Premium
The clinical skills of community psychiatric nurses working with patients who have severe and enduring mental health problems: an empirical analysis
Author(s) -
Devane Sheila M.,
Haddock Gillian,
Lancashire Stuart,
Baguley Ian,
Butterworth Tony,
Tarrier Nicholas,
James Abigail,
Molyneux Phillip
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00516.x
Subject(s) - mental health , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , cognition , scale (ratio) , psychology , psychiatry , cognitive skill , clinical psychology , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics
This study describes the use of reliable scales to rate the clinical skills of mental health nurses when working with individuals and families with severe mental health problems. The Cognitive Therapy Scale and the Schizophrenia Family Work Scale were adapted for the study and were shown to have good inter‐rater reliability when assessing audio‐taped interviews carried out by mental health nurses during their usual course of work with patients with severe mental health problems and their families. The sample of mental health nurses studied were shown to have significantly better general therapy skills than specific cognitive therapy technical skills. The implications for training are discussed.