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Behavioural training for nurses in mental handicap: an application of the EDY course
Author(s) -
McBrien J. A.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1985.tb00828.x
Subject(s) - syllabus , training (meteorology) , mental handicap , mental health , course (navigation) , psychology , service (business) , medical education , nursing , mental health service , short course , medicine , pedagogy , psychiatry , physics , economy , astronomy , meteorology , economics , pediatrics
The role of the nurse in the care of mentally handicapped people is increasingly one of teaching and training using behavioural methods, as witnessed, for example, by the new RNMS syllabus. Methods of providing suitable training to equip staff for this changing role are discussed and it is concluded that an economic and effective method may be through locally organized in‐service training. One particular in‐service course — the education of the developmentally young course for mental handicap practitioners — is described and its applications in two health authorities in the UK are discussed.