Emotions Journal of Nursing

Positive Psychology in psychiatric and mental health nursing practice

Positive Psychology in psychiatric and mental health nursing practice

Tags: emotions mental health Mental Illness Psychiatry psychology

Traditionally psychiatric practice has focused on treating mental illness and what is wrong with people. Treating the symptoms of mental illness can vastly improve quality of life and functioning but the absence of a mental illness does not guarantee a life of well-being or happiness. The billable codes of the DSM-5 are utilized to identify mental illness. It does not have a code or the listing of values for the symptoms or strengths in flourishing or a well meaning life. To combat this issue positive psychology and psychiatry has addressed this issue.

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Submitted by Michael C. LaFerney RN, PMHCNS, BC, Ph. D
Managing the Inevitability of Change

Managing the Inevitability of Change

Tags: Case Study change Change in the workplace closing of a unit emotional impact of change emotions employee satisfaction hospital nursing

Change is inevitable. Whether we are changing our minds, our clothes, or a channel on television, we know change happens… and we are fine with it, when we are the ones enacting it. However, what about when change happens to us? This article explores the effects of a hospital’s unit closing on staff – the good, the bad, and the ugly – and seeks to identify ways to mitigate the bad and ugly emotional responses, and hopefully explore means of increasing the good (by both hospital management practice, and individual mindset). A unit in one of south Florida leading hospital serves as a case study as we delve into this topic.

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Submitted by Sarah Mensa-Kwao Cook, RN, BSN
Story of Sarah

Story of Sarah

Tags: death dying emotions end of life nursing students

Story of a senior nursing student caring for a client dying and her emotional struggles.

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Submitted by Karla Scholl MSN RN
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