Evidence and Practice

Clinical

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Breaking the silence: addressing nurse suicide through occupational health

Factors contributing to nurses’ vulnerability, with strategies for prevention and interven

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Co-production and person-centred care planning: a deep dive into service user care plans

Staff need to understand what a care plan co-produced with service users should look like<

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Providing restorative supervision to healthcare professionals working in higher education: a descriptive qualitative study

It can support clinical educators and thus contribute to shaping resilient future practiti

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Exploring the barriers to implementing trauma-informed care in acute psychiatric inpatient settings: a literature review

Main barriers to be overcome are vicarious trauma, organisational barriers and coercive pr

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Barriers to help-seeking in men with mental health issues: a systematised literature review

Systematised literature review of men who appear to be less likely than women to seek supp

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Examining current challenges and future potential in mental health nurse education

Growing genericism will reduce the scope and effectiveness of what nurses can bring to ser

CPD articles

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Principles of medicines management in mental health nursing

Understanding the barriers to safe medicines management in mental health services

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Improving the oral health of mental health service users

Enhancing mental health nurses’ knowledge to boost service users’ oral health and well-bei

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CPD focus: importance of listening in developing therapeutic relationships

Professional learning designed to suit your busy schedule

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Assessing the physical health of service users with severe mental illness

How mental health nurses can address inequalities to improve service users’ physical healt

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Supporting clients to make positive changes in health behaviours using the transtheoretical model and motivational interviewing

How nurses can use these approaches to support clients to make positive changes in health

Practice question

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Formulation uses patient involvement to understand and examine their own lived experience<

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A driver leans out of the window of his car and puts a hand on his brow in confusion. Unsafe driving is an area of risk for accidental self-harm or harm to others.

Proactive identification of risk enables a more holistic approach and promotes autonomy

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Postpartum psychosis: a young woman holding a baby in her arms sits next to a window looking outside

Postpartum psychosis poses challenges regarding medicine side effects and long-term health

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A woman with a compassionate smile sits and looks at another woman who has her back to the camera

A therapeutic relationship between nurse and service user is vital for good outcomes

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Tips for nurses on monitoring cardiometabolic risk in people taking antipsychotic medicati

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Physical health monitoring helps nurses identify key risk factors in service users

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