title: The Thorn nurse training initiative.
abstract: An innovative comprehensive diploma course has been devised for mental health nurses who are providing care for those suffering from serious mental illness. The course addresses the devolution of long term hospital care and is primarily clinically based. This article describes the background to the research carried out and recognises the importance of the course's development in the light of recent government legislation. In addition, it identifies how and why this innovative nurse training is now being disseminated to mental health nurses and highlights the importance of introducing this model of clinical work into routine community practice.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gamble
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003479:Curriculum; D004510:Education, Nursing, Diploma Programs; D006801:Humans; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000451:nursing