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Reducing violence and aggression in the emergency department

01 July 2013

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Emergency department (ED) staff, particularly nursing students and inexperienced nurses, are at risk of violence and aggression from patients. However, by reflecting...

Positive behaviour support in a medium secure environment

01 July 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

This article demonstrates that when staff are trained in the positive behaviour support (PBS) model of care it helps them to manage challenging behaviour in patients...

Race equality training and values-based practice

29 October 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Many people find discussing issues of race and race equality difficult, but for mental health staff, an understanding of the differing values of people from diverse...

Family work in adult acute psychiatric settings

01 April 2013

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

Meeting a service user with his or her family in acute care settings to discuss their thoughts, hopes and concerns provides important therapeutic benefits. It can...

Basic life support for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities

07 July 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Feature

Those who care for people with learning disabilities must be able to manage a choking situation and possibly carry out basic life support. This involves maintaining...

Family liaison in an adult acute inpatient ward

01 May 2011

Mental Health Practice

Feature

Families and carers of clients admitted to mental health inpatient services have often felt excluded from the caring process. This article describes a pilot project...

Using a training needs analysis framework in career development

01 May 2011

Nursing Management

Feature

This is the second of two articles looking at the use of training needs analysis frameworks to streamline the provision of continuing professional development (CPD)...

Enabling hospital staff to care for people with dementia

26 November 2015

Nursing Older People

Art & Science

This is the fourth and final article in a short series that presents case study examples of the positive work achieved by trusts who participated in the Royal...

Promoting service-user satisfaction in close observations

12 May 2015

Mental Health Practice

Art & Science

Close observations are only used as a last resort to manage risk in inpatient mental health facilities and have been widely criticised for offending the dignity and...

Happier endings

17 January 2006

Nursing Standard

General article

A new initiative from the Department of Health aims to improve care at the end of life. This involves consulting patients and relatives about their needs and...

07 March 2024 / Vol 27 issue 2

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