Constraints and blocks to change and improvement on acute psychiatric wards - Lessons from the City Nurses project

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-482

  Brennan, G ^a   Flood, C ^b   Bowers, L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute inpatient care; Change; Ward managers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGGRESSION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BED OCCUPANCY; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LONDON; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT ISOLATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748458096     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2006.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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