The evolution or therapeutic care and clinical specialization in psychiatric nursing

Payne, Shirley; Blanc, F.

doi:10.1097/00006199-196701610-00112

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“…The second was chosen as an experiment in using less highly-trained and less expensive personnel in health care delivery. This is in keeping with presently perceived needs in the health care system (2,4) and in psychiatry (3,5,6,8).…”

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Lowering the Cost of Psychiatric Care

Smith

1972

Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal

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This paper reports a four-year experience and includes follow-up data from the operation of a novel inpatient general hospital unit. The two main features of the unit are: a relatively brief duration of hospitalization; and the employment of nursing staff as therapists in exactly the way residents are usually used. The inpatient stay is considered to be a special opportunity for organizing important changes in the life styles and living arrangements of patients. It is also a time for making careful observations of behaviours and treatment trials. Daily interviews are conducted, including family members and other relevant persons. The nurse-therapists are trained to perform individual and family therapy as well as to organize all the social and environmental contacts. They conduct groups and behaviour therapies and are in charge of the planning for discharge. The patients here differ little from those in other general hospital units and the follow-up data show results to be at least as good as those reported anywhere else. The shortened hospital stay represents a considerable saving, and the use of the nurse-therapist has important implications for economies in the health care system. There are some problems with the role changes required to make this system work but it is felt that the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages.

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Lowering the Cost of Psychiatric Care

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1972

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The evolution or therapeutic care and clinical specialization in psychiatric nursing

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