Reflections on the process of change on acute psychiatric wards during the City Nurse Project

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-268

  Flood, C ^a,b   Brennan, G ^a   Bowers, L ^a   Hamilton, B ^a   Lipang, M ^a   Oladapo, P ^a  

^a EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; Acute care; Change theory; Conflict and containment; Practice development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744456986     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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