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Ohtake F, Noguchi-Watanabe M, Morita K. The Process of Home-Visiting Nurses Supporting People with Mental Disorders. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:6965. [PMID: 37947523 PMCID: PMC10650724 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20216965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
The number of people with mental disorders (PMD) living in the community is increasing; however, it is unclear how home-visiting nurses (HVNs) supporting them in the community acquire their support skills. This study aimed to reveal the process of how HVNs learn support skills for PMD. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 HVNs supporting PMD living in the community. The grounded theory approach was used for data analysis. As a result, two stages were present: "Explore the personal recovery of PMD" and "Believe in the potential of PMD and accompanying them". The first stage is further divided into two themes: "Overlapping the worlds of PMD and HVNs", and "Easing difficulty in living for PMD". In the first stage, HVNs gained a better understanding of PMD and obtained insight into the support they needed in their daily lives. In the second stage, HVNs became to provide the support that PMD truly needed. HVNs gained a deeper understanding of the reality of PMD through their support. After HVNs found the support PMD required, they sought to provide it, ultimately resulting in finding ways to facilitate the personal recovery of PMD.
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- Fumi Ohtake
- Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan; (M.N.-W.); (K.M.)
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Horgan A, O Donovan M, Manning F, Doody R, Savage E, Dorrity C, O'Sullivan H, Goodwin J, Greaney S, Biering P, Bjornsson E, Bocking J, Russell S, Griffin M, MacGabhann L, van der Vaart KJ, Allon J, Granerud A, Hals E, Pulli J, Vatula A, Ellilä H, Lahti M, Happell B. 'Meet Me Where I Am': Mental health service users' perspectives on the desirable qualities of a mental health nurse. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2021; 30:136-147. [PMID: 32808438 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Nurses play a central role in the delivery of quality mental health services. Desired qualities of a mental health nurse, in particular therapeutic relationships, have been described in the literature, primarily reflecting the nursing paradigm. Service users' perspectives must be more fully understood to reflect contemporary mental health policy and to recognize their position at the centre of mental health service delivery and to directly influence and contribute their perspectives and experiences to mental health nursing education. A qualitative exploratory research project was undertaken to inform and enhance understanding of what service users see as the desired qualities of a mental health nurse. The project was co-produced by service users as experts by experience, and mental health nurse academics to ensure the service user perspective was privileged. This international project conducted in Europe and Australia included a series of focus groups with service users (n = 50). Data were analysed thematically. Being with me was a major theme identified and reflected the sub-themes: respect towards service users as persons; empathy, compassion and effective communication; understanding service users; knowledge of services; and fostering hope and believing that recovery is possible. These qualities specifically reflecting the service user perspective must be central to mental health nursing curricula to facilitate the development of holistic care and recovery-oriented practice. These findings were utilized to directly inform development of a co-produced mental health nursing learning module, to maximize genuine service user involvement, and to fully realize the benefits of service user led education for undergraduate nursing students.
