In the know: Cognitive and social factors in mental health nursing assessment

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1298-1306

  MacNeela, Padraig ^a   Scott, Anne ^b   Treacy, Pearl ^c   Hyde, Abbey ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Clinical judgement; Focus groups; Implicit knowledge; Mental health; Nursing assessment; Psychiatric nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

COGNITION; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 77955894780     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03127.x     Document Type: Article

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