Mental Health Practice
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Interventions to improve the mental health and well-being of children and young people
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RCN vows to hold Conservatives to account over campaign pledges for nurses
Newly-elected Conservatives urged to tackle nursing shortages and release funds for students
Uber to offer nurses discounted transport and food at Christmas
NHS staff can claim two trips or meals worth up to £10 each
Differing medical record systems between NHS trusts ‘risk the safety of patients’
Study in England reveals 21 systems that fail to share information effectively
2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife ‘our chance to jump-start a new way to see nursing’
International Council of Nurses reveals how it will promote the profession
Award-winning app slashes nursing student dropout rate
University’s scheme helps tutors identify placement issues at an early stage
‘Ministers must scrap cruel healthcare surcharge overseas nurses are forced to pay’
RCN urges next UK government to promise an end to the immigration health surcharge for nurses
Evidence and Practice
Veterans’ experiences of alcohol use of UK military personnel
On leaving active service, veterans should be provided with greater mental health support
Use of a mnemonic to support suicide intervention training for nursing students
Update your knowledge of the nurse’s role in suicide assessment and management
Effects of a mindfulness-based stress reduction group programme on family carers
Study identified that mindfulness skills can be used in various ways in family carers’ lives
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
Features
Adding personal health budgets to your mental health nursing skill set
The budgets empower patients to self-manage care and regain control of their lives
Award winners champion sexual health and rehabilitation of mental health service users
As entries open for the RCNi Nurse Awards 2020, past winners reflect on their career-changing experiences
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
Opinion
Never turn someone away because they are ‘not thin enough’ to have anorexia
Challenge stigma around eating disorders and take opportunities to prevent illness escalating
Job support a key to mental health recovery
Individual placement and support (IPS) has helped keep people with mental health conditions in work
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
Students
Nurse’s podcasts tell true story of life on mental health wards
Podcasts aim to dispel myths about mental illness, remove stigma and give patients a voice
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
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