TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Self-injury and harm minimisation on acute wards
JO  - Nursing standard (1987)
A1  - Chris Holley, null
A1  - Rachel Horton, null
A1  - Lisa Cartmail, null
A1  - Eleanor Bradley, null
SP  - 51
EP  - 56
VL  - 26
IS  - 38
N2  - Practitioners' attitudes to self-injury vary widely. While some healthcare professionals are comfortable providing advice about safe self-injury in the inpatient setting, others believe they have a duty of care to protect patients from harming themselves, including removing all potentially sharp implements and increasing observation levels. This article describes work undertaken at South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to explore self-injurious behaviour in inpatient settings, including staff knowledge and perceptions and service users' experiences. Development of clinical guidelines for safe self-injury is also discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0029-6570
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.26.38.51.s51
ID  - ref1
ER  -