ABSTRACT
From suicide risk prevention to treatment, the suicidal crisis process must be known to all carers to ensure appropriate and effective care. The psychiatry liaison team at the Nantes University Hospital advocates it with somatic teams through its liaison and consultation work. At the heart of this care network, the clinical expertise of the psychiatric liaison nurse educates nursing colleagues in identifying suicide risk. The nurse's clinical assessment and knowledge of the care system optimises the overall management and the path of patient care.
Subject(s)
Crisis Intervention/organization & administration , Psychiatric Nursing , Referral and Consultation , Suicide Prevention , Suicide/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Cooperative Behavior , Depressive Disorder/nursing , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Female , Humans , Interdisciplinary Communication , Middle Aged , Parkinson Disease/nursing , Parkinson Disease/psychology , Patient Care Team/organization & administration , Secondary Prevention , Sick Role , Suicide, Attempted/prevention & control , Suicide, Attempted/psychologyABSTRACT
The role of the psychiatric liaison nurse is continuing to develop within somatic wards. Its foundations are based on the recognition of the value accorded to interactions between physical and psychical dimension. This account of a psychiatric liaison nurse's practice at the university hospital of Nantes shows the positive impact a successful collaboration on inpatients.
