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Developing An Evidence-Based Practice For Psychiatric Nursing, Robin Buccheri, L Trygstad, M Buffum, A Gerlock
Developing An Evidence-Based Practice For Psychiatric Nursing, Robin Buccheri, L Trygstad, M Buffum, A Gerlock
Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications
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Comprehensive Evidence-Based Program Teaching Self-Management Of Auditory Hallucinations On Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Robin Buccheri, L Trygstad, M Buffum, K Lyttle, G Dowling
Comprehensive Evidence-Based Program Teaching Self-Management Of Auditory Hallucinations On Inpatient Psychiatric Units, Robin Buccheri, L Trygstad, M Buffum, K Lyttle, G Dowling
Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications
Patients hearing command hallucinations to harm whose only self-management strategies are to obey these commands, can represent serious safety concerns on inpatient psychiatric units. A comprehensive evidence-based program teaching self-management of auditory hallucinations on inpatient psychiatric units is described that includes five components: suggestions for staff education; patient self-assessment tools; an interview guide and safety protocol; a course to teach strategies for managing distressing voices and commands to harm; suggestions to improve staff communication; and a plan to extend the program from inpatient care settings into the community by sharing materials with community case managers and caregivers when patients are …
Open To Being Different, Chenit Ong-Flaherty
Open To Being Different, Chenit Ong-Flaherty
Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications
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The Effects Of Perceived Stress And Attitudes Toward Menopause And Aging On Symptoms Of Menopause, Marcianna Nosek, Holly Powell Kennedy, Y Beyene, D Taylor, C Gilliss, K Lee
The Effects Of Perceived Stress And Attitudes Toward Menopause And Aging On Symptoms Of Menopause, Marcianna Nosek, Holly Powell Kennedy, Y Beyene, D Taylor, C Gilliss, K Lee
Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications
As part of a longitudinal study of midlife women, the aim of this investigation was to describe the intensity of menopausal symptoms in relation to level of perceived stress in a woman’s life and her attitudes toward menopause and aging. Data were collected on 347 women between the ages of 40–50 in Northern California who began the study while pre-menopausal. Women self identified as African American, European American, or Mexican/Central American. Data collected over 3 time points in the first 12 months were used for this analysis. An investigatordeveloped tool for perception of specific types of stress was used. Attitudes …