title: Using therapeutic support: my hands-on experience as a psychiatric nurse.
abstract: 1. Therapeutic support is an indispensable tool in clinical nursing,regardless of specialty area. 2. Nurses are being increasingly recognized as more effective therapists who bring broader perspective because of being caregivers for the client's physical needs. 3. Nurses, especially those who work in psychiatric units, require more than what basic nursing programs currently provide in psychiatric nursing education.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Isenalumhe
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009519:New York City; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D012944:Social Support