Effectiveness of a training program for ECT nurses

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 20-26

  Munday, Jo ^a   Deans, Cecil ^a   Little, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049056659     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Abrams, R. (1988). Electroconvulsive therapy. New York: Oxford University Press.
2. rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
3. Duffett, R., & Lelliott, P. (1998). Junior doctors' training in the theory and the practice of electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of ECT, 14, 127-130.
4. Dunkley, C. (1995). Anesthetic assistants during electroconvulsive therapy. Anesthesia, 50, 1009.
5. Fink, M. (1999). Electroshock: Restoring the mind. New York: Oxford University Press.
6. Fitzsimons, L. (1995). Electroconvulsive therapy: What nurses need to know. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 33(12), 14-17.
7. Fitzsimons, L., & Mayer, R. (1995). Soaring beyond the cuckoo's nest: Healthcare reform and ECT. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 33(12), 10.
8. Froimson, L., Creed, P., & Mathew, L. (1995). State of the art: Nursing knowledge and electroconvulsive therapy. Convulsive Therapy, 11, 205-211.
9. Gass, J. (1998). The knowledge and attitudes of mental health nurses to electroconvulsive therapy. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27, 83-90.
10. Harrison, B., & Kaarsemaker, B. (2000). Continuos quality improvement to an electroconvulsive delivery system. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services, 38(3), 27-35.
11. Janicak, P.G., Mask, J., Trimakas, K.A., & Gibbons, R.(1998). ECT: An assessment of health professionals' knowledge and attitudes. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 7, 262-266.
12. Kluger, M., Bukofzer, M., & Bullock, M. (1999). Anaesthetic assistants: Their role in the development and resolution of anaesthetic incidents. Anaesthetic Intensive Care, 27, 269-274.
13. Kramer, B.A. (1999). A teaching guide for electroconvulsive therapy. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 40, 327-331.
14. Little, J., McFarlane, J., Henderson, G., Hughes, G., Dixon, C., Chubb, G., et al. (1998). A model for the development of a specialist ECT service in a rural setting. Australasian Psychiatry, 6, 73-74.
15. Mahoney, C. (1998). Current affairs: Electroconvulsive therapy nurses. Nursing Times, 94(41), 12-13.
16. McFarlane, J. (1998). First electroconvulsive therapy nurse training. Australian Nursing Journal, 6, 36.
17. Meadows, G., & Singh, B. (2001). Mental health in Australia: Collaborative community practice. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
18. Mitchell, R. (1991). Electroconvulsive therapy: Informing patient and nurse. Professional Nurse, 2, 279-280.
19. Pileggi, T., & Ryan, D. (1993). The role of nursing in electroconvulsive therapy. Psychiatric Annals, 23, 19-22.
20. Pippard, J. (1992). Audit of electroconvulsive treatment in two national health service regions. British Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 621-637.
21. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists. (1999). Guidelines on the administration of electroconvulsive therapy. Unpublished memorandum number 12.