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The clinical skills of community psychiatric nurses working with patients who have severe and enduring mental health problems: an empirical analysis

Devane, Sheila M.; Haddock, Gillian; Lancashire, Stuart; Baguley, Ian; Butterworth, Tony; Tarrier, Nicholas; James, Abigail; Molyneux, Phillip

Authors

Sheila M. Devane

Gillian Haddock

Stuart Lancashire

Ian Baguley

Tony Butterworth

Nicholas Tarrier

Abigail James



Abstract

This study describes the use of reliable scales to rate the clinical skills of mental health nurses when working with individuals and families with severe mental health problems. The Cognitive Therapy Scale and the Schizophrenia Family Work Scale were adapted for the study and were shown to have good inter‐rater reliability when assessing audio‐taped interviews carried out by mental health nurses during their usual course of work with patients with severe mental health problems and their families. The sample of mental health nurses studied were shown to have significantly better general therapy skills than specific cognitive therapy technical skills. The implications for training are discussed.

Citation

Devane, S. M., Haddock, G., Lancashire, S., Baguley, I., Butterworth, T., Tarrier, N., …Molyneux, P. (1998). The clinical skills of community psychiatric nurses working with patients who have severe and enduring mental health problems: an empirical analysis. Journal of advanced nursing, 27(2), 253-260. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00516.x

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Dec 25, 2001
Publication Date 1998-02
Deposit Date May 29, 2019
Journal Journal of Advanced Nursing
Print ISSN 0309-2402
Electronic ISSN 1365-2648
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 27
Issue 2
Pages 253-260
DOI https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00516.x
Keywords Community psychiatric nurses; Severe mental health problems; Skills; Evaluation; Interventions; Scales
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1868043
Publisher URL https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00516.x