Rethinking nurses' observations: Psychiatric nursing skills and invisibility in an acute inpatient setting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 331-343

  Hamilton, Bridget Elizabeth ^a   Manias, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Ethnography; Nursing work; Patient assessment; Psychiatric nursing; Situated knowledge

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MENTAL HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOGRAPHY; NURSING COMPETENCE; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; PATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; VICTORIA;

EID: 34250347369     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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