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D C Webster

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Solution-focused approaches in psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Multiple social and financial factors dictate that therapies of all kinds be oriented toward producing measurable changes in clients. Crisis intervention is one therapy approach that often produces measurable changes in clients. However, this approach may not be useful for individuals unable to identify a precipitating event, or who want change beyond returning to a previous level of functioning. This article reviews the basic tenets of solution-focused therapy in order to orient nurses to its potential utility for psychiatric/mental health practice.

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Obstetric anaesthetic services in the Yorkshire region.

A survey of obstetric anaesthetic services in the Yorkshire region, where about 44,500 deliveries take place annually, showed that inadequacies exist in the service to patients. A 24 hour epidural service is available in only nine of 19 consultant units, and in about seven units patients may have to wait up to half an hour for an anaesthetist to be available for an obstetric emergency. Additional consultant anaesthetic sessions are urgently required as well as centralisation of some units.

Anesthesia, Epidural