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A Role for Nurse Psychotherapists: Primary Prevention Counseling for General Hospital Staffs
Author(s) -
Campbell Janet E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1985.tb00261.x
Subject(s) - nursing , service (business) , service delivery framework , function (biology) , general hospital , medicine , psychology , family medicine , business , marketing , evolutionary biology , biology
Providing a counseling and consultation service to general hospital employees through contractual arrangements is beneficial, and is an appropriate function for nurse therapists. Employees willingly use the service, and as stresses increase in the workplace the service can have a favorable impact on both personnel functioning and retention, as well as on the delivery of patient services.