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- Aine Horgan
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, ENGAGE: Interdisciplinary Clinical Mental health Research Network, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, ENGAGE: Interdisciplinary Clinical Mental health Research Network, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Applied Social Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, ENGAGE: Interdisciplinary Clinical Mental health Research Network, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Applied Social Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- ANU Medical School, College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Institute for Nursing Studies, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Health and Medical Research Institute, Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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Happell B, Waks S, Bocking J, Horgan A, Manning F, Greaney S, Goodwin J, Scholz B, van der Vaart KJ, Allon J, Granerud A, Hals E, Doody R, Russell S, Griffin M, MacGabhann L, Lahti M, Ellilä H, Pulli J, Vatula A, Platania-Phung C, Bjornsson E, Biering P. 'There's more to a person than what's in front of you': Nursing students' experiences of consumer taught mental health education. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2019; 28:950-959. [PMID: 30953420 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Holistic and person-centred nursing care is commonly regarded as fundamental to nursing practice. These approaches are complementary to recovery which is rapidly becoming the preferred mode of practice within mental health. The willingness and ability of nurses to adopt recovery-oriented practice is essential to services realizing recovery goals. Involving consumers (referred herein as Experts by Experience) in mental health nursing education has demonstrated positive impact on the skills and attitudes of nursing students. A qualitative exploratory research project was undertaken to examine the perspectives of undergraduate nursing students to Expert by Experience-led teaching as part of a co-produced learning module developed through an international study. Focus groups were held with students at each site. Data were analysed thematically. Understanding the person behind the diagnosis was a major theme, including subthemes: person-centred care/seeing the whole person; getting to know the person, understanding, listening; and challenging the medical model, embracing recovery. Participants described recognizing consumers as far more than their psychiatric diagnoses, and the importance of person-centred care and recovery-oriented practice. Understanding the individuality of consumers, their needs and goals, is crucial in mental health and all areas of nursing practice. These findings suggest that recovery, taught by Experts by Experience, is effective and impactful on students' approach to practice. Further research addressing the impact of Experts by Experience is crucial to enhance our understanding of ways to facilitate the development of recovery-oriented practice in mental health and holistic and person-centred practice in all areas of health care.
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- Brenda Happell
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Medical School, Australian National University, Acton, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.,Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, University Drive, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Southern Area Mental Health Services, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- ANU Medical School, College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Woden, Canberra, Australia
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- Institute for Nursing Studies, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway
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- Area Lead for Mental Health Engagement, Southern Area Health Service Executive, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Mental Health Practice, Healthy Living Centre, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Sorsa MA, Kiikkala I, Åstedt-Kurki P. Engagement in help-seeking of dual diagnosed mothers at a low-threshold service: grasping life through co-created opportunities. ADVANCES IN DUAL DIAGNOSIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1108/add-11-2017-0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Purpose
Mothers with a dual diagnosis (mental ill health and substance use) have delays in accessing services, or their care may be interrupted prior to therapeutic relationships being formed. The purpose of this paper is to explore and describe how engagement merges in the context of mothers with a dual diagnosis.
Design/methodology/approach
This is a qualitative, focused ethnographic study at a low-threshold service for substance abusing families. The data contain interviews, observations, field notes, and reflections. The analysis followed several systematic steps.
Findings
Engagement is the co-creation of possibilities between workplace staff and the client in different interfaces. It is not a single act, emotion, or verbal communication, but a complex intertwined system of events that can awaken or enable the client to get a grasp on life. The sensitivity of the worker is one tool for engaging the client in manifold ways in different interfaces: even the smallest events with connection are viewed as valuable. Engagement involves the intentional client in the process of interaction: the client needs to participate and become an acting and sensing part of the change, which occurs on an experiential level. The process is described with the metaphor of a seed.
Originality/value
Engagement as inner involvement challenges the current working methods, and requires sensitivity, because the mothers with a dual diagnosis may not have verbalisable goals when arriving to the services.
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Holm AL, Berland AK, Birkeland AK, Severinsson E. First-line nurse managers' perceptions of the challenges involved in decision-making when older patients' wish to die. Nurs Open 2018; 5:217-223. [PMID: 29599997 PMCID: PMC5867279 DOI: 10.1002/nop2.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Aim The aim of this study was to explore first‐line nurse managers’ perceptions of the challenges involved in decision‐making concerning older patients who wish to die. Design A descriptive qualitative design in three communities in Norway between January 2016 and June 2016. Methods Qualitative focus group interviews with eight first‐line nurse managers. Results One main theme and two themes were identified: Struggling to make the right decision, The challenge of social isolation and loneliness and When life becomes too painful and problematic. The sub‐themes revealed that: Arranging social meeting places where the older patients can talk to other older people is crucial. The participants explained that it was not an easy task to gain an overview of the older patients situation. The right decision could be encouraging the patients to talk about their problems by giving them more time, thereby showing that somebody cares about them.
