Assisting emergency nurses to offer the best care to those with mental health problems: Nurses in emergency departments face many pressures, including how to give those who present with mental health issues the best possible care. There are some developments aimed at helping ED nurses achieve this goal.(Enrolled Nurses)

From: Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Emergency departments (EDs) in New Zealand have been used for the assessment of people with mental health problems since the move towards deinstitutionalised care. (1) Some ED nurses say they lack confidence in their knowledge and skills to care for these patients. This article discusses the challenges in providing mental health education to nurses in EDs and some of the ways ED nurses are being supported to give care to patients with mental health problems.

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