A training course for psychiatric nurses in Russia.
This article describes the impact on mental health services in Russia of a training course for psychiatric nurses in the management of aggression. This project, which is part of a seven-year international partnership between mental health professionals in the UK and Russia, demonstrates the importance of nurse training to effect change in healthcare organisations.
Bloor
Roger
R
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Keele University Medical School. r.n.bloor@keele.ac.uk
McHugh
Albert
A
Pearson
David
D
Wain
Ian
I
D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012426:Russia; D006113:United Kingdom; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology