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Yoshinaga N, Obara Y, Kawano N, Kondo K, Hayashi Y, Nakai M, Takeda R, Tanoue H. Real-World Effectiveness and Predictors of Nurse-Led Individual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Mental Disorders: An Updated Pragmatic Retrospective Cohort Study. Behav Sci (Basel) 2024; 14:604. [PMID: 39062427 PMCID: PMC11273469 DOI: 10.3390/bs14070604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 07/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
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The importance of nurses integrating effective psychological techniques into their clinical practice is widely recognized. Nevertheless, further evidence from real-world settings is needed to establish nurse-led cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as an effective approach in clinical practice. This study aimed to examine the clinical effectiveness and predictors of individual CBT for mental disorders delivered by nurses in various routine clinical settings. This pragmatic retrospective cohort study collected data from participants who received nurse-led individual CBT at four institutions from different prefectures in Japan between April 2015 and March 2023. During the study period, 280 clients were referred to nurses for CBT, 240 of whom received nurse-led individual CBT of at least one session. The common primary diagnoses among participants were major depressive disorder (33.8%), social phobia (12.9%), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (10.0%). Of these, 23 participants were ongoing cases at the end of the observation period, and 217 who had completed the course of therapy or discontinued/dropped out from the therapy were included in the analysis (173 completed and 44 discontinued/dropped out (i.e., dropout rate = 20.3%)). Based on the clinical significance definition (primary outcome), 62.4% of the participants who completed the therapy were judged to demonstrate positive clinical significance (recovered or improved), with only a few participants (6.9%) demonstrating deterioration. Significant improvements were observed before and after nurse-led individual CBT across all secondary outcomes, including depression and anxiety symptoms, health-related quality of life, and functional disability (all ps ≤ 0.001). Univariate logistic regression revealed that clients with higher baseline severity of depression and anxiety symptoms were less likely to achieve positive clinical significance following nurse-led individual CBT. The real-world evidence gained through this study will encourage frontline nurses and motivate institutional/organizational leaders and policymakers to employ nurse-led individual CBT, especially for depression and anxiety-related disorders.
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- Naoki Yoshinaga
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki City 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan;
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- Graduate School of Nursing Science, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki City 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan;
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- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Office, Shigasato Hospital, 1-18-41, Shigasato, Otsu 520-0006, Shiga, Japan;
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- Department of Nursing, Gifu University Hospital, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1194, Gifu, Japan;
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- Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe 654-0142, Hyogo, Japan;
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- Clinical Research Support Center, University of Miyazaki Hospital, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki City 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan;
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- Health Care and Safety Center, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuen Kibanadai-Nishi, Miyazaki City 889-2192, Miyazaki, Japan;
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki City 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan;
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Yoshinaga N, Tanoue H, Hayashi Y. Naturalistic outcome of nurse-led psychological therapy for mental disorders in routine outpatient care: A retrospective chart review. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2022; 40:43-49. [PMID: 36064244 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2022.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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This study aimed to investigate the clinical effectiveness of nurse-led cognitive/behavioral therapy (CBT) in Japanese routine outpatient care. We retrospectively collected data from 100 cases with mental disorders who had received nurse-led CBT. Results demonstrated that CBT provided by nurses led to significant improvements in quality of life and other clinical outcomes during the intervention period (all p < 0.001). Among participants who received optional follow-up, these improvements were well-maintained. This real-world evidence of nurse-led CBT bridges the research-practice gap, and will encourage frontline nurses and motivate institutional/organizational leaders, academic/professional societies, and policymakers to employ empirically-supported psychotherapeutic techniques in routine nursing care.
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- Naoki Yoshinaga
- School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki-city, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan.
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- School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki-city, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University, 7-10-2 Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 654-0142, Japan
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Archard PJ, O'Reilly M. Psychoanalytic therapy and narrative research interviewing: some reflections. Nurse Res 2022; 30:e1844. [PMID: 35971671 DOI: 10.7748/nr.2022.e1844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND This article focuses on approaches to qualitative research interviewing that draw direct inspiration from psychoanalytic therapy. The reflective discussion piece provides a critical spotlight on this method to promote reflection and ethical application. AIM To provide clarity regarding the meaning of psychoanalytically informed, psycho-social research and the interpretive nature of qualitative interviews and of therapy, and to reflect on nurse researchers' partiality for using quasi-dynamic interpretative comments and the sharing of formulations in interviews. DISCUSSION The authors review relevant literature, and comment on the apprehension and uncertainty researchers may experience with this type of research approach. CONCLUSION Researchers should consider how they conduct themselves as interviewers and what to share of the analysis of participants' accounts based on the specifics of the research, including their or their team's experience of conducting psychotherapy and their and participants' expectations about what may be therapeutic about interviews. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Psychoanalytically informed research interviewing should be used in a reflective way by nurse researchers with attention paid to the limitations and possibilities of parallels between psychotherapeutic and research interview dialogue.
