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Learning disability: dimensions of professional empowerment
- Author:
- GALE J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 2(2), June 1998, pp.112-115.
Discusses professional empowerment within the context of learning disability nursing practice. Offers a conceptual framework of professional empowerment to enhance the understanding of learning disability nursing. This framework provides learning disability nursing with a world view of practice that is dynamic and challenges nurses to transform it further.
Making the connections to aid mental health
- Author:
- ROBERTS Dave
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 15.4.98, 1998, pp.50-52.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The links between mental health nurses and general nurses are increasing. The author argues that both must have clear ideas about how their collaboration works for the benefit of patients.
Professional burnout
- Author:
- SANTA-MARIA Cynthia
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(2), 1998, pp.21-32.
The presence of stress and burnout, in the human service occupations long been recognised as a problem. Describes the nature of burnout syndrome, its symptoms and effects, and looks at a range of methods of dealing with the problem. Focuses in particular on stress and burnout in mental health nursing.
The legal context of practice 1: consent to treatment
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 1(5), January 1998, pp.171-174.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This first unit in the journal's bi-monthly 'Directions' professional development and continuing education series explores aspects of the law relating to mental health and learning disability nursing practice. This unit looks specifically at the laws governing consent to treatment.