Mental Health Nursing

Using safety crosses for patient self-reflection

Patients in a medium-secure mental health unit used Productive Ward safety crosses as a tool for self-reflection in order to promote recovery.

Medication errors in patients with dysphagia

A study examined whether medication errors were more common in acute hospital patients with dysphagia than those without, and the type and cause of such errors.

Effects of being a patient on student development

A student nurse used her personal experience as a patient to improve her own and other students’ nursing care to make it centred around the patient as a person.

Patient motivation in managing stress urinary incontinence

Recognising the appropriate support and treatment needed for a first-time mother presenting with stress incontinence boosted her confidence and enabled improved symptom control.

Exploring the benefits of anal irrigation

Bowel dysfunction can have detrimental effects on psychological, physical and social functioning. Two case studies show the impact of an anal irrigation system.

Nursing lecturers to train nurses in Malawi

25-May-2012 | By The Press Association

Nurses in Malawi are to be trained by staff from the University of East Anglia’s School of Nursing Sciences.

Mental health nurses protest at car park charge

24-May-2012 | By Steve Ford

More than 100 nurses and health workers have staged a lunchtime protest against the introduction of parking charges for patients and staff at Springfield University Hospital in South London.

Mental distraction may reduce patients' pain

24-May-2012 | By The Press Association

Mental distraction really can reduce pain, and the effect is not just in the mind, research has shown.

Health visitors to be trained to spot postnatal depression

17-May-2012 | By The Press Association

New health visitors are to recieve “enhanced training” to help mothers with postnatal depression, te government has announced.

Trust introduces pledge as part of new nursing strategy

13-May-2012 | By Alison Moore

Nurses are to be put at the heart of patient care at a mental health and learning disability trust in East Anglia, according to a new strategy.

Dignity in care

Research indicates that there are eight main factors that promote dignity in care. Each of these contributes to a person’s sense of self respect, and they should all be present in care.