This discursive paper aims to clarify what roles mental health nurses identify as being within
their scope of practice in clinical settings. It also aims to highlight any consumer benefits …

Who and what are mental-health nurses now, and what might they become? In this book a
number of prominent nurse educators and practitioners answer these questions. Each …

Debate about nursing curricula has been on the forefront of industry and academia in
Australia particularly since the shift from the 'apprenticeship style'of training for nurses to a …

The preparedness of comprehensive nurses to work with the mentally ill is of concern to
many mental health professionals. Discussion as to whether current undergraduate nursing …

Do nurses still care? In today's inflexible, fast-paced and more accountable workplace
where biomedical and clinical models dominate health care practice, is there room for …

Accessible summary• This study was conducted among 20 Finnish nursing students and
describes what it was like as a trainee in a mental health placement. During the practice, the …

Accessible summary• Mental health promotion is concerned with achieving positive mental
health and well‐being in the general population as well as addressing the needs of those at …

An understanding of the theories that shape and define mental health policy and practice is
essential for every mental health nurse. This book gives you the knowledge you need to …

It intrigues me how, with the passage of time, some things change and what was once
rejected and judged can become accepted and even valued. I am talking of how those who …

As a philosophical position, pragmatism can be critiqued to distinguish truth only with
methods that bring about desired results, predominantly with scientific enquiry. The article …