Nursing leaders have long called for examination of theory, research, and curriculum
in psychiatric nursing (e.g., Stuart, Krauss, and McCabe). They called for an assessment
of what we teach, examination of sacred cows, and breaking through tradition and dogmatic
approaches that may be historically valuable but unrepresentative of an evidence base
from which we can derive practice concepts and research ideas. They warned that psychiatric
nursing may become irrelevant if we fail to bring it into the 20th century. Have we
heeded?
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Reference
- Evidence based psychiatric nursing practice: Rhetoric or reality?.Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association. 2001; 7: 103-111
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Kris A. McLoughlin, DNP, APRN, BC, CSAC, and Catherine Kane, PhD, RN, FAAN, are the editors of this opinion column, a forum for addressing current topics affecting psychiatric nursing. We encourage your commentaries, opinions, and ideas on controversial and non-controversial professional, policy, and practice issues. Responses to this column in the form of letters to the editor are welcomed and encouraged. The opinions presented in this column are solely the views of the author(s). Submissions to "Consider This?" should be no longer than 450 words. If references are used, there should be no more than three and will be included in the word limit. Please refer to "Information for Authors" for submission address.
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