Understanding Helpful Nursing Care From the Perspective of Mental Health Inpatients With a Dual Diagnosis: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

An estimated 30% to 50% of people with a mental illness also have a substance use problem. Referred to as having a dual diagnosis, these patients experience high levels of unmet needs, poor health outcomes, and require specialized care during psychiatric hospitalization. Research on nursing inpatients with a dual diagnosis is limited and patient perceptions of helpful care during hospitalization are unknown.

Essential Professional Nursing Practices in mental health: A cross-sectional study of hospital inpatient care.

Quality organizational structures and nursing practices are key to positive patient outcomes. Whereas structures have been largely studied over the past few decades, less is known of the nursing practices that account for patient outcomes, such as patient satisfaction. This is especially true in psychiatric, mental health care settings.

Hospital rules and regulations: The perspectives of youth receiving psychiatric care.

Background: Rules and regulations represent an aspect of psychiatric hospitalization about which little is known.

Study Purpose: To explore the perceptions of rules from the perspective of youth receiving hospital-based psychiatric services.

Design: Qualitative descriptive.

Theory inspired practice for end-of-life cancer care: an exploration of the McGill Model of Nursing.

Nursing theories provide inspiration for practice by describing how to meet needs, enhance wellness, and respond to clients as whole persons. This paper discusses the McGill Model of Nursing with reference to how its ideas can support nursing practice for patients with cancer during the end-of-life phase. We suggest this model provides for a relational approach that is congruent with the philosophy of palliative care.

Let's talk about sex: promoting staff dialogue on a mental health nursing unit.

The purpose of this study was to develop and assess a staff development intervention seeking to promote dialogue about client sexuality in a mental health setting. Fifteen staff and two nurse managers from a single psychiatric inpatient unit participated. Major themes influencing practice regarding client sexuality were explored, and nursing strategies used by participants were analyzed.