Solution-focused therapy and inpatient psychiatric nursing.
1. Creative ways must be found to deliver high quality nursing care--with fewer nurse-patient interactions--to patients experiencing more severe problems. 2. Solution-focused therapy underscores the positive attributes of the patient; facilitates the development of a working partnership between the nurse and patient; helps the patient develop future-oriented goals; and identifies actions necessary for reaching those goals. 3. As a result of incorporating solution-focused therapy at the institution highlighted in this article, the quality of patient care, as well as effectiveness and cohesiveness of the nursing staff, improved.
Mason
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Department of Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
Breen
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Whipple
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D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009042:Motivation; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010343:Patient Admission; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000523:psychology; D011340:Problem Solving; D011379:Prognosis; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D012803:Sick Role