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The perception of psychiatric‐hospital ward sisters/charge nurses towards nursing models
Author(s) -
McKenna Hugh P
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-2648.1990.tb01749.x
Subject(s) - nursing , perception , rehabilitation , nurse education , team nursing , medicine , population , psychiatric hospital , psychology , psychiatry , physical therapy , environmental health , neuroscience
A search of the literature revealed a dearth of research on hospital ward‐based practitioners’ opinions/perceptions towards nursing models This is surprising considering that such frameworks are being introduced into patient care settings on an international basis As part of a larger investigation pertaining to model selection, the researcher interviewed a population of 95 ward managers, giving each of them the opportunity to put forward their views concerning models of nursing The research area was psychiatric continuing‐care/rehabilitation facilities in Northern Ireland The majority of opinions (611%) were positive in nature while 23 2% of respondents voiced negative perceptions Implications for nursing practice, education and administration are raised from the study's findings