Utilizing Ericksonian hypnosis in psychiatric-mental health nursing practice.
OBJECTIVE
Ericksonian hypnosis conceptual framework.


OBJECTIVE
To acquaint psychiatric-mental health nurses with hypnotic principles and how these can be integrated into their practice.


METHODS
Published literature and author's clinical experience.


CONCLUSIONS
Ericksonian hypnosis offers an array of potential interventions for psychiatric-mental health nurses to integrate into their practices in a framework familiar to nurses: holism, honoring and respecting individuality, and capitalizing on an individual's strengths.
Zahourek
Rothlyn P
RP
New York University, Division of Nursing, New York, USA. rorryz@aol.com
D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing