This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Suzanne Smith, and Julia Jones, 'Use of a Sensory Room on an Intensive Care Unit', Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, Vol. 52 (5): 22-30, May 2014. The final, published version is available online at DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20131126-06.This study explores the use of a sensory room on a psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU), with a particular focus on the effect on seclusion rates and staff and patients' experiences of using the sensory room. A mixed method research design was used, with the collection of seclusion data before and after a sensory room was introduced followed by qualitative interviews with staff and patients. No significant redu...
The use of sensory or 'comfort' rooms in the care of acute psychiatric patients is an area...
Purpose: The purpose of this Capstone Project was to evaluate the sensory room program used by occu...
This integrative literature review describes nurses's and patients' perceptions of care in psychiatr...
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Suzanne Smith, and Julia ...
In recent years there has been an increasing use of sensory rooms in psychiatric settings internatio...
Seclusion and restraint are topical as mental health services in Australia and internationally attem...
Formerly, there has been a finite amount of research regarding adjunctive methods to de-escalate vio...
Background: Seclusion (the isolation of a patient in a locked room) and transfer to a psychiatric in...
In this paper we report the findings from an evaluation of the introduction of sensory modulation (S...
Background: Seclusion (the isolation of a patient in a locked room) and transfer to a psychiatric in...
Background: Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) have been part of most inpatient psychiatric ser...
The inpatient environment is a critical space for nurses and patients in psychiatric settings. In th...
Based on unobtrusive observations a parallel is drawn between general and psychiatric intensive care...
This thesis contains a literature review and a qualitative research project. The purpose of the lite...
BackgroundSeclusion (the isolation of a patient in a locked room) and transfer to a psychiatric inte...
The use of sensory or 'comfort' rooms in the care of acute psychiatric patients is an area...
Purpose: The purpose of this Capstone Project was to evaluate the sensory room program used by occu...
This integrative literature review describes nurses's and patients' perceptions of care in psychiatr...
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of the following article: Suzanne Smith, and Julia ...
In recent years there has been an increasing use of sensory rooms in psychiatric settings internatio...
Seclusion and restraint are topical as mental health services in Australia and internationally attem...
Formerly, there has been a finite amount of research regarding adjunctive methods to de-escalate vio...
Background: Seclusion (the isolation of a patient in a locked room) and transfer to a psychiatric in...
In this paper we report the findings from an evaluation of the introduction of sensory modulation (S...
Background: Seclusion (the isolation of a patient in a locked room) and transfer to a psychiatric in...
Background: Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) have been part of most inpatient psychiatric ser...
The inpatient environment is a critical space for nurses and patients in psychiatric settings. In th...
Based on unobtrusive observations a parallel is drawn between general and psychiatric intensive care...
This thesis contains a literature review and a qualitative research project. The purpose of the lite...
BackgroundSeclusion (the isolation of a patient in a locked room) and transfer to a psychiatric inte...
The use of sensory or 'comfort' rooms in the care of acute psychiatric patients is an area...
Purpose: The purpose of this Capstone Project was to evaluate the sensory room program used by occu...
This integrative literature review describes nurses's and patients' perceptions of care in psychiatr...