Changing attitudes to mental handicap through adult education courses.
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Biomedical subjects
B McCormack
Publications and source records attributed to B McCormack.
A national survey of young people's perceptions of mental handicap.
Over 1300, 15 and 16-year-old students throughout Ireland, completed a range of questionnaires which covered their past contact with mentally handicapped adults, their perceptions of them, their views on integration within society and their knowledge about the causes of this disability. It was found that only one quarter of the students had ever interacted with a mentally handicapped adult and nearly half of them had never been in their company. There were marked differences between these subgroups in their perceptions of, and attitudes to, mentally handicapped people. Equally striking were the differences between male and female students, although the effects of social background, city versus country and socio-economic status, were less pronounced. The implications for school-based, educational programmes on disability are discussed and areas for further research are highlighted.
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Changing young people's perceptions of mentally handicapped adults.
A representative sample of 420, 15- and 16-year old students, participated in a short educational programme about mental handicap; the main feature of which was a well-structured contact session with a group of mentally handicapped adults. This lasted 40 min and took place in the students' school. Various control procedures ascertained that the programme was effective at increasing their confidence in meeting mentally handicapped people and in their knowledge of the causes of mental handicap. Moreover the majority of students voluntarily visited a local mental handicap centre and a proportion maintained regular contact. These findings were replicated in a second study involving a further 368 students but this time the programme was presented by teachers and/or personnel from a local mental handicap service. The salient features of the contact sessions are discussed and directions for future research noted, particularly explicit guidance for adolescents on interacting with atypical peers.
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How to promote quality of care and preserve patient autonomy.
This article explores the relationship between the provision of a quality service and the promotion of patient autonomy. The key issue of meeting patients' actual needs while maintaining their self-worth within a budget-conscious environment is examined.
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RCN develops gerontological nursing programme.
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The key attributes of a gerontological nurse specialist.
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The contribution of expert gerontological nursing.
In many ways, the key to the future development of gerontological nursing lies in preventing aspects of its history from becoming the focus of nursing in the future. This article discusses the nursing contribution to the development of person-centred care services and highlights the historical context of gerontological nursing and the reasons why current developmental challenges exist. The authors illustrate examples of good practice and new opportunities for the development of expert practice.
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Keeping the person in the centre of nursing.
This article presents an overview of what it means to be a person and how this is articulated in person-centred approaches to practice. Nursing assessment is used as an example of a person-centred approach to care.
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Practice development: individualized care.
This article describes the development of a person-centred approach to working with older people. The main focus is on developing the ward leader as a key facilitator of practice development work. This process was enabled through external facilitation of the role and project management. The stages of the project work are outlined using an established practice development framework, which ensured a systematic approach to the change process. Registered nurses developed their skills and knowledge in clinical leadership and by the end of the project, nursing care had moved away from meeting the physical needs of the patients only, to a more individualized approach to patient care.
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The qualities and skills of practice developers.
AIM: To explore and describe the activities and approaches that constitute practice development by providing an insight into the qualities and skills exhibited by staff in practice development roles. METHOD: This involved examining 177 articles, plus data collected during focus group interviews with 60 staff around the UK and telephone interviews with 25 clinical staff. The focus groups and telephone interviews formed part of an earlier published study Garbett and McCormack (2002). RESULTS: A range of skills and qualities were highlighted. These include being effective, having vision, being motivated, empathic, experiential, cognitive political, communicative, facilitative and possessing clinical skills. CONCLUSION: The work of practice developers is of central importance in the light of NHS policy developments, such as the NHS Plan or the response to the Bristol inquiry.
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Improving the quality of care for older people.
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Gerontological nursing research: developing a user-focused agenda.
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