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    Types of patients in a psychiatric intensive care unit

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    Authors
    Wynaden, Dianne
    McGowan, S.
    Chapman, Rose
    Castle, D.
    Lau, P.
    Headford, C.
    Finn, M.
    Date
    2001
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Wynaden, Dianne and McGowan, Sunita and Chapman, Rose and Castle, David and Lau, Peter and Headford, Craig and Finn, Michael. 2001. Types of patients in a psychiatric intensive care unit. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 35 (6): pp. 841-845.
    Source Title
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
    DOI
    10.1046/j.1440-1614.2001.00953.x
    ISSN
    00048674
    Faculty
    School of Nursing and Midwifery
    Curtin Business School
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22571
    Collection
    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Objective: This paper reports the findings of a descriptive study of a patient populationover a three-month period on an eight bed psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Western Australia. The report provides a quantitative insight into the profile of patients in PICUs. It provides information on patients' diagnoses, presenting signs, symptoms and/or behaviours,legal codes assigned to patients, treatment interventions and management. Method: Data were collected prospectively from August to October 1999. A total of 122 patients were admitted to the PICU during the review period. Data were entered into an Access program then exported to SPSS (Version 9 for Windows) for analysis and frequency distributions were obtained. Results: The results confirmed that the majority of patients admitted to the PICU were assessed as a high level of risk or needed containment. This finding is in line with the admission criteria developed by staff working in the PICU. It also supports the view that staffworking in these units require expertise and confidence to communicate with and manage potentially aggressive and highly aroused patients. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the importance of ongoing evaluations of patient populations in promoting best practice initiatives in psychiatric care.

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