Can a focused staff training programme improve the ward atmosphere and patient satisfaction in a forensic psychiatric hospital? A pilot study

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Nesset, Merete Berg ^a   Rossberg, Jan Ivar ^b   Almvik, Roger ^a   Friis, Svein ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forensic psychiatry; Milieu therapy; Questionnaire; Ward atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MILIEU THERAPY; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILIEU THERAPY; NORWAY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449117974     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2008.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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