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.
Department of Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville.
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