, nurses can support colleagues through open, honest. In the BBC TV programme ‘This Is Going to Hurt’, hospital staff plant a tree in memory of a colleague who has died by suicide. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
In 2021, a historic milestone was reached by mental health nursing which passed by largely without note. It was the moment when the number of mental health nurses working in community services in England’s NHS finally exceeded the numbers of those working in inpatient wards (NHS Digital 2022). This was a long time coming. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Holistic care helps nurses identify key risk factors, such as unhealthy diet and smoking, in people with severe mental illness. There are several reasons why physical health monitoring is important in people with severe mental illness (SMI). This article focuses on two: improving physical health outcomes and extending the scope of mental health nursing practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
It can help maintain a healthy, supported nursing workforce, yet access to good quality clinical supervision has been found to be inconsistent. With increased workplace pressures, moral distress and burnout during the pandemic, clinical supervision gained prominence across all fields of nursing. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Selecting a clinically approved one to help support clients. The health app marketplace is vast. Healthcare professionals and patients have access to more than 365,000 digital health products via Google Play and Apple’s App store. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
How mental health nurses can carry out safe and humane interventions with service users – as well as identify and challenge the misuse of practices in the workplace. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Why you should read this article: To learn about some adaptations to practice adopted by a low secure mental health unit during the COVID-19 pandemic; To be aware of interventions used to enable staff to continue to support patients during the COVID-19 pandemic; To appreciate that staff’s experience of the adaptations to practice and the well-being support offered to them during the pandemic can be used to inform post-pandemic practice. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The study is consistent with previous research in finding that IHT reduced the amount of time spent in hospital for people experiencing an acute mental health crisis. The average reduction of 24.55 days in hospital over 12 months seems clinically significant, especially as this study was performed in a modern crisis care system with a greater number of other care options than in previous studies. Therefore, the findings should be disseminated to clinicians and service users, to show that home treatment is an effective alternative to hospital admission. Importantly for those who might be worried about the risks of IHT, the study did not find any increase in adverse events or later compulsory admission, although there might not have been a big enough sample size to detect a difference.
Rates of re-traumatisation among mental ill-health patients have risen significantly over the past decade and clinical guidelines place mental health nurses at the heart of their care. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Leadership in nursing is about inspiring colleagues to deliver the best care and improve patient outcomes, whether you are a student, newly qualified or a team leader
It is an outdated notion that leaders are only those who manage a team, or call all the shots. There is increasing recognition in nursing that everyone – at every level – can demonstrate leadership and develop as a leader.
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The authors rapidly reviewed the international literature to identify determinants of workplace violence against hospital-based nurses and the effects of workplace violence on nurse outcomes. Twenty-one studies (22 articles) formed the final sample – 16 quantitative, three qualitative and two mixed-methods studies. Supervisors, other nurses and physicians were the major perpetrators of workplace violence against nurses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
This literature review focused on nurses in the NHS and found that self-rostering had a positive effect on their work-life balance and job satisfaction. However, a move to self-rostering can pose challenges and it should be assessed for suitability before implementation.
Nurse managers should consider how floating shifts are administered so that nurses feel supported when working on a different ward or unit. Nurse managers can greatly influence nurses’ ability to manage floating shifts. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Overall, the study provides interesting insights into stakeholders’ perspectives of HIIT in psychiatric inpatient settings, but the question remains about how we find out the views of stakeholders with no interest in exercise.
Advanced planning of care and peer support are two of several approaches advocated by Mental Health Europe as a way to reduce coercive practice in mental health. In this study, Tinland and colleagues have demonstrated that including peer worker support in the development and sharing of advance directives compares favourably to leaving patients to do this on their own.
Reducing admissions is a laudable aim, and the evidence is that, overall, peer support did not achieve this in this high need population, but admissions is not the only important outcome.
Given the positive results from some other high quality RCTs, and importantly from qualitative work about the experiences of those providing and receiving peer support, and the quite specific circumstances in which the results of this study apply, peer support arguably still has much to offer.
Mental Health Act Assessment (MHAA) is not experienced as person-centred. Although not explicitly set as a specific standard of the assessment process (DoH, 2018), the overarching principle is of empowerment, involvement, and increased personalised care (DoH, 2015).
The participants expressed difficulty in understanding the process and their options, lack of voice, and disempowerment.
Thus, this study supports that throughout the MHAA, information be delivered more effectively, repeated discussions on options be had, and emotional support be offered.
Despite the constant pressures and chronic shortages, the number of nurses leaving the NHS had flatlined over recent years. Now our analysis of new data shows there has been a large increase in nurses leaving the NHS, and that this trend is being driven by younger workers.
Empathetic and inclusive leaders enable teams to achieve better outcomes for patients, but can be difficult to find in the hierarchical organisations of the NHS
Compassionate leadership is good for staff and good for patients, with a growing evidence base showing that it results in staff being more motivated and delivering high-quality care.
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There was no qualitative study found in which individuals diagnosed with mental illness explained their views in detail about the use of medicinal plants. It is therefore thought that this study will fill this gap in the literature and guide mental health nurses in the field. The research was carried out to determine the use of medicinal plants by individuals diagnosed with mental illness. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Evaluation of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy in an adult community mental health team: effectiveness in people with autism spectrum disorders – ERRATUM - Volume 46 Issue 5
Social shaming can impair caregivers' performance. The prevalence of shaming experienced by mental health workers and the relationships to their function or burnout is unknown. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Mental health-focused education and training can be difficult to access, but we have tips on finding continuing professional development to meet your needs – and how your employer can help
Every nurse and nursing associate is acutely aware of the importance of continuing professional development (CPD) and its pivotal role in their revalidation. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The essential place of continuing professional development (CPD) in mental health nursing was identified in Health Education England’s major review of the profession published earlier this year. Yet the review also found that nurses struggled to get time away from work to take part in CPD and to find specialty specific courses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
While numbers of students who have been accepted on mental health nursing courses has risen, review statistics show that retention still remains an issue
Mental health nursing risks being ‘lost’ as a profession unless steps are taken to attract and retain more nurses. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
To examine the preventive health-screening activities of mental health nurses in Ireland. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
To identify the published knowledge on current care models related to the Humanization of Care in Acute Psychiatric Units. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
Literature on “personality disorder” and the general hospital has to date primarily focused on emergency departments. Research on how general hospital inpatient wards respond to people diagnosed with a “personality disorder” has been long overdue. Thirteen clinicians working in mental health liaison in the general hospital were interviewed as part of a sequence of research studies. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.
The aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the concerns and needs of forensic psychiatric patients regarding the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on their mental health and treatment. To read the full article, choose Open Athens “Institutional Login” and search for “Midlands Partnership”.