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Developing Psychiatric Nursing Competencies On An In-Patient Hospital-Based Psychiatric Unit, Beverly J. Sedlacek

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Problem Statement

Offering staff development training for psychiatric nurses has not kept pace with the advances in psychiatric knowledge and skills in nursing. Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement doctor of nursing (DNP) project was to implement a competency-based staff development program on a community hospital-based inpatient psychiatric unit to determine if the psychiatric/mental health nursing knowledge, nurse patient relational skills, and attitudes of the nurses would improve or change.

Methods

A mixed method of quasi-experimental, non-randomized pre-test/post-test and semi-structured interview design was used, which utilized a convenience sampling approach. Data were collected in two phases. Three domains of …

Implementing An Intervention To Reduce Seclusion And Restraints In An Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital, Amanda B. Lykins

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The need to enhance nursing staff’s knowledge, perceptions and attitudes around alternatives to seclusion and restraint has been well validated in the literature. Seclusion and restraint use in the inpatient psychiatric setting are highly dangerous physical interventions, used to control the behavior of a mentally ill patient who is a danger to self or others. Seclusion and restraint events have the potential to cause emotional trauma, physical injury to patients or staff and the possibility of patient death. The purpose of the capstone project was to implement an evidence-based education program to, improve nursing staff’s (RN, LPN, MHA and SRNA) …