A nursing faculty practice for the severely mentally ill: merging practice with research.

Full Abstract

This Faculty Practice developed in response to increasing medical complexity among severely mentally ill adults in community programs. It represents collaboration between an academic nursing program and Progress Foundation, a residential care provider in San Francisco for the severely mentally ill (SMI). Over ten years, the practice and research agenda have evolved together, through a commitment to mutual collaboration by clinicians and researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Nursing, and the mental health community. Initial efforts at research focused on description of clients and practice. Research efforts have broadened and evolve to include an on-going clinical trial that tests the value of adding active health promotion to primary care. Factors contributing to success included trust among research and clinical faculty and community partners, use of clinical data in the service of practice and education, and relative freedom from fiscal administration. The merging of practice and research increases visibility of nursing contributions and will allow testing of models for care.

Author information

Author/s: Chafetz, Linda (L); Collins-Bride, Geraldine M (GM); White, Mary (M);

Affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems, University of California-San Francisco School of Nursing, 2 Koret Way, San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, USA. llc(-atsign-)itsa.ucsf.edu

Grants: D24 NU 00777 (Agency:BHP HRSA HHS) ; R01 NR 05350 (Agency:NINR NIH HHS)

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.; Review

Journal: Nursing outlook (Nurs Outlook), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2004 Jul-Aug; vol 52 (issue 4) : pp 209-14

Dates: Created 2004/08/25; Completed 2004/11/16; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 15328509, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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