Introduction
1Introduction1 Sara was one of those remarkable patients, familiar in psychiatric and mental health work, who eats objects that shouldn’t be eaten. Batteries, keys, bottle caps, paper clips, knives, nail…
Garden-variety analogy
4Garden-variety analogy Inpatient psychiatric care facilities often are associated with lovely outdoor spaces. Tree-lined walkways, old oak groves, sprawling grassy lawns, and even working farms are part of the legacy…
Conclusion
8Conclusion Millions of people come into contact with the mental health system every year, and many thousands wind up in the institutional system of care. Institutionalization can be a stultifying…
The house as a grammatical form
5The house as a grammatical form Valerie was a middle-aged woman with a lifelong history of alcohol and drug abuse. Her adult years had been marked by multiple acute and…
Nursing knowledge and nursing art: implications for learning and professional development
7Nursing knowledge and nursing art: implications for learning and professional development1 Years after my patient Donald was discharged from inpatient care (see Chapter 4), a young girl attempted to hang…
The gestural bridge
2The gestural bridge Joe had attended college briefly and worked part-time as a disc jockey for a local radio station. Fired from the job after repeated sobbing outbursts, he ran…
Rhythms and regularities in a musical bridge
6Rhythms and regularities in a musical bridge Medics wheeled the ambulance gurney through the admissions gate and locked it into position, releasing Aaron’s wrists from the restraint straps. Aaron hoisted…
Nursing Documentation in Digital Solutions
Purpose Examples Evaluate professional practice as part of quality improvement processes Informs/maintains: Regulatory practice standards & guidelines Organizational professional practice policy & procedures Decision support tools required at POS Determine…
The Future Is a Sharp 90° Turn
Fig. 19.1 Rose diagram. These diagrams are used to visualize data in multiple dimensions allows the human brain to think visually and solve complex problems These same diagrams are used…
Independent Living Applications
Fig. 9.1 The person at the heart of the eco-system Technology can often represent a barrier for older adults, acting as an inhibitor to usage rather than a facilitator. There…
