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Safe and Sound: Orienting Nurses to Psychiatry
Author(s) -
Perez Linda Williamson
Publication year - 1990
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.1744-6163.1990.tb00310.x
Subject(s) - hallucinating , competence (human resources) , mental health nursing , psychology , mental health , nursing , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence
Nurses without prior psychiatric experience need to acquire certain information and skills if they are to practice with a sense of competence as they begin their careers in psychiatric/mental health nursing. Essential content for a suggested orientation program includes: key theoretical concepts; maintenance of a safe environment; and interacting with clients who are delusional/hallucinating, behaving seductively, or are suicidal. The importance of clinical supervision is addressed.