Inpatients - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Service users' experiences of a therapeutic group programme in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit.

30 Jul 2009 Psychiatric nurses have been facilitating therapeutic groups in acute psychiatric inpatient units for many years; however, there is a lack of nursing research related to this important aspect of care. This paper reports the findings of a study which ... Read more...

The vote of acute medical inpatients: a prospective study.

30 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVE: There may be ethical issues associated with allowing certain inpatients to vote as some may be cognitively impaired. During the 2007 elections in France, we conducted a prospective observational study on voting among hospitalized ... Read more...

Impact of nurses clothing on anxiety of hospitalised children.

29 Jun 2009 AIM: To investigate anxiety levels in two groups of children exposed to nurses with white vs. coloured clothing in a university hospital in Iran. BACKGROUND: Hospitalisation causes anxiety in children and it is documented that nurses have an ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Inpatients - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perspective of the patient and family: the TCAB approach is visible to and appreciated by patients. Interview by Laurie Lewis. 30 Oct 2009
• Service users' experiences of a therapeutic group programme in an acute psychiatric inpatient unit. 30 Jul 2009
• The vote of acute medical inpatients: a prospective study. 30 Jul 2009
• Impact of nurses clothing on anxiety of hospitalised children. 29 Jun 2009
• Establishing a therapeutic hospital environment: the patient perspective. 29 Jun 2009
• Exploring how to measure patients' experience of care in hospital to improve services. 29 Jun 2009
• [Touch by the family for supporting a hospitalized parent] 29 Jun 2009
• Reducing patient anxiety, increasing satisfaction. Interview by Bill Santamour. 29 Jun 2009
• [Psychological care of the hospitalized elderly patient] 29 Jun 2009
• Communication, swallowing and feeding in the intensive care unit patient. 29 Jun 2009
• Grasping the nutritional situation: a grounded theory study of patients' experiences in intensive care. 29 Jun 2009
• Patients' perception of monitoring during cardiac rehabilitation: taking the message home. 29 Jun 2009
• Meal support therapy reduces the use of nasogastric feeding for adolescents hospitalized with anorexia nervosa. 29 Jun 2009
• Knowledge, attitudes and intentions about participation in physical activity of older post-acute hospital inpatients. 28 Jun 2009
• Relationship between health providers and patients in Mexico City. 17 Jun 2009
• Moving forward: evaluating a curriculum for managing responsive behaviors in a geriatric psychiatry inpatient population. 9 Jun 2009
• The meaning of family members' presence during intensive care stay: a qualitative study. Jun 2009
• Nurse-patient communication barriers in Iranian nursing. 30 May 2009
• [Perceived stigma at the end of hospitalization and mentally ill subjects' social reinsertion] 30 May 2009
• Stage-tailored tobacco cessation treatment in inpatient psychiatry. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Inpatients'

Definition: Persons admitted to health facilities which provide board and room, for the purpose of observation, care, diagnosis or treatment.

Descriptor UI: D007297

Alternative terms: Inpatients; Inpatient;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; education; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.643.470;

History Note: 91(80); was see under PATIENTS 1980-90

Technical Notes: inpatients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse with HOSPITALIZATION