Let's talk about sex: Promoting staff dialogue on a mental health nursing unit

Journal for Nurses in Staff Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Wright, David ^a,b   Pugnaire Gros, Catherine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78650407661     PISSN: 10987886     EISSN: 15389049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NND.0b013e31819b57f0     Document Type: Review

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