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- Philip John Archard
- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Leicester, England
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- University of Leicester, College of Social Sciences, Leicester, England
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Nursing, psychotherapy and advanced cancer: A scoping review. Eur J Oncol Nurs 2021; 56:102090. [PMID: 35026499 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2021.102090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Many individuals with advanced cancer have unmet psychological needs and often lack access to supportive care. Psychotherapy for adults with advanced cancer is a promising way to address some of the challenges in meeting these care needs. Nurses are the largest cohort of healthcare workers who can practice as psychotherapists and are positioned ideally to integrate these interventions as part of routine care. The purpose of this scoping review is to map the literature on psychotherapeutic interventions among adults with advanced cancer and to explore the nursing role in this body of evidence. METHODS We conducted a scoping review for relevant quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies. The content of included studies was analyzed and grouped based on two broad categories that describe how nursing's role was mentioned, described, and utilized: 1. Nurses are not the interventionist/psychotherapist and, 2. Nurses are mentioned as the interventionist/psychotherapist. RESULTS Eighty-six studies were included. Overall, majority of studies did not mention a role for nursing in any capacity. Some studies mentioned a non-interventionist role for nursing in the research study. Fourteen studies mentioned nurses as interventionists/psychotherapists. These studies focused on feasibility, acceptability and patient related outcomes of brief psychotherapies. Dignity therapy was the most common psychotherapy in studies where nurses were utilized as interventionists, followed by life review and supportive expressive therapies. Very few studies discussed nursing's role in this area and nursing's capacity to deliver this form of care. CONCLUSION There is paucity in nursing research focused on psychotherapy for adults with advanced cancer. It is feasible and acceptable for nurses to deliver brief psychotherapies to adults with advanced cancer, and the integration of these techniques in everyday practice has great potential that must be explored. The development of this knowledge base is needed to support future education, research, and practice policy agendas.
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Jones E, Wright KM, McKeown M. An integrative review exploring the experiences of service users carrying a diagnosis of personality disorder and student mental health nurses and the time they share together. NURSE EDUCATION TODAY 2021; 98:104659. [PMID: 33199063 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 10/10/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This integrative review provides a collective understanding of the experiences of student mental health nurses and service users carrying a diagnosis of personality disorder and the time they share together. DESIGN Published studies about the time service users and students share together were systematically selected in order to integrate their findings in a thematic analysis. DATA SOURCES Various databases were searched from 1984 until 2020. Specific search terms were used. REVIEW METHODS 37 studies were included in the integrative review. The studies were from peer reviewed nursing, student, psychology and health related journals. A quality appraisal was completed using Walsh and Downe (2006) framework. FINDINGS Four themes emerged from a thematic analysis of the integrative review. These were; With 'Impact of time' as an overarching theme. CONCLUSION A positive environment which considers time and focuses on seeing the person, as an individual can lead to the development of therapeutic relationships; a core element of the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for nursing registration in the UK (Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2018). Students attempting to build such relationships need to be mindful of service users' and their own attachment experiences and the impact these can have on experiences of transference and countertransference, particularly for service users carrying a personality disorder diagnosis. It is important for students to be aware of the supportive impact of positive environments and how doing 'everyday stuff' can make a person feel human despite residing in potentially dehumanizing places.
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- Emma Jones
- School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom.
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- School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom.
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- School of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom.
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Kingston MA, Greenwood S. Therapeutic relationships: Making space to practice in chaotic institutional environments. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2020; 27:689-698. [PMID: 32061012 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SUBJECT?: While therapeutic relationships remain core to mental health nursing practice and patient recovery, increased managerialism and focus on risk has impacted nurses' therapeutic practice with patients. While there is anecdotal evidence of the impact there has been little research that demonstrates nurses experience of therapeutic engagement within the current context. WHAT THE PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: The paper reports on qualitative research that highlights nurses' strong attempts to create the space for therapeutic engagement with clients. This research provides evidence of the constraints on practice imposed by new managerial processes and suggests potential means of responding to them. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: Mental health nurses are committed to working therapeutically but struggle to balance this against new managerial demands imposed across many OECD countries. The New Zealand government has recently reported on positive changes to mental health provision but does not suggest changes to the structures that impede good practice. This research indicates that structural change is essential to therapeutic engagement. ABSTRACT: Introduction Increasing managerialism, driven in part by notions of risk, compromises the mental health nurses therapeutic engagement with clients potentially impacting their recovery. While the importance of therapeutic relationships in mental health recovery is acknowledged, there is little evidence about how managerial processes encroach on this relationship. Aim To explore mental health nurses experience of engaging in therapeutic relationships within the current practice environment. Method This paper utilized an interpretive phenomenological approach, using interviews with mental health nurses. Results Managerial processes significantly impacted the practice of nurses who struggled to make space for therapeutic relationships within a chaotic milieu. The chaos is associated with increasing austerity within the health system; this has resulted in high staff turnover and staff shortages. Discussion Managerial demands dominate the practice field at the expense of therapeutic engagement between nurses and clients ultimately affecting client recovery. While nurses' integrity means they desperately try to make space for the therapeutic work, they often become burnt out and disheartened. Implications for practice While nurses are often blamed for failures in the system, the structures that disable nurses in their attempts to practice therapeutically require urgent responses, strengthening professional organizations and engaging in democratic partnerships with consumer groups.
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- Mark A Kingston
- Mount Isa Mental Health Service, Mount Isa Hospital, Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia
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Gabrielsson S, Tuvesson H, Wiklund Gustin L, Jormfeldt H. Positioning Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing as a Transformative Force in Health Care. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2020; 41:976-984. [PMID: 32584618 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1756009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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From the perspective of psychiatric and mental health nurses in Sweden, this discussion paper aims to position psychiatric and mental health nursing as a transformative force contributing to enforcing person-centered values and practices in health care. We argue the potential impact of psychiatric and mental health nursing on service user health and recovery, nursing student education and values, and the organization and management of health care. Psychiatric and mental health nursing is discussed as a caring, reflective, and therapeutic practice that promotes recovery and health. Implications for nursing education, research, management, and practice are outlined.
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- S Gabrielsson
- Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.,Department of Health and Care Sciences, UIT/The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden
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Vandewalle J, Deproost E, Goossens P, Verfaillie J, Debyser B, Beeckman D, Van Hecke A, Verhaeghe S. The working alliance with people experiencing suicidal ideation: A qualitative study of nurses' perspectives. J Adv Nurs 2020; 76:3069-3081. [PMID: 32830365 DOI: 10.1111/jan.14500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS This study aimed to enhance the conceptual understanding of the working alliance in the context of nursing care for people experiencing suicidal ideation. DESIGN A qualitative study based on grounded theory was conducted. METHODS Two authors conducted individual semi-structured interviews from September 2017-January 2019. Twenty-eight nurses in 13 wards of four psychiatric hospitals participated. The Qualitative Analysis Guide of Leuven was used to support constant data comparisons and the cyclic processes of data collection and data analysis. FINDINGS The nurses' perspectives revealed that the working alliance can be understood as an interpersonal and collaborative relational process. This relational process highlighted the core variable 'seeking connectedness and attunement with the person at risk of suicide'. The core variable underpinned three clusters: investing in the foundations of the working alliance, nourishing the clinical dimension of the working alliance and realizing an impact with the working alliance. CONCLUSION This study highlights the importance for nurses to assess, evaluate and respond to persons' suicidal ideation in harmony with a commitment to connect with them and attune to their perspective. IMPACT The relational process uncovered through this study offers valuable insights to support advanced nursing practice, where nurses meaningfully integrate relational elements of care with their contributions to suicide prevention and treatment.
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- Joeri Vandewalle
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), Brussel, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinic St Joseph, Psychiatric Hospital, Pittem, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Center for Bipolar Disorders, Dimence Group Mental Health Care, Deventer, The Netherlands
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- Psychiatric Centre Gent - Sleidinge vzw, Evergem, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Centre for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinic St Joseph, Psychiatric Hospital, Pittem, Belgium.,Department of Nursing, VIVES University College, Roeselare, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Skin Integrity Research Group (SKINT), University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Nursing, VIVES University College, Roeselare, Belgium
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Hartley S, Raphael J, Lovell K, Berry K. Effective nurse-patient relationships in mental health care: A systematic review of interventions to improve the therapeutic alliance. Int J Nurs Stud 2019; 102:103490. [PMID: 31862531 PMCID: PMC7026691 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.103490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Background Therapeutic alliance is a core part of the nursing role and key to the attainment of positive outcomes for people utilising mental health care services. However, these relationships are sometimes difficult to develop and sustain, and nursing staff would arguably benefit from evidence-based support to foster more positive relationships. Objectives We aimed to collate and critique papers reporting on interventions targeted at improving the nurse–patient therapeutic alliance in mental health care settings. Design Systematic literature review. Data sources The online databases of Excerpta Medica database (Embase), PsycINFO, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) and Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) were searched, eligible full text paper references lists reviewed for additional works and a forward citation search conducted. Review methods Original journal articles in English language were included where they reported on interventions targeting the nurse–patient therapeutic relationship and included a measure of alliance. Data were extracted using a pre-determined extraction form and inter-rater reliability evaluations were conducted. Information pertaining to design, participants, interventions and findings was collated. The papers were subject to quality assessment. Results Relatively few eligible papers (n = 8) were identified, highlighting the limitations of the evidence base in this area. A range of interventions were tested, drawing on diverse theoretical and procedural underpinnings. Only half of the studies reported statistically significant results and were largely weak in methodological quality. Conclusions The evidence base for methods to support nursing staff to develop and maintain good therapeutic relationships is poor, despite this being a key aspect of the nursing role and a major contributor to positive outcomes for service users. We reflect on why this might be and make specific recommendations for the development of a stronger evidence base, with the hope that this paper serves as a catalyst for a renewed research agenda into interventions that support good therapeutic relationships that serve both staff and patients.
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- Samantha Hartley
- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M139PL, United Kingdom; Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7SR, United Kingdom.
