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Supporting clients with suicidal impulses in the community
- Author:
- BRIMBLECOMBE Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 11.3.98, 1998, pp.49-51.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Explains why intense, immediate community support services for people experiencing suicidal intentions have proved more effective than admission to a psychiatric unit.
The use of brief therapy as part of the nursing care plan
- Author:
- BRIMBLECOMBE Neil
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 30.8.95, 1995, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Care plans provide a framework for improving nurse-client communication, increasing the focus on individuals' needs and improving communication between nurses. In order for these benefits to be achieved, the nurse must have an understanding of these and other potential benefits, and the skills to make the process of paperwork as indistinguishable as possible from the process of helping the individual client. Describes how the concept of brief therapy provide one means of achieving this goal.