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- Anne Lise Holm
- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Haugesund Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Haugesund Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Western Norway University of Applied Sciences Haugesund Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Social Sciences Centre for Women's, Family and Child Health University College Southeast Norway Kongsberg Norway
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Oates J, Drey N, Jones J. 'Your experiences were your tools'. How personal experience of mental health problems informs mental health nursing practice. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2017; 24:471-479. [PMID: 28192640 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: 'Expertise by experience' has become an increasingly valued element of service design and delivery by mental health service providers. The extent and influence of mental health professionals' personal experience of mental ill health on clinical practice has seldom been interrogated in depth. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: We investigate how mental health nurses' own personal experience of mental ill health informs their mental health nursing practice with particular reference to direct work with service users. Participants said that personal experience could impact on work in three positive ways: to develop their relationship with service users, to enhance their understanding of service users and as a motivation for potential mental health nurses to join the profession. This study moves the discussion of the state of mental health nurses' mental health further towards the recovery and well-being focus of contemporary mental health care, where 'expertise by experience' is highly valued. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: We must address the taboo of disclosure within clinical nursing practice and debate the extent to which personal and professional boundaries are negotiated during clinical encounters. ABSTRACT Introduction 'Expertise by experience' is a highly valued element of service delivery in recovery-oriented mental health care, but is unacknowledged within the mental health nursing literature. Aim To explore the extent and influence of mental health professionals' personal experience of mental ill health on clinical practice. Method Twenty-seven mental health nurses with their own personal experience of mental ill health were interviewed about how their personal experience informed their mental health nursing practice, as part of a sequential mixed methods study. Results The influence of personal experience in nursing work was threefold: first, through overt disclosure; second, through the 'use of the self as a tool'; and third, through the formation of professional nursing identity. Discussion Mental health nurses' experience of mental illness was contextualized by other life experiences and by particular therapeutic relationships and clinical settings. In previous empirical studies, nurses have cited personal experience of mental illness as a motivator and an aspect of their identity. In this study, there was also an association between personal experience and enhanced nursing expertise. Implications for practice If drawing on personal experience is commonplace, then we must address the taboo of disclosure and debate the extent to which personal and professional boundaries are negotiated during clinical encounters.
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- J Oates
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, City University London, London, UK
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- Patient Experience and Public Involvement, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care (CRIPACC), School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
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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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Karman P, Kool N, Gamel C, van Meijel B. From judgment to understanding: mental health nurses' perceptions of changed professional behaviors following positively changed attitudes toward self-harm. Arch Psychiatr Nurs 2015; 29:401-6. [PMID: 26577554 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2015] [Revised: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/28/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nurses experience feelings of frustration, anger and fear when caring for patients who self-harm. Training programmes were developed that aimed to positively influence nurses' knowledge, attitudes and skills. The aim of this study was to investigate professional behavior of mental health nurses with positively changed attitudes after following a training program. Using grounded theory, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 mental health nurses. Participants reported using less restrictive interventions, being more patient oriented, and choosing a more empathic and exploratory approach after the training. A work environment conductive to making autonomous professional decisions with supportive colleagues enabled these changes.
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- Parnassia Group, Palier The Hague and Inholland University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
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- Division Woman and Baby and Faculty Nursing Science, Program in Clinical Health Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Inholland University of Applied Sciences, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Netherlands
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Lees D, Procter N, Fassett D. Therapeutic engagement between consumers in suicidal crisis and mental health nurses. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2014; 23:306-15. [PMID: 24575883 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [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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Registered nurses within public mental health services play crucial roles in helping people recover from suicidal crisis. However, there is a lack of understanding of how care is experienced in this context, and available evidence suggests that nurses and consumers are often dissatisfied with the quality of care. There is thus an imperative to generate understanding of needs and experiences of both groups with a view to informing practice development. This article summarizes qualitative findings from a multimethod study undertaken in Australia, which surveyed and interviewed mental health nurses who had recent experience of caring for consumers in suicidal crisis in a hospital setting, and interviewed consumers who had recovered from a recent suicidal crisis. A framework was developed to guide the study and support ethical imperatives; in particular, the promotion of consumer well-being. The findings highlight that therapeutic interpersonal engagement between nurses and consumers was central to quality care. This was particularly noted, as engagement could help reduce consumer isolation, loss of control, distress, and objectification of the delivery of potentially-objectifying common interventions. Of concern, the results indicate a lack of therapeutic engagement from the perspective of both consumers and nurses. Recommendations to promote fuller therapeutic engagement are presented.
