Therapeutic engagement through observation
Tracey Ann Dickens Ward manager, St Ann’s Hospital, Poole, Dorset
Gary Hawkins Nurse practitioner, (Training & Development)
Angela Warren Service user representative
Tracey Dickens, Gary Hawkins and colleagues describe how an innovative training programme enabled staff in a mental health and learning disability trust to improve their observation technique
Dorset HealthCare NHS Trust is a three-star specialist mental health and learning disability trust, serving a population of 450,000 people living in east Dorset and also providing some services across the entire county.
Mental Health Practice.
9, 5, 26-27.
doi: 10.7748/mhp2006.02.9.5.26.c1901
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