Scholarship in nursing: current view.

Knowledge, as it relates to scholarship, has traditionally been developed through research, which for years was viewed as the sole method of knowledge generation. An expanded view of scholarship was proposed by Boyer, and includes the scholarship of discovery, integration, teaching, and application. This broader framework of scholarship is more suited to today's world.

Gender-specific profiles of tobacco use among non-institutionalized people with serious mental illness.

Background: In many countries, smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death. In North America, reductions in population smoking levels are stabilising and, in recent years, those involved in tobacco control programming have turned their attention to particular segments of society that are at greatest risk for tobacco use. One such group is people with mental illness.

Psychiatric patients: how can we decide if you are in pain?

How do psychiatric nurses make decisions about pain management for hospitalized psychiatric patients? This is the question addressed by this research. Using an exploratory, naturalistic interview approach, 20 nurses and managers in varied settings described their decision making when providing pain relief. Analysis of these narratives indicates that decision making about pain, in this unique context, is influenced by a number of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors such as the patients' needs, history, and diagnosis; nurses' beliefs about pain tolerance and drug addiction; collegial pressure; and unit safety.

Community mental healthcare providers' attitudes and practices related to smoking cessation interventions for people living with severe mental illness.

Objective: This study aimed to describe mental healthcare providers' attitudes about tobacco use, their personal smoking status, their confidence in offering smoking cessation support to clients living with severe mental illness, and the extent to which they incorporated smoking cessation interventions into their practice. The study also aimed to determine whether the providers' attitudes, smoking status, and confidence were associated with offering smoking cessation support to clients.

Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were distributed within community-based mental health agencies to those who provide care and support to adults living with severe mental illness.