Psychiatric mental health nursing in a biopsychosocial era.
Clients in long-term facilities carry a wide array of psychiatric diagnoses, often with equally diverse medical problems. This "back ward" population requires a specialized area of psychiatric mental health nursing practice. The need for comprehensive assessment and adequate interventions, and the various frustrations of nursing staff, are discussed using a case example.
Abbondanza
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Puskar
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Wilkinson
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Welch
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Rudert
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Gallippi
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D000368:Aged; D001689:Biological Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends