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Therapeutic interpersonal interactions: the sacrificial lamb?

Christine M Silverstein
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TOPIC: Emotional upheaval is rampant in society, affecting mental and physical health. Yet the focus, in the "Era of the Brain," lacks direction on how to address these issues. However, psychiatric-mental health nursing possesses the know-how to provide solutions. PURPOSE: To explore the history of psychiatric nursing and its impact on the nursing profession and society and how its legacy can support and facilitate change. SOURCES: Primary and secondary CONCLUSIONS: Therapeutic interpersonal interactions are quintessential competencies for advanced practice psychiatric-mental health nurses and should be upheld, promoted, and implemented to improve outcomes.

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Christine M Silverstein. 2006. Therapeutic interpersonal interactions: the sacrificial lamb?. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6163.2006.00055.x

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