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Establishing and evaluating an assertive outreach team

01 November 2013

Learning Disability Practice

Art & Science

The evidence base for assertive outreach services in the UK is limited. Five established outcome measures were used in an attempt to capture the clinical...

How to work with psychosis in a client’s own environment

07 November 2012

Mental Health Practice

Feature

The use of psychological approaches by community assertive outreach teams has generally meant a move away from traditional clinic-based therapy sessions with people...

The difference a nurse-led mobile chemotherapy unit can make

09 September 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust plans to deliver 80% of all clinically suitable treatments closer to patients’ homes by April 2015. An integral part of this plan...

Engaging clients through outdoor activities

01 February 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Generally, respite care is not accessed by people with severe mental health problems, who as a result often become disengaged from services. This article reviews an...

Developing a palliative care outreach service

21 April 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article describes the development of a palliative care outreach service by two nurse practitioners into ten community hospitals. The service was designed to...

Early discharge following uncomplicated appendicectomy in children

01 September 2004

Paediatric Nursing

A&S Science

This cohort evaluation investigated the discharge of 15 children within 12 to 24 hours following an uncomplicated appendicectomy who were subsequently supported by...

Detecting and managing deterioration in children

01 February 2005

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

In the past, paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) were perceived by many as ivory towers. They often had poor relationships with other departments probably caused...

A team approach to promoting recovery in assertive outreach

08 June 2012

Mental Health Practice

Feature

A team approach has been identified as integral to working with an assertive outreach client group. The authors discuss the dilemmas and challenges experienced by an...

A substance use monitoring tool for people with serious mental health problems

01 November 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

An assertive outreach team has developed and introduced a monitoring tool to improve identification of substance use in service users with serious mental health...

Assertive outreach in the context of the care programme approach

28 April 2009

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Assertive outreach, originally developed in the United States, has been adopted in the UK and is endorsed and financially supported by the government. Yet the role...

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