Meeting the needs of consumers in the community: a working partnership in mental health in New Zealand

Abstract

The results of this study have demonstrated that nurses will remain critical to the success of community-based care because of their ability and willingness to be flexible to the demands of their own organization and the users of services.

Mental health: patients’ experiences of patient education during inpatient care

“…2000), our results support those who are interested in developing patient education on psychiatric hospital wards. In psychiatric care, there may still be a tendency to consider patients with mental problems to be passive (Crowe et al. 2001) or incompetent persons (Roberts et al.…”

“…2000). It is also noticeable that various factors, such as the quality of the therapeutic relationship between patient and staff and staff's communication skills have had an impact on successful patient education (Crowe et al. 2001, Maguire & Pitceathly 2002, Allen et al.…”

Specialist educational intervention for acute inpatient mental health nursing staff: service user views and effects on nursing quality

“…Whatever the explanation, the demand for such positions cannot be understated. Service users have repeatedly shown a wish for mental health staff to be available and accessible (SNMAC 1999, Crowe et al. 2001), stressing the drawbacks of their largely office‐based roles (Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 1998).…”

The challenges of mental health care reform for contemporary mental health nursing practice: Delivery of nursing care

“…Hence, the major challenge for mental health nurses in acute inpatient mental health settings is to develop care plans with consumers that prioritize problems and needs that are able to be realistically addressed during the period of hospitalization. In the overseas literature (see, for example, Barker & Walker 2000; Crowe et al 2001) mention is made of care plans being conjointly developed and signed by the client. The potential usefulness of an accurate and effective nursing care plan is that it ‘can be used as a therapeutic tool, a means of engaging the client, their relatives and others in planning, settings and meeting goals in care’ (Tunmore & Thomas 2000, p. 32).…”