Mental Health Practice
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Menopause guidance challenges misconceptions about mood and depression
Advice for nurses highlights how common menopause-related symptoms may be misdiagnosed
Nike launches a range of shoes to support nurses during long shifts
Testing by healthcare staff informed the design of their ‘fit, cushioning and traction’
Tributes paid to a proud pioneer of agency nursing
Jean Higgins ran an early nurse recruitment agency set up for the benefit of the NHS
RCN Wales Nurse of the Year named
Inspirational leader Jean Saunders praised for improving healthcare access for asylum seekers
Nurses in Northern Ireland announce Christmas strike date
Walkout will be the first in RCN history – as Unison members plan industrial action too
Former refugee qualifies as nurse, praised by trust as ‘outstanding individual’
A former refugee who fled conflict in his native Africa and qualified as a nurse after...
Evidence and Practice
An interprofessional practice development group for newly qualified and new-to-role...
There is a wealth of literature focusing on the transition from being a new graduate to...
Efficacy of mental health crisis houses compared with acute mental health wards: a...
Background Crisis houses are an alternative to acute psychiatric hospital admission. Aim To...
Rethinking concurrent disorders: implications and future directions for nursing practice
Concurrent disorders as conceptualised in academic literature and practice guidelines
Development of a suicide intervention training programme for secondary mental health...
This article describes the elements of a suicide intervention training programme, known as...
Using cognitive behaviour therapy techniques with people who hold delusional beliefs
This article uses a case study approach to increase awareness of CBT skills
Clozapine-induced constipation: a service evaluation
All nurses need to be aware of the dangers associated with clozapine-induced constipation
Features
Exploring serious mental illness: an interview with nurse-turned-author Nathan Filer
For World Mental Health Day 2019 a former nurse talks about his latest book
Nurses open up about their mental health problems
Mental ill health is now the top reason for NHS sickness absence – but there is good news
Mature students are vital to mental health nursing – but numbers are dropping
Financial pressures put older potential candidates off mental health nursing as a career
Team offers intensive support to enable service-users to live independently
Rehabilitation by award-winning team enables people with mental illness to live at home
How one nurse helped break the taboo of talking about sex in mental healthcare settings
Rachel Luby impresses RCNi Nurse Awards judges with her determination and approach
The mental health conference that felt more like a festival
Student-led conference on mental health nursing incorporated yoga, dance and social media
Opinion
WHO’s $60 million mental health initiative should not ignore nursing
Nurses are strangely absent from the World Health Organization’s five-year mental health plan
How good nursing leadership can champion holistic healthcare
Investment in mental health nursing leadership is vital on acute wards
Joker distorts link between mental illness and violence
Joker is playing to packed cinemas, but its portrayal of mental illness is worrying
Students
Mental health and adult nursing, plus the pace of emergency care – this role has it all
A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has learned in her first year
What it takes to be a mental health nurse
A complex mix of skills is needed to put people in control of their situation
On the front line with a paramedic
A day spent shadowing a paramedic showed the complex range of skills this role requires, and the emotional side of the work
Careers
Mental health and dementia lead
Gill Drummond reflects on her career and what makes a good mental health nurse
Senior staff nurse on a general psychiatric, female-only ward
I have an instinctive desire to provide care and support to people, says Risq Animasaun
Advanced nurse practitioner in personality disorder
Jodie Alder explains why she chose to work in secure services for men