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M139PL, United Kingdom
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- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester M139PL, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester M139PL, United Kingdom
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Traditional ideas of mental health nursing are challenged in contemporary healthcare settings by developments focussed on more partnership and collaboration with people using mental health services. Yet service users have reported limited involvement in planning their own care. The purpose of this research was to explore accounts from multiple perspectives about service user involvement in mental health nursing processes. Qualitative research interviews and focus groups with mental health nursing students (n = 18), qualified nurses (n = 17) and service users (n = 13) were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Participants' transcribed talk was thematically analysed to examine understandings about service user involvement and mental health nursing. Nursing work was often described as task-focussed, with limited collaboration with service users in areas like care planning. Service user involvement was seldom mentioned by nurses themselves, indicating it did not form an important part of mental health nursing processes. Mental health nurses appear to be complicit in care processes that do not include involvement of service users and may discourage novice practitioners from attempts at engagement.
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McAllister S, Robert G, Tsianakas V, McCrae N. Conceptualising nurse-patient therapeutic engagement on acute mental health wards: An integrative review. Int J Nurs Stud 2019; 93:106-118. [PMID: 30908958 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2019.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The review aimed to 1) explore the constituents of nurse-patient therapeutic engagement on acute mental health wards; 2) map factors that influence engagement to the Theoretical Domains Framework and 3) integrate results into a conceptual model of engagement to inform the development of interventions to improve engagement. DESIGN A systematic integrative review using an established framework specific to the integrative review methodology. DATA SOURCES Database searches (CINAHL, PsycINFO, BNI and Cochrane Library) and hand searching identified 3414 articles. After screening, applying eligibility criteria, and quality appraisal, 37 articles were included: n = 27 empirical research studies, n = 10 expert opinion pieces, n = 1 case study and n = 1 theoretical report. REVIEW METHODS Peer-reviewed empirical studies, theoretical reports or expert opinion pieces that explored therapeutic engagement as a stated aim and were conducted in acute mental health inpatient settings from the patient or nurse perspective were included. Data were extracted from the introduction, results and discussion sections of empirical research, and the complete article of theoretical and expert opinion pieces. Data were coded then grouped into subthemes and themes. Data relating to influencing factors were further categorised according to the Theoretical Domains Framework. Results were synthesised into a conceptual model of engagement. RESULTS Five conceptually distinct, but closely related constructs of engagement - called the "Principles of Engagement" - emerged: 1) Understanding the person and their experiences; 2) Facilitating growth; 3) Therapeutic use of self; 4) Choosing the right approach and 5) Authoritative vs. emotional containment. Influences on engagement ranged across all 14 theoretical domains of the Theoretical Domains Framework. CONCLUSION A holistic understanding of the essential components of engagement may make it easier for nurses to recognise what they do, and to do it well. The model can be used to generate testable hypotheses about how and where to target behavioural change interventions. The Principles of Engagement must be reflected in the development of interventions to improve engagement.
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- Sarah McAllister
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, United Kingdom.
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- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, United Kingdom
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- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, United Kingdom
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- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King's College London, James Clerk Maxwell Building, 57 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8WA, United Kingdom
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Güsewell A, Bovet E, Bornand C, Stantzos A, Bangerter G. Music in Seclusion Rooms-Development, Implementation, and Initial Testing of a Music Listening Device. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2019; 40:268-277. [PMID: 30608890 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1467984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Although presented as a care measure, the use of seclusion rooms (SR) is controversial for both ethical and therapeutic reasons. Given that music seems to have a positive impact on psychiatric patients, offering them the possibility of listening to music might help to improve the care dimension of SR use. This study aimed to develop, implement, and test a musical listening device that would be completely at patients' disposal, easy to use and beneficial to the quality of care provided in SRs. Over a 12-week period, interviews were conducted with nurses (N = 6) caring for patients placed in an equipped SR. The music player was user friendly, encouraged patients to make choices and decisions, helping them to regain control over themselves and their behavior, and elicited various patient-nurse interactions, thus contributing to the establishment of a caring relation. Further research is warranted to examine whether the systematic use of the music player has an impact on the subjective experience of both patients and caregivers, and on daily ward routine.
