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Evaluating Nurse Comfort Levels Assessing For Depression In An Urban Hospital Setting, Jonathan Shafer, Riley R. Clubb
Evaluating Nurse Comfort Levels Assessing For Depression In An Urban Hospital Setting, Jonathan Shafer, Riley R. Clubb
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Evidence shows that a fraction of nurses are uncomfortable assessing patients for depression. When depression assessments are uncomfortable for the clinician, there may be inconsistencies in practice which can negatively affect patient outcomes. An evidence-based survey was developed and distributed to nurses at an urban hospital in Missouri. The survey assessed nurse's confidence, frequency of assessment, and understanding in evaluating patients for depression. Seventy-three nurses took part in the confidential survey. Thirty percent of the participants reported that they sometimes ask about mood and twenty-one percent reported that they rarely ask about mood. Although results showed that nurses were not …
Nurses' Experience Implementating Weighted Blankets In Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Michael Ragen
Nurses' Experience Implementating Weighted Blankets In Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, Michael Ragen
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The complexity of treating sleep difficulties in patients with concurrent psychiatric disorders continues to be a struggle for the medical community. The mechanism that causes psychiatric disorders can induce insomnia or hypersomnia (Khurshid, 2018). There is also a growing interest in disturbed sleep ability to induce psychiatric episodes (Verkhratsky et al., 2020). This classic “Chicken or Egg Scenario” meets the modern focus on creating the best outcome for patients with the least medication, spurring interest in the holistic management of sleep disorders. The literature has little information on the use of weighted modalities for sleep management and anxiety in an …