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Counselling practice: a questionnaire study.

M J Berry·L Williams·C Vishnick
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A study was carried out to establish an understanding of what the term 'counselling' meant to a sample of 150 qualified psychiatric nurses working in a maximum security special hospital. There appeared to be a lack of understanding of the term, with very little supervision of the counselling work nurses undertook, and insufficient training to help nurses improve their knowledge of the subject. The authors call for proper supervision, further research into staff training needs, and more courses and propose that nurses involved in counselling should have no ward managerial responsibility for the patients being counselled.

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CounselingFemaleHospitals, SpecialHumansMaleNursing Methodology ResearchNursing Staff, HospitalPsychiatric NursingSecurity MeasuresSurveys and QuestionnairesJournal Article

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M J Berry, L Williams, C Vishnick. Counselling practice: a questionnaire study.. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.9.9.33.s41

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