Naomi Klepacz, Emma Wadey, Peter Griffiths, Samuel Woodnutt, Jasmine Snowden, Catherine Smith, David S Baldwin, Gemma Simons, Jane Ball
{"title":"A protocol for a cross-sectional survey exploring the work lives and wellbeing of the mental health nursing workforce in the UK","authors":"Naomi Klepacz, Emma Wadey, Peter Griffiths, Samuel Woodnutt, Jasmine Snowden, Catherine Smith, David S Baldwin, Gemma Simons, Jane Ball","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2023.0037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2023.0037","url":null,"abstract":"Demand for mental health services is high, but so are vacancy levels for registered nurses in mental health. To effectively address the workforce disparity, we need to engage with nurses to understand better the rewards and challenges of being part of the UK's mental health nursing workforce. The aim of the study set out in this protocol will be to identify modifiable workplace factors impacting nurses' work lives and wellbeing. A protocol for an online cross-sectional survey exploring the work lives and wellbeing of registered nurses working in mental health in the UK. This survey will provide an understanding of the daily challenges and rewards of mental health nursing. In understanding the modifiable workplace factors impacting nurses, the authors will provide the evidence and recommendations necessary to develop and implement workplace policies and interventions supporting nurse retention, recruitment and wellbeing.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"22 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139811064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sujatha Sanjeevi, M. Zubir, Rose Bennett, Piril Cevikel, Natasya Nor, A. Cocoman
{"title":"Retrospective chart review of metabolic screening of patients receiving clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications","authors":"Sujatha Sanjeevi, M. Zubir, Rose Bennett, Piril Cevikel, Natasya Nor, A. Cocoman","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2022.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2022.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Individuals treated with antipsychotic medications are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome, negatively impacting the quality of life among patients with severe mental illness. The aim of this study was to examine metabolic screening data and determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among those who were prescribed clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics. This retrospective chart review looked at 307 patient records who were prescribed clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics as part of a service improvement initiative. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was found to be 60.2% and 49.5% for those on clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics respectively, with no significant difference between groups (χ2 (1, n=198)=2.295, P=0.130). Screening rates were significantly higher for patients receiving clozapine (42.5–96.2%) vs those receiving long-acting injectable antipsychotics (20.5–55.7%). There were significant differences between screening rates and clinical sites; the clozapine clinic had the highest completed screening rate (90.7%). Screening of metabolic syndrome is insufficient among patients prescribed long-acting injectable compared to clozapine despite similarly high prevalence. Having a robust screening practice promotes early intervention to prevent metabolic syndrome, reduces the risk of developing comorbid health conditions and premature death, and improves the physical health of patients treated with antipsychotic medications. This study also recommends that service development efforts should target these screening deficiencies to improve the quality of life of patients with severe mental illness.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"47 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139868561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ensuring continuity of care for young people transitioning to adult mental health services: issues faced and promising approaches","authors":"Rebecca Appleton","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2024.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2024.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Rebecca Appleton discusses the issues that young people face when moving from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services, and what approaches are being introduced to help with this transition.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"16 S1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139811314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: new opportunities and future prospects","authors":"Leonie Milner, Annie Mithoefer","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2023.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2023.0028","url":null,"abstract":"This article looks at the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the nurse's role within that – something which is currently unexplored and wholly undefined. It draws from lived experience in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and is co-authored by a significant contributor in this field. The aim of the article is to give nurses a brief introduction to the field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (history and present) and provide insights on professional development opportunities in the wake of such treatments being widely recognised, accepted and in need of nursing input in the future.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"21 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139869396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Angel in blue or registered mental health nurse? The impact of the angel and hero narrative on student mental health nurses","authors":"Lucy Judge, Jane Fisher","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2023.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2023.0031","url":null,"abstract":"This article is a critical reflection on the media portrayal of nursing and its impact on student nurses and prospective students during the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139809837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practice-near practitioner research","authors":"P. Archard, Michelle O’Reilly","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2023.0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2023.0029","url":null,"abstract":"There is arguably great benefit for mental health professionals engaging in the production of research evidence. One method for gaining new knowledge and learning is for professionals to engage in ‘practice-near’ research. This term denotes research methodologies that share the objectives of getting close to professional practice in the helping professions, and fostering ‘research mindedness’ among professionals. The idea of being practice-near in research primarily developed within the field of social work and social care, but is also relevant to mental health nursing, especially research projects undertaken by practising nurses. However, further consideration is needed about how this idea can be brought into closer contact with other types of practitioner research.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"124 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139810623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: new opportunities and future prospects","authors":"Leonie Milner, Annie Mithoefer","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2023.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2023.0028","url":null,"abstract":"This article looks at the emerging field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and the nurse's role within that – something which is currently unexplored and wholly undefined. It draws from lived experience in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and is co-authored by a significant contributor in this field. The aim of the article is to give nurses a brief introduction to the field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (history and present) and provide insights on professional development opportunities in the wake of such treatments being widely recognised, accepted and in need of nursing input in the future.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139809504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Angel in blue or registered mental health nurse? The impact of the angel and hero narrative on student mental health nurses","authors":"Lucy Judge, Jane Fisher","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2023.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2023.0031","url":null,"abstract":"This article is a critical reflection on the media portrayal of nursing and its impact on student nurses and prospective students during the COVID-19 pandemic.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"39 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139869686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ensuring continuity of care for young people transitioning to adult mental health services: issues faced and promising approaches","authors":"Rebecca Appleton","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2024.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2024.0002","url":null,"abstract":"Rebecca Appleton discusses the issues that young people face when moving from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services, and what approaches are being introduced to help with this transition.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"18 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139870996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sujatha Sanjeevi, M. Zubir, Rose Bennett, Piril Cevikel, Natasya Nor, A. Cocoman
{"title":"Retrospective chart review of metabolic screening of patients receiving clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications","authors":"Sujatha Sanjeevi, M. Zubir, Rose Bennett, Piril Cevikel, Natasya Nor, A. Cocoman","doi":"10.12968/bjmh.2022.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2022.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Individuals treated with antipsychotic medications are at risk of developing metabolic syndrome, negatively impacting the quality of life among patients with severe mental illness. The aim of this study was to examine metabolic screening data and determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among those who were prescribed clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics. This retrospective chart review looked at 307 patient records who were prescribed clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics as part of a service improvement initiative. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was found to be 60.2% and 49.5% for those on clozapine and long-acting injectable antipsychotics respectively, with no significant difference between groups (χ2 (1, n=198)=2.295, P=0.130). Screening rates were significantly higher for patients receiving clozapine (42.5–96.2%) vs those receiving long-acting injectable antipsychotics (20.5–55.7%). There were significant differences between screening rates and clinical sites; the clozapine clinic had the highest completed screening rate (90.7%). Screening of metabolic syndrome is insufficient among patients prescribed long-acting injectable compared to clozapine despite similarly high prevalence. Having a robust screening practice promotes early intervention to prevent metabolic syndrome, reduces the risk of developing comorbid health conditions and premature death, and improves the physical health of patients treated with antipsychotic medications. This study also recommends that service development efforts should target these screening deficiencies to improve the quality of life of patients with severe mental illness.","PeriodicalId":474246,"journal":{"name":"British Journal of Mental Health Nursing","volume":"20 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139808926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}