Kalmunai Mental Health Association

Nursing Practice in Mental Health

 

Training Workshop for Psychiatric Nurses

 

11th & 12th October 2010

 

at

 

National Institute of Mental Health

Organised by

 

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
  • Trauma and Global Health (TGH) Program (People’s Rural Development Association (PRDA) Sri Lanka and McGill University, Canada)
  • Barnet, Enfield and Haringey (BEH) MH Trust, UK

 

Programme

Monday 11th October 2010

 

9.00 – 9.30 a.m.

Workshop inauguration

Session: I

Chair: Mr. Oliver Treacy

 

9.30 -9.45 a.m.

Multi-disciplinary working: key workers

Mr Oliver Treacy, Director of Crisis & Emergency Services and Dementia & Cognitive Impairment Services in the BEH Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

9.45 – 10.00 a.m.

Nurses and doctors

Dr Imelda Duignan, Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Lead in the Adult Psychosis Service, BEH MH NHS Trust, UK

10.00 – 10.15 a.m.

Nurses as therapists 

Ms. Lynne Parry, Nurse Specialist, BEH Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

10.15 -10.30 a.m.

Occupational therapists and nurses

Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk, Senior Occupational Therapist, BEH Mental Health NHS Trust, UK

10.30 – 11.00 a.m.

Tea

11.00 – 12.30 p.m.

Interactive plenary discussion on:

  • Clinical governance (Mr. Oliver Treacy to lead)
  • Untoward incidents (Ms. Lynne Parry to lead)
  • Learning from mistakes (Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk to lead)
  • Violence and aggression management (Mr. Oliver Treacy to lead)

12.30 -1.30 p.m.

Lunch

Session: II

Chair: Dr M. Ganesan, Consultant Psychiatrist, NIMH

 

1.30 – 2.00 p.m.

Working from small units – short presentations by nurses from North & East

2.00 – 3.00 p.m.

Group discussions

Themes: Nurses roles:

  • Big hospital vs. small units or no hospital beds
  • Community vs. hospital