title: Learning to work with feelings--psycho dynamic understanding and small group work with junior student nurses.
abstract: A project in which junior student nurses participated in weekly small group discussion about their interactions with patients is described. The rationale for this work, which is based on a psycho dynamic way of thinking and in particular on ideas about psychic functioning in nurses first proposed by Menzies (1959), is outlined. The progress of the work and some of the difficulties are discussed, and some thoughts about future work are put forward.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabricius
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010379:Peer Group; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*