Managing and caring for distressed and disturbed service users: The thoughts and feelings experienced by a sample of English mental health nurses

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 289-297

  Chambers, M ^a   Kantaris, X ^a   Guise, V ^b   Valimaki M ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute; Feelings; Inpatient; Mental health nursing; Thoughts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 84930195973     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12199     Document Type: Article

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