Forensic Nursing and Multidisciplinary Care of the Mentally Disordered Offender (Web PDF) von Mary Addo

The aim of this book is to provide a multidisciplinary perspective on the training needed to work with mentally disordered patients, as well as to examine the key characteristics of the forensic nursing role. Attempting to examine the role of the professional forensic nurse and explore the multi-professional boundaries within mental health.

Preface, David K. Robinson and Alyson M. Kettles. 1. Educational aspects of forensic nursing, Laurence A. Whyte. 2. Overview and contemporary issues in the role of the forensic nurse in the UK, Alyson M. Kettles. 3. The practitioner new to the role of forensic psychiatric nurse in the UK, Mick Collins. 4. A two-nation perspective on issues of practice and provision for professionals caring for mentally disordered offenders, Carol Watson. 5. The role of forensic nurses in the community, Christopher Cordess. 6. A forensic psychiatry perspective, Nigel Hopkins. 8. Transfer of case management from forensic social worker to forensic nurse, Jean Jones, Karen Elliott and Rachael Humpston. 9. Reclaiming the soul: A spiritual perspective on forensic nursing, John Swinton. 10. Autonomy and personhood: The forensic nurse as a moral agent, John Swinton. 11. The role of the forensic nurse in clinical supervision, Mary A. Addo. 12. Staff stress, coping skills and job satisfaction in forensic nursing, Kevin Gournay and Jerome Carson. 13. The role of the forensic psychiatric nurse in the Netherlands, Hans-Martin Don and Tom van Erven. 14. Forensic mentasl health care in Australia, Colin Holmes. 15. The role of the forensic nurse in Canada: An evolving speciality, Cindy Peternelj-Taylor. 16. The role of the forensic nurse in the USA, Anita G. Hufft. 17. The role of forensic nurses in Norway, Roger Almvik, Trond Hatling and Phil Woods. 18. The role of the forensic nurse in Germany, Alison Kuppen and Uwe Donisch-Seidel. 19. A global perspective in forensic nursing: Challenges for the 21st century, Virginia A. Lynch and Zug G. Standing Bear. 20. From a reactive past into the proactive new millennium, Alyson M. Kettles and David K. Robinson. Appendix. References. Index.

The chapters are a rich contribution of cross-cultural thinking on the many dilemmas and challenges facing nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists and other health care practitioners, working with specific client groups. Each contributor has utilised empirical data to analyse relevant issues, such as: professional standards; effectiveness of preparation for nurses working within secure environments; day to day and long term challenges facing nurses; clinical effectiveness; the dilemma of security versus practice; how forensic nursing differs from other kinds of nursing; and what forensic nurses can contribute to other mental health care disciplines. Examples of how research findings may be integrated into practice, will be of interest not only to forensic nurses, but also to significant sectors of the mental health care field.