Mental Health Practice
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Promoting alternatives to PRN medicines in secure inpatient mental health services
Non-pharmacological interventions that could be used in your area of practice
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How to improve patient care – and save the planet at the same time
Small sustainable changes can make a huge impact on the health of your patients and the world
Nurses warned to watch finances as cost of living increases
RCN urges members to budget carefully, ask for advice and check entitlement to benefits
Indicative ballot: nurses prepared to strike over 3% pay offer
RCN seeks 12.5% pay rise and will use ballot results to consider next steps
What you need to know about Omicron variant of COVID-19
Front-line staff facing greater pressure with expansion of booster jab programme
Next year’s pay rise: further ‘dithering and delays’ unacceptable, say unions
Government pushes back a decision on 2022-23 pay offer for Agenda for Change staff
‘No evidence’ to justify forced vaccination of front-line nurses
DHSC told to show benefits of mandatory jabs are proportionate to expected workforce costs
Evidence and Practice
Promoting alternatives to PRN medicines in secure inpatient mental health services
Non-pharmacological interventions that could be used in your area of practice
Improving recognition and support for women experiencing the menopause
Enhancing your awareness of the effects the menopause can have on mental health
Understanding digital self-harm and its implications for mental health practice
Approaches mental health nurses can use to support people who engage in digital self-harm
How to develop an intensive support team for older people in mental health crisis
The implementation of an intensive support team designed to provide care in a patient’s home
COVID-19: specialist care for children and young people in youth justice services
How remote and digitally delivered care can be combined when working alongside young people
Risk factors for male suicide: a crisis resolution and home treatment team perspective
Identifying male-specific risk factors for suicide and assessing suicidal ideation
Features
Fear of cancer recurrence: how nurses can support people after successful treatment
For some patients such fears can be debilitating and may require psychological support
Keeping forensic mental health services close to home: a lifetime’s work and leadership
Nurse consultant who transformed patient experience honoured with Special Recognition Award
‘We can help women stop a tragic cycle’: meet our RCN Nurse of the Year 2021
Nicola Bailey defied opposition to set up abortion care in Northern Ireland amid the pandemic
Community nurse looked beyond labels and ‘held on to hope when I lost mine’
Katie McIlroy has been nominated for the Patient’s Choice award for care of women with complex mental and physical needs
Community mental healthcare: ‘My son felt listened to when he talked to his nurse’
Jodie Heath nominated for the 2021 Patient's Choice award for supporting young patient's complex health needs
How one specialist personality disorder unit stopped using restraints and restrictions
Dialectical behavioural therapy has transformed nursing care in an inpatient recovery unit
Opinion
Manchester Triage System: all you need to know about critical mental health updates
Clinical tool ensures parity of care for people in mental health crises presenting to the ED
Bereavement support crisis: how should we shape future services?
Even before the pandemic, provision was inadequate. Share your views on joined-up support
Standardised uniforms for nurses: who will wear them and when?
Uniform for NHS staff in England will have a dress option and reflect cultural diversity
Students
Simulated clinical placements: how to learn from mistakes in a risk-free environment
Virtual reality and high-tech simulation can build confidence to practise safely
How students learn about leadership and communication while running a well-being service
Innovative scheme offers mental health nursing students a clinical placement opportunity
The mental health campaign empowering young people to tell their stories
RCN Nursing Student Award winner’s campaign combines outreach and political action
Careers
Revalidating for the first time: what you need to know about each step of the process
We explain the requirements and timeline, plus how to stay on track using a portfolio
How new challenges re-energised our nursing careers
Two nurses prompted by the pandemic to move jobs talk about their new career paths
Becoming a nurse prescriber: how it could take your career in unexpected directions
Find out what you need to do to be qualified to practise as a non-medical prescriber