[Nursing clinical approach to boredom]

The acute crisis is often followed by boredom. Patients become impatient, restless, looking for ways to take their mind off things and entertain themselves. The occupational activity can then come to the rescue of these downtimes, offering solutions to encourage an encounter. Caregivers work together to 'bore' the patient. In this search for the encounter, they must take the risk of forgoing the occupational activity for the sake of the therapeutic.

[Lifting the curtain on improvisation as a method]

On the care stage, all the actors are active. One comes to lay down their suffering, the other has a dutyto consider their pain. The caregiver must play a role in stage managing the patient from the moment he or she remains anchored in reality and in the present moment. Beyond listening to the delusional speech, beyond containment and the effort of establishing communication, the nursing care of delusional patients falls within the sphere of negotiation.

[Reflection on a nursing master's degree in psychiatry]

The evolution of care and recent legislative reforms make the creation of a nursing master's degree possible and necessary. The nursing training and psychiatric practices studies committee (Cefi-Psy) and the association of managers and nurses in mental health (Ascism) have worked together to reflect on the desired content and structure of this new degree.