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Testing a new tool: the management of aggression and violence attitude scale (MAVAS)

01 July 2003

Nurse Researcher

General

Perhaps due to the complexities of the problem of aggression and violence, and to ethical issues relating to the mental health areas where much of the work is...

The nurse’s role as patient advocate for mentally ill people

07 February 1996

Nursing Standard

Mental health

The recent report of the Confidential Inquiry into Homicides and Suicides by Mentally III People (the Boyd report) compiled for the government, and the imminent...

Development of a new era

17 October 1990

Nursing Standard

Feature nurse, 90 awards

It all began with the promotion of two newly-appointed charge nurses. I myself being one of those nurses, inexperienced but keen, under the direction and support of...

Avoiding disturbed sleep in hospitals

30 November 1994

Nursing Standard

Clinical night nursing

The second article in our series on patients' sleep and night nursing explores the reasons why patients may have difficulty in sleeping in hospital. The author links...

Night nurses: Why are they undervalued?

07 December 1994

Nursing Standard

Clinical night nursing

This is the last article in our series of tkmee looking at sleep in hospitals and the role of the night nurse. This article discusses why night nurses sometimes fed...

Personal qualities necessary to care for people with dementia

11 May 2016

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Carers of people with dementia should embrace the philosophy of person-centred care and understand that social and psychological aspects of care are as important as...