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Promotion of choice in the care of people with bipolar disorder: a mental health nursing perspective
Author(s) -
JONES M.,
JONES A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2007.01208.x
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , perspective (graphical) , bipolar disorder , nursing , psychological intervention , promotion (chess) , medicine , multidisciplinary team , mental health , mental health nursing , psychiatry , psychology , cognition , social science , artificial intelligence , sociology , politics , computer science , political science , law
Inpatient nurse prescribing is proving to be a useful mechanism by which patients can have their medicines prescribed. A case study is described that outlines how a nurse prescriber worked with a patient who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Key issues that have arisen from this case study include the importance of multidisciplinary team working, informed medicines management interventions and the ability to work with patients to promote patient choice. The case study will draw out the difficulties in managing bipolar conditions but enable other nurse prescribers to adopt similar values in their prescribing practice.