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- David Lees
- School of Health Sciences, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
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Tuck I, Anderson L. Forgiveness, flourishing, and resilience: the influences of expressions of spirituality on mental health recovery. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2014; 35:277-82. [PMID: 24702212 DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2014.885623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The relationships of spirituality, religion, and health have been the subject of research in a variety of disciplines over the past two decades. Findings have varied: Some findings appear to have strong evidence of relationships while other findings are deemed inconclusive. A few studies have distinguished between religion and spirituality, but most investigators have treated the two as one concept with no clear lines of distinction between them. This theoretical study, focusing on the topic of spirituality, explores several related concepts, including forgiveness, flourishing, and resilience, as a basis for developing approaches to facilitate recovery in mental health clients using spiritual interventions.
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- Inez Tuck
- North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, School of Nursing, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Eriksen KÅ, Dahl H, Karlsson B, Arman M. Strengthening practical wisdom: mental health workers' learning and development. Nurs Ethics 2014; 21:707-19. [PMID: 24500703 DOI: 10.1177/0969733013518446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Practical wisdom, understood as knowing how to be or act in any present situation with clients, is believed to be an essential part of the knowledge needed to be a professional mental health worker. Exploring processes of adapting, extending knowledge and refining tacit knowledge grounded in mental health workers' experiences with being in practice may bring awareness of how mental health workers reflect, learn and practice professional 'artistry'. RESEARCH QUESTION The aim of the article was to explore mental health workers' processes of development and learning as they appeared in focus groups intended to develop practical wisdom. The main research question was 'How might the processes of development and learning contribute to developing practical wisdom in the individual as well as in the practice culture?' RESEARCH DESIGN The design was multi-stage focus groups, and the same participants met four times. A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experience guided the analysis. PARTICIPANTS AND CONTEXT Eight experienced mental health workers representing four Norwegian municipalities participated. The research context was community-based mental health services. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS The study was reported to Norwegian Social Data Services, and procedures for informed consent were followed. FINDINGS Two examples of processes of re-evaluation of experience (Association, Integration, Validation, Appropriation and Outcomes and action) were explored. The health workers had developed knowledge in previous encounters with clients. In sharing practice experiences, this knowledge was expressed and developed, and also tested and validated against the aims of practice. Discussions led to adapted and extended knowledge, and as tacit knowledge was expressed it could be used actively. DISCUSSION Learning to reflect, being ready to be provoked and learning to endure indecisiveness may be foundational in developing practical wisdom. Openness is demanding, and changing habits of mind is difficult. CONCLUSION Reflection on, and confrontation with, set practices are essential to building practice cultures in line with the aims of mental health services.
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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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Holm AL, Lyberg A, Lassenius E, Severinsson E, Berggren I. Older persons' lived experiences of depression and self-management. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2013; 34:757-64. [PMID: 24066652 DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2013.809829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Abstract
Mental ill-health, such as depression in the elderly, is a complex issue that is influenced by the life-world perspective of older persons. Their self-management ability should be strengthened based on an understanding of their situation, perspectives, and vulnerability. The aim of this study was to explore and increase understanding of old persons' lived experiences of depression and self-management using an interpretative explorative design. Understanding was developed by means of hermeneutic interpretation. One theme, Relationships and Togetherness, and four subthemes, A Sense of Carrying a Shoulder Bag, Walking on Eggshells, Holding the Reins, and Estrangement--a Loss of Togetherness, emerged. A collaborative approach can be important for empowering older persons through self-development and management. Although the findings of the present study cannot be considered conclusive or definitive, they nevertheless contribute new knowledge of older persons' lived experiences of depression in everyday life.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anne Lise Holm
- Vestfold University College, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tønsberg, Norway
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