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

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 goo...

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 1998-02, Vol.27 (2), p.253-260
Main Authors: Devane, Sheila M., Haddock, Gillian, Lancashire, Stuart, Baguley, Ian, Butterworth, Tony, Tarrier, Nicholas, James, Abigail, Molyneux, Phillip
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical Competence - standards
Clinical skills
Cohort Studies
Community Mental Health Services - standards
Community psychiatric nurses
evaluation
Humans
interventions
Mental Disorders - nursing
Nursing
Psychiatric Nursing - education
Psychiatric Nursing - standards
scales
severe mental health problems
skills
United Kingdom
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00516.x