From the asylum to the community: A longitudinal study of staff involved in the transition from Tone Vale Hospital to community-based services

Carpenter, John; Ring, Chris; Sangster, Azra; Cambridge, Paul; Hatzidimitriadou, Eleni

doi:10.1080/09638230050009203

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“…It seems reasonable to assume that a high level of Program Clarity, with a clear treatment structure and clarity of expectations, would increase the Role Clarity as appraised by the nursing staff. Role clarity has been found to be an important aspect in relation to perceived stress among psychiatric staff [13,14,38]. To find ways to increase the Role Clarity, as perceived by the nursing staff, thus seems to be important.…”

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The ward atmosphere important for the psychosocial work environment of nursing staff in psychiatric in-patient care

2011

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BackgroundThe nursing staff working in psychiatric care have a demanding work situation, which may be reflected in how they view their psychosocial work environment and the ward atmosphere. The aims of the present study were to investigate in what way different aspects of the ward atmosphere were related to the psychosocial work environment, as perceived by nursing staff working in psychiatric in-patient care, and possible differences between nurses and nurse assistants.Methods93 nursing staff working at 12 general psychiatric in-patient wards in Sweden completed two questionnaires, the Ward Atmosphere Scale and the QPSNordic 34+. Data analyses included descriptive statistics, the Mann-Whitney U-test, Spearman rank correlations and forward stepwise conditional logistic regression analyses.ResultsThe data revealed that there were no differences between nurses and nurse assistants concerning perceptions of the psychosocial work environment and the ward atmosphere. The ward atmosphere subscales Personal Problem Orientation and Program Clarity were associated with a psychosocial work environment characterized by Empowering Leadership. Program Clarity was related to the staff's perceived Role Clarity, and Practical Orientation and Order and Organization were positively related to staff perceptions of the Organizational Climate.ConclusionsThe results from the present study indicate that several ward atmosphere subscales were related to the nursing staff's perceptions of the psychosocial work environment in terms of Empowering Leadership, Role Clarity and Organizational Climate. Improvements in the ward atmosphere could be another way to accomplish improvements in the working conditions of the staff, and such improvements would affect nurses and nurse assistants in similar ways.

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The ward atmosphere important for the psychosocial work environment of nursing staff in psychiatric in-patient care

2011

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Impact of practice leadership management style on staff experience in services for people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: A further examination and partial replication

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McGill

2016

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Governance of partnership between health and social services: the experience in Somerset

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Gulliver

Towell

2002

Health &Amp; Social Care in the Community

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As one part of a larger study of the integration of mental health and social care, the present paper explores the role of the Joint Commissioning Board in the governance arrangements for health and social partnership in Somerset, UK. A short review of the literature on joint planning and joint commissioning revealed that such partnership has proved problematic, and that the role of non-executive directors and councillors is usually overlooked. Furthermore, the research on corporate boards suggests that their performance does not match the prescriptions made for them. Following a description of the methodology of the study, the present paper reports the findings of the activity of the Joint Commissioning Board from three data sources: (1) observation of meetings; (2) analysis of documentation; and (3) participant interviews. All three sources support the view, put forward in the Discussion section, that the Board does not play a proactive role in the setting and monitoring of policy and priorities. Nonetheless, it is argued, the Board plays a central and constructive role in the governance of partnership: as the symbol of interagency partnership; as the vehicle for sustaining commitment to mental health; and as the method of bringing additional elements of public accountability to the commissioning and providing of health and social care. Locating this ritual function of the Board within the broader sociological literature, the Discussion section goes on to suggest the implications both for the future of governance of partnership and for further research in this area.

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From the asylum to the community: A longitudinal study of staff involved in the transition from Tone Vale Hospital to community-based services

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

The ward atmosphere important for the psychosocial work environment of nursing staff in psychiatric in-patient care

The ward atmosphere important for the psychosocial work environment of nursing staff in psychiatric in-patient care

Impact of practice leadership management style on staff experience in services for people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour: A further examination and partial replication

Governance of partnership between health and social services: the experience in Somerset

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