Mental health nurses in primary care: Qualitative outcomes of the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 391-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Lakeman
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Incentive Program ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse

scholarly journals Introducing a nurse-led deliberate self-harm assessment service

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 212-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gill Griffin ◽  
Jonathan I. Bisson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Training Needs ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Junior Doctors ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Deliberate Self Harm ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Nurse Assessment ◽  
Self Harm

Aims and MethodThis study considered patients admitted to hospital following deliberate self-poisoning. The characteristics of the patients and the outcomes of assessments by trainee psychiatrists and a mental health nurse were compared.ResultsThere were no significant differences in the outcome of 68 assessments performed by a trainee psychiatrist and 77 by a mental health nurse. The nurse assessment service was well-received by the poisons unit, a medical ward specialising in overdose treatment, and trainee psychiatrists.Clinical ImplicationsPsychosocial assessments following self-poisoning can be provided by appropriately trained and supervised mental health nurses. The introduction of a nurse-led service should enhance relationships with the local poisons unit and reduce the workload of junior doctors without compromising their training needs.

scholarly journals Promoting Access Through Integrated Mental Health Care Education

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan Kverno
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
Primary Care Nurse ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Integrated Mental Health

Mental disorders are the leading cause of non-communicable disability worldwide. Insufficient numbers of psychiatrically trained providers and geographic inequities impair access. To close this treatment gap, the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the integration of mental health services with primary care. A new innovative online program is presented that increases access to mental health education for primary care nurse practitioners in designated mental health professional shortage areas. To create successful and sustainable change, an overlapping three-phase strategy is being implemented. Phase I is recruiting and educating primary care nurse practitioners to become competent and certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners. Phase II is developing partnerships with state and local agencies to identify and support the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner education and clinical training. Phase III is sustaining integrated mental health care services through the development of nurse leaders who will participate in interdisciplinary coalitions and educate future students.

scholarly journals ‘Enhanced Support for High Intensity Users of the Criminal Justice System’: An Evaluation of Mental Health Nurse Input into Integrated Offender Management Services in the North East of England

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Dyer ◽  
Paul Biddle
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse

The current UK Government's focus on the development of services to manage and support offenders with mental health problems has resulted in a number of innovative project developments. This research examines a service development in the North East of England which co-located mental health nurses with two Integrated Offender Management teams. While not solving all problems, the benefits of co-location were clear, although such innovations are now at risk from government changes which will make Integrated Offender Management the responsibility of new providers without compelling them to co-operate with health services.

scholarly journals An exploration of why qualified mental health nurse prescribers do not prescribe

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 404-412
Author(s):  
Helen Oldknow ◽  
Warren Gillibrand ◽  
Andrew Clifton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Phenomenology ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Structure And Agency ◽  
Knowledge Culture ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Mapping Exercise

This article is an exploratory study of perceptions in mental health nurses who are qualified to prescribe yet choose not to do so. In-depth semi-structured face-to-face interviews, field notes and analysis of documents were used to investigate the perceptions of the non–prescribing nurse prescriber. A mapping exercise was conducted to identify potential participants. Interview data analysis was based on the principles of descriptive phenomenology and the research was theoretically framed within concepts of power, structure/agency and culture. This study has contributed to understanding the views of non-prescribing mental health nurse prescribers on why they do not use their prescribing qualification. The findings from this study suggest that there are complex, interlocking factors: power and knowledge; culture; and structure and agency, which may enable or prevent mental health nurse prescribers from independently prescribing.

scholarly journals What Are the Core Competencies of a Mental Health Nurse? Protocol for a Concept Mapping Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
Nompilo Moyo ◽  
Martin Jones ◽  
Rachel Cardwell ◽  
Richard Gray
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Direct Care ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
The Core ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Mental Health Nurse ◽  
Health Nurse

This study aims to identify and contrast key stakeholder perspectives about the core competencies of mental health nurses. Mental health nurses provide much of the direct care and treatment to patients with mental disorders. The perspectives of users of mental health services, mental health nurses, mental health nurse clinical leaders, psychiatrists, and mental health nurse academics regarding the core competencies of a mental health nurse are informative to improve the quality of care given to patients. We will use concept mapping to compare and contrast the views of different stakeholder groups (n = 50, 10 per group) about the core competencies (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) of mental health nurses. There are six stages in concept mapping: preparation, generation of statements, structuring of statements, representation of statements, interpretation of maps, and utilisation of maps. The Good Reporting of A Mixed Methods Study (GRAMMS) checklist will guide this study. The final output is a “concept map” that can be used and interpreted to understand core mental health nursing competencies. This study will provide insight into the perceived core competencies of mental health nurses from a variety of perspectives.

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