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- Angelika Güsewell
- a HEMU Haute Ecole de Musique Vaud Valais Fribourg, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- b HESAV School of Health Sciences , HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- c HEIG-VD eMbedded Information Systems, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- d Lausanne University Hospital , North Psychiatry Department , Lausanne , Switzerland
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- b HESAV School of Health Sciences , HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland , Lausanne , Switzerland
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Moreno-Poyato AR, Delgado-Hito P, Suárez-Pérez R, Leyva-Moral JM, Aceña-Domínguez R, Carreras-Salvador R, Roldán-Merino JF, Lluch-Canut T, Montesó-Curto P. Implementation of evidence on the nurse-patient relationship in psychiatric wards through a mixed method design: study protocol. BMC Nurs 2017; 16:1. [PMID: 28096737 PMCID: PMC5234145 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-016-0197-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Psychiatric nurses are aware of the importance of the therapeutic relationship in psychiatric units. Nevertheless, a review of the scientific evidence indicates that theoretical knowledge alone is insufficient to establish an adequate therapeutic alliance. Therefore, strategies are required to promote changes to enhance the establishment of the working relationship. The aims of the study are to generate changes in how nurses establish the therapeutic relationship in acute psychiatric units, based on participative action research and to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of evidence through this method. Methods/Design The study will use a mixed method design. Qualitative methodology, through participative action research, will be employed to implement scientific evidence on the therapeutic relationship. A quasi-experimental, one-group, pre-test/post-test design will also be used to quantitatively measure the effectiveness of the implementation of the evidence. Participants will consist of nurses and patients from two psychiatric units in Barcelona. Nurses will be selected by theoretical sampling, and patients assigned to each nurses will be selected by consecutive sampling. Qualitative data will be gathered through discussion groups and field diaries. Quantitative data will be collected through the Working Alliance Inventory and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index. Qualitative data will be analysed through the technique of content analysis and quantitative data through descriptive and inferential statistics. Discussion This study will help to understand the process of change in a nursing team working in an inpatient psychiatric ward and will allow nurses to generate knowledge, identify difficulties, and establish strategies to implement change, as well as to assess whether the quality of the care they provide shows a qualitative improvement.
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- Antonio R Moreno-Poyato
- Escola Superior d'Infermeria del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar (Pompeu Fabra University associated center), Aiguader, 80, 08860 Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Feixa Llarga s/n. 08907 L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg. Marítim, s/n. 08860, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Avda. Can Domenech, Edifici M. 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg. Marítim, s/n. 08860, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg. Marítim, s/n. 08860, Barcelona, Spain
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- Campus Docent Fundació Privada Sant Joan de Déu. School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Santa Rosa, 39-57, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Feixa Llarga s/n. 08907 L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Nursing, Rovira i Virgili University, Avda Remolins 13-15, Tortosa, 43500 Tarragona Spain
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Moreno-Poyato AR, Montesó-Curto P, Delgado-Hito P, Suárez-Pérez R, Aceña-Domínguez R, Carreras-Salvador R, Leyva-Moral JM, Lluch-Canut T, Roldán-Merino JF. The Therapeutic Relationship in Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Narrative Review of the Perspective of Nurses and Patients. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2016; 30:782-787. [PMID: 27888975 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2016.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the significance of 'therapeutic relationship' between nurses and patients within the context of a psychiatric hospital. METHOD Narrative literature review. Content analysis. FINDINGS The significance of the therapeutic relationship is quite similar for both nurses and patients in psychiatric hospital units. Nevertheless, several factors may separate the two positions: the time available for the relationship, the negative perceptions on the part of both parties, and the insecurity of the setting. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Increased knowledge and understanding of the significance of the therapeutic relationship from the perspective of nurses and patients would allow the strengthening of areas of mutual interest.
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- Antonio R Moreno-Poyato
- Escola Superior d'Infermeria del Mar, Parc de Salut Mar (Pompeu Fabra University Associated Center), Aiguader, 80, Barcelona, Spain.
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- School of Nursing, Rovira i Virgili University, Avda Remolins 13-15, Tortosa, Tarragona, Spain.
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- School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Feixa Llarga s/n. 08907L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain.
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg. Marítim, s/n. Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg. Marítim, s/n. Barcelona, Spain.
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- Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Addiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Pg. Marítim, s/n. Barcelona, Spain.
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- School of Nursing, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Avda. Can Domenech, Edifici M. 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Barcelona, Spain.
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- School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Feixa Llarga s/n. 08907L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain.
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- Campus Docent Fundació Privada Sant Joan de Déu. School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Santa Rosa, 39-57, Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain.
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Bentley M, Stirling C, Robinson A, Minstrell M. The nurse practitioner-client therapeutic encounter: an integrative review of interaction in aged and primary care settings. J Adv Nurs 2016; 72:1991-2002. [DOI: 10.1111/jan.12929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Michael Bentley
- School of Health Sciences; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- School of Health Sciences; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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- Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania Australia
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Zugai JS, Stein-Parbury J, Roche M. Therapeutic alliance in mental health nursing: an evolutionary concept analysis. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2015; 36:249-57. [PMID: 25988275 DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.969795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The concept of therapeutic alliance is relevant in contemporary mental health care, as the consumer-led recovery movement promotes the development of collaborative relationships, and is focussed on the consumer's individual concept of wellbeing. An evolutionary concept analysis was undertaken to establish a contemporary interpretation of therapeutic alliance for mental health nursing. The CINAHL, Scopus and PsycINFO databases were searched for articles (n = 322), with 52 deemed appropriate for analysis. Therapeutic alliance is characterised by mutual partnerships between nurses and consumers, and is dependent on a humanistic healthcare culture. Therapeutic alliance is associated with enhanced consumer outcomes and experiences with care.
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- Joel Sebastian Zugai
- University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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McSherry T, Loewenthal D, Cayne J. The implications of Kristeva's notion of the abject in understanding the significance of therapeutic knowledge and practice in mental health nursing. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2015; 22:82-8. [PMID: 25598006 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mental health nursing knowledge is largely excluded in certain key clinical guideline groups despite nursing practice being so important to service users. This exclusion may be because mental health nurses work close to what cannot be spoken of easily, or at all--the abject. Good mental health nursing practice depends on the individual person of the mental health nurse rather than any knowledge frameworks. Education should focus on relational aspects of practice to develop this and to define the core identity of mental health nursing as a therapy. This paper discusses therapeutic knowledge and practice in mental health nursing through Kristeva's notion of the abject as that which is the other side of language, closely linked to the feminine space of the chora. The chora is a provisional, stable space, associated with the mother's body, where the first possibility of signification can take place. Mental health nursing is a therapeutic practice that draws on knowledge that is practical, tacit, empirical, embodied and intuitive, as well as knowledge that is regarded here as beyond the tacit; the latter indicating an encounter with the abject. Mental health nursing as a practice potentially places an extraordinary ethical onus on the individual nurse in his/her relations with patients and indicates that it is the person of the nurse who is therapeutic rather than any knowledge framework, with major implications for education and professional identity. The presence of mental health nursing practice at the heart of the mental health care system, while effectively being ignored as a treatment by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, embodies a critique of the currently dominant evidence-based paradigm.
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- T McSherry
- Research Centre for Therapeutic Education, University of Roehampton, London, UK
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Caughill AP, Dunford D. A Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program: Meeting the Needs of the Community and Veterans as Students as Well as Care Recipients. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2015; 36:836-9. [PMID: 26514263 DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2015.1057784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The goal of excellence in nursing education has led to efforts to recruit students into baccalaureate and graduate programs. Additionally, a need exists to prepare practitioners to meet the mental health needs of health care recipients, including veterans. As a strategy for meeting these objectives, educators from an urban private college proposed a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program. This program was developed in response to an identified need in the community for improved mental health services. Although several groups in need would be served, attention was focused on veterans in need of care as well as those veteran students interested in Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) nursing. Some factors that supported this thinking included the proximity of the campus to the Veterans Administration Medical Center and other veteran community services, the college's significant number of student veterans, and its distinction as among the most veteran friendly campuses in the nation. This article reviews the literature that supports the need for graduate education in this specialty and the value of providing educational opportunities for interested veterans.
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- Ann P Caughill
- a D'Youville College, School of Nursing , Buffalo , New York , USA
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- a D'Youville College, School of Nursing , Buffalo , New York , USA
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McAndrew S, Chambers M, Nolan F, Thomas B, Watts P. Measuring the evidence: reviewing the literature of the measurement of therapeutic engagement in acute mental health inpatient wards. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2014; 23:212-20. [PMID: 24103061 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Quality nursing plays a central role in the delivery of contemporary health and social care, with a positive correlation being demonstrated between patient satisfaction and the quality of nursing care received. One way to ensure such quality is to develop metrics that measure the effectiveness of various aspects of care across a variety of settings. Effective mental health nursing is predicated on understanding the lived experiences of service users in order to provide sensitively-attuned nursing care. To achieve this, mental health nurses need to establish the all-important therapeutic relationship, showing compassion and creating a dialogue whereby service users feel comfortable to share their experiences that help contextualize their distress. Indeed, service users value positive attitudes, being listened to, and being able to trust those who provide care, while mental health nurses value their ability to relate through talking, listening, and expressing empathy. However, the literature suggests that within mental health practice, a disproportionate amount of time is taken up by other activities, with little time being spent listening and talking to service users. The present study discusses the evidence relating to the therapeutic relationship in acute mental health wards and explores why, after five decades, it is not recognized as a fundamental metric of mental health nursing.
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- Sue McAndrew
- School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Salford, Salford, UK
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McSherry A. Jacques Lacan's theory of the subject as real, symbolic and imaginary: how can Lacanian theory be of help to mental health nursing practice? J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2013; 20:776-81. [PMID: 23145967 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This paper presents an outline of Lacan's theory of the human subject, in particular focusing on Lacan's concepts of the real, symbolic and imaginary registers, and how an understanding of these can inform change and practice in mental health nursing. Mental health nursing is under pressure to define itself as a practice distinct from other professions in the field, and to respond in new ways to promoting mental health to the individual and a wider public. Lacan's theory of the subject is of particular relevance to mental health nurses working with mental distress but has received little attention in mental health nursing literature. Six implications for practice are outlined in terms of: against normalization, the importance of the function of the symptom, what cannot be known, meaning as ever-changing, against empathy and against holistic ideas of the self.
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- A McSherry
- Centre for Therapeutic Education, Roehampton University, Surrey, UK
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Cahill J, Paley G, Hardy G. What do patients find helpful in psychotherapy? Implications for the therapeutic relationship in mental health nursing. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2013; 20:782-91. [PMID: 23151255 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study examined client perception of the therapeutic impact of two models of therapy delivered by mental health nurses and clinical psychologists respectively - psychodynamic interpersonal therapy (PIT) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). A non-equivalent groups design was used in order to benchmark results against Llewelyn et al.: one group received PIT and the other received CBT. This design was utilized principally because the research was conducted across two practice settings where randomization was not feasible. We used two intact groups in practice research settings that received the therapies as reported in Llewelyn et al. Sixty-one clients receiving CBT or PIT in practice research settings completed a Helpful Aspects of Therapy form after each session in order to measure client perceptions of helpful and hindering events in therapy. Only two out of the 13 impacts were rated as significantly different. PIT clients reported higher levels of 'awareness' than CBT clients, whereas CBT clients reported higher levels of problem solution than PIT clients. The results replicate Llewelyn et al.'s findings in that clients experienced theoretically different models of therapy as broadly similar in their therapeutic impact. We argue that this provides some support for the influence of 'common' rather than 'specific' factors in psychotherapy effectiveness in mental health nursing.
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Brunt D, Rask M. Validation of the Verbal and Social Interaction questionnaire: carers' focus in the carer-resident relationship in supported housing facilities for persons with psychiatric disabilities (VSI-SH). J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2013; 20:279-85. [PMID: 22607221 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01925.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A questionnaire to measure the verbal and social interactions between carers and residents in supported housing facilities for persons with psychiatric disabilities has been developed. It is an adaptation of a questionnaire originally used in a forensic psychiatric setting. The aim of the present study was thus to investigate the construct validity and the reliability of this new version of the Verbal and Social Interactions questionnaire for use in supported housing facilities (VSI-SH). Two hundred and twenty-three carers from municipal and privately run housing facilities completed the questionnaire. A factor analysis was performed, which resulted in six factors. The number of items was reduced from the original 47 to 30 in order to minimize factorial complexity and multiple loadings. The reliability was tested with Cronbach's alpha and good internal consistency for the questionnaire and five of the six factors was found. The resulting six factors and the items were compared to the conceptual model and four of the six factors corresponded well with the categories in this original theoretical model. The questionnaire can be a useful contribution to the study of interactions between carers and residents in supported housing facilities for persons with psychiatric disabilities.
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- D Brunt
- School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
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Cahill J. Clinically representative research in the psychological therapies: an emerging paradigm. J Res Nurs 2012. [DOI: 10.1177/1744987112465079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This paper considers the tension between the ‘biology’ and the ‘therapeutic relationship’ camps within mental health nursing, which is focussed on differing conceptualisations of what it is that constitutes evidence and appropriate lines of inquiry. I argue that the struggle that mental health nurses have experienced in delivering evidence-based practice also resides in the thorny issue of methodological inquiry and how it is written into nursing practice. I would suggest that what is alienating to practitioners is the way in which evidence and evidence-based enquiry is generated. This paper offers a line of methodological inquiry that is based in clinical representativeness, a way of conducting and evaluating research to produce an evidence base that is informed from the ‘bottom up’ by ‘practice’. This paper not only contributes to the knowledge base of clinically representative research (CRR) but examines the ways in which this knowledge base has been produced and is currently perpetuated. The following themes are addressed: Processes and outcomes in CRR: I identify key treatment outcomes and processes operating in practice settings and consider with what confidence we can make conclusions on observed outcomes in these settings. I also examine key moderating and mediating processes influencing such outcomes. Practice of CRR: I reflect on the paradigm of CRR giving particular attention to how the paradigm has developed and is maintained. I look at how the relationship of CRR to effifficacy research has influenced paradigm development. Future directions of CRR: I summarise the conclusions of CRR to date and identify points of consensus, disagreement and clarity suggesting in what areas the field has moved forward and whether there are instances where points of conflict have contributed to growth.
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- Jane Cahill
- Senior Research Fellow, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK
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Nelson S, Baldwin N, Taylor J. Mental health problems and medically unexplained physical symptoms in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse: an integrative literature review. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2012; 19:211-20. [PMID: 22070785 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01772.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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People sexually abused in childhood are at higher risk than non-abused people of medically unexplained symptoms such as irritable bowel syndrome or chronic pain, with mental ill health and high healthcare use. Friction and frustration, with high, unproductive healthcare costs, can often develop between these patients and health-care professionals such as general practitioners and nursing staff. The aim of this integrative literature review was to seek a sound evidence base from which to develop helpful interventions, improve relationships and identify gaps in knowledge. It found some theories about interconnections among childhood sexual abuse mental health and medically unexplained symptoms, such as 'somatization' or 'secondary gain', were used prejudicially, stigmatizing survivors. Conflicting theories make more difficult the search for effective interventions. Researchers rarely collaborated with sexual abuse specialists. Emphasis on identifying key risk factors, rather than providing support or alleviating distress, and lack of studies where survivors voiced their own experiences, meant very few targeted interventions for this group were proposed. Recommendations to enable effective interventions include making abuse survivors the prime study focus; qualitative research with survivors, to assist doctors and nursing staff with sensitive care; case histories using medical records; prospective studies with sexually abused children; support for the growing field of neurobiological research.
