The Nurse in Mental Health Practice

Liminality in preregistration mental health nurse education: a review of the literature.

This paper provides an analysis of the anthropological concept of liminality in relation to undergraduate preregistration mental health nurse education, and considers implications both for students and nurse educators working in this field. A review of educational and professional literature was undertaken in order to clarify the concept of liminality within the context of nurse education to ai...

Psychiatric clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, or the new practice doctorate: meeting patients' needs?

Madness in the movies: An evaluation of the use of cinema to explore mental health issues in nurse education.

The research literature on the use of cinema in nurse education is relatively small. This study evaluates student nurses' learning experiences of a new undergraduate elective module called Madness in the Movies. Ethical approval was granted to conduct the study. Data were collected through an online survey and a social media discussion forum. The anonymous online survey responses were collated ...

Role preparation for advanced practice nursing: practicing consultation and collaboration skills.

Role Preparation for Advanced Practice Nursing: Practicing Consultation and Collaboration Skills Nurse educators are charged with ensuring that graduates are well prepared to function in the context of an ever-evolving and increasingly complex health care environment. Professional consultation and collaboration skills have been identifi ed as necessary for the advanced practice nurse, yet teach...

Randomized Clinical Trial of the Effectiveness of a Home-Based Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse Intervention: Outcomes for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness and HIV

Individuals with serious mental illness have greater risk for contracting HIV, multiple morbidities, and die 25 years younger than the general population. This high need and high cost subgroup face unique barriers to accessing required health care in the current health care system. The effectiveness of an advanced practice nurse model of care management was assessed in a four-year random contro...

The plight of the psychiatric clinical nurse specialist: the dismantling of the advanced practice nursing archetype.

If there were an endangered species list for nursing practice, the psychiatric-mental health clinical nurse specialist (PMHCNS) would surely now be at the very top. Changes in the delivery of mental healthcare over the past 2 decades have clouded the value of the traditional PMHCNS role and pushed this specialist to the brink of extinction. The latest assault was the announcement by the America...