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OBJECTIVES: To review recent publications which deal with the role nurses have regarding schizophrenia. Besides strict pharmacological treatment, the authors place value on the need to get involved with the deficit provoked by this disease and the usefulness of providing aid and support to patients' families, due to a belief that nurses can play a more decisive, innovating role in these areas. SOURCES: Publications about nurses' roles with patients diagnosed as schizophrenics published from 1995 to 2000 and listed in the Medline data base.
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Schizophrenia/nursing , HumansABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To review the recent advances made in evaluation and treatment procedures in cases of depression and their repercussions in nursing care. The growing efficiency of antidepressive medication, together with the importance given to community awareness of the upheavals which affect mental health, have modified the role nursing plays in evaluation of patients suffering depressive episodes. In this changing context, the therapeutic relationship between nurse and patient has developed into one of the pillars which sustain a correct and long-lasting stability in the depressed patient's state of mind. SOURCES: Primary source information on treatment methods by nurses handling depressed patients published from 1995 through 1999 and identified in the Medline data base. In a second article, these same authors will evaluate the intervention and the follow-up procedures carried out by nurses caring for patients suffering from depression.
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Depression/diagnosis , Depression/nursing , Depressive Disorder/diagnosis , Depressive Disorder/nursing , Nursing Assessment/methods , Psychiatric Nursing/methods , Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use , Depression/drug therapy , Depression/psychology , Depressive Disorder/drug therapy , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Humans , Nurse-Patient RelationsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To review the recent advances in the evaluation and treatment procedures for depressive episodes and their repercussions on nursing care. The growing effectiveness of anti-depressive medication, together with the importance provided by community understanding of mental health disorders, have modified the role nurses play in evaluation (Part One in Revista ROL de Enfermeria 23(4):265-270), intervention and follow up (Part Two) for patients suffering from depressive episodes. In this context of change, the therapeutic relationship between nurse and patient has developed into one of the pillars which maintains a correct and long-lasting stabilization of a depressed patient's state of mind. SOURCES: Cases identified by Medline database referring to nursing treatment of patients suffering from depression, published from 1995 until 1999.
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Depression/therapy , Depressive Disorder/therapy , Antidepressive Agents/therapeutic use , Depression/diagnosis , Depression/psychology , Depressive Disorder/diagnosis , Depressive Disorder/psychology , Electroconvulsive Therapy , Humans , Nurse-Patient Relations , Psychiatric Nursing , PsychotherapyABSTRACT
Inside the realm of therapeutic relationships, one recognizes the importance of the nurse's attitude towards patients as one of those elements bearing influence on the objectives desired by the nursing profession. This study compares the attitudes towards via parenteral drug addicts held by nursing students and non specialized nurses. By means of a pilot study which used a selfadministered Litcker scale questionnaire developed by the study authors, two samples were selected: a student sample (n = 40) and a non specialized nurse sample (n = 40). These variables were evaluated in the two samples: age, professional experience, and the frequency in sporadic care for via parenteral drug addicts. The conclusion drawn from this study is that the attitude of nursing students is significantly more positive towards via parenteral drug addicts than the attitude held by non specialized nurses. The adoption of a more negative attitude towards these patients occurs at the start of a nurse's professional career.