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- S Nelson
- Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
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Pulido R, Monari M, Rossi N. Institutional therapeutic alliance and its relationship with outcomes in a psychiatric day hospital program. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2008; 22:277-87. [PMID: 18809120 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2007.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2007] [Revised: 07/16/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The article shows the results of a longitudinal study aimed to explore the institutional therapeutic alliance (ITA) that is the alliance formed by a patient and all the therapeutic staff. Fifty five patients who have psychiatric disorders in partial hospitalization were evaluated at admission (global functional level, social support, symptomatic condition, and treatment expectancies), at discharge, and after 3 months. ITA was assessed after 1 week of treatment and at discharge, from patient's and staff's perspectives. Preliminary findings suggest that the ITA represents a specific phenomenon different from the classical therapeutic alliance (patienttherapist), which would be particularly relevant for the treatment of patients who are severely disturbed.
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- Ricardo Pulido
- Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universitá degli Studi di Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, Bologna, Italia.
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Delaney KR, Lynch P. Magnet forces: a structure for a transformation in inpatient psychiatric nursing. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 2008; 14:346-52. [PMID: 21665777 DOI: 10.1177/1078390308325194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recovery is a cornerstone of the federal government's transformation vision for mental health care. Recovery is most often depicted as a process by which people with serious mental illness reengage with activities that create a meaningful existence and a purpose in life. Psychiatric nurses are expected to partner with patients in the recovery process during inpatient treatment. This may prove difficult given the current emphasis on medical models of care and the state of the science in inpatient psychiatric nursing. In this article, the authors describe how magnet forces that focus on empowering nurses, empowering evidence-based care, and strengthening unit-based leadership have the potential for generating transformational change at the point of service. Engaging in the recovery movement within the magnet structure may generate innovations critical to the growth of the specialty. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc, 2008; 14(5), 346-352.
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McCloughen A, O'Brien L, Gillies D, McSherry C. Nursing handover within mental health rehabilitation: an exploratory study of practice and perception. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2008; 17:287-95. [PMID: 18666912 DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2008.00545.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Nursing handover is an established practice that involves an interchange of information between nurses to inform of the condition of patients. It is essential to nursing practice in terms of continuity and quality of patient care. However, there is a lack of agreement about the quality, content, and process of handover and, in particular, a lack of information specific to mental health contexts. This paper reports the results of exploratory research of the practice and beliefs about verbal nursing handover within an inpatient mental health rehabilitation setting. Qualitative data were obtained from audiotaped handovers and interviews with nurses and analysed using content analysis. Handovers were found to lack structure and content, be retrospective, problem-focused and inconsistent. The findings were fairly consistent with the literature and would likely be applicable across nursing settings; however, the need to appraise nursing handover in unique contexts was also revealed. The study raised questions about how nursing handover reflects the goals and philosophies of mental health rehabilitation and whether nursing handover is an activity fully integrated with the focus of mental health rehabilitation.
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- Andrea McCloughen
- Sydney West Area Health Service-Mental Health Network, Cumberland Hospital, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
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Swearing is a subject largely ignored in academic circles but impossible to ignore in the workplace. Nurses encounter swearing from patients and their carers, staff and managers and use swearwords in communication with each other. Language is the major tool of the mental health nurse and swearing an aspect of language frequently used in situations of intense emotion. This paper provides an overview of the historical, legal and cultural aspects of swearing in an Australian context in order to assist nurses in their practice.
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- Teresa E Stone
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
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Rask M, Brunt D. Verbal and social interactions in the nurse?patient relationship in forensic psychiatric nursing care: a model and its philosophical and theoretical foundation. Nurs Inq 2007; 14:169-76. [PMID: 17518829 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2007.00364.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The present paper focuses on the nurse-patient relationship in forensic psychiatric care. From research in the field six categories of nurse-patient interactions are identified: 'building and sustaining relationships', 'supportive/encouraging interactions', 'social skills training', 'reality orientation', 'reflective interactions' and 'practical skills training'. The content of each category of interaction in the context of forensic psychiatric care is described. A conceptual model is presented together with an empirical, philosophical and theoretical foundation for the use of verbal and social interactions in nurse-patient interactions in forensic psychiatric nursing care. The implications and possible uses of the model in the practical field of forensic psychiatric care are discussed.
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This paper describes the procedures undertaken in a qualitative study that used nurses' stories to examine the influence of Gestalt therapy training on the professional practice of psychiatric nurses. The paper places narrative research methodologies within a nursing context before introducing narrative inquiry, specifically narrative analysis methodology. Procedures used in the study are subsequently described in sufficient detail to serve as a guide for novice researchers interested in undertaking a narrative analysis study. An exemplar of a storied outcome is provided to evidence the product of the narrative analysis research process. The paper concludes with reflections on the importance of articulating the process of narrative analysis as a means of developing interest and competence in narrative research, and using nurses' stories as a means of exploring, understanding, and communicating nursing practice.
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- Teresa Kelly
- School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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