Exploring the role of the mental health nurse in community mental health care for the aged

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-105

  Ryan, Rob ^a   Garlick, Robyn ^a   Happell, Brenda ^b  

^a SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DRUG MONITORING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG MONITORING; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING THEORY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; TRIAGE; VICTORIA;

EID: 29044436958     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840500312902     Document Type: Article

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