title: Psychiatric nurses' use of working time.
abstract: How nurses spend their time at work is an issue increasingly under scrutiny. This small study, undertaken by a nursing development team, examined the activities of staff and patients on five admission, rehabilitation and continuing care psychiatric wards. The results, sure to stimulate debate and encourage further research, suggest nurses spend less time than might have been expected doing the job for which they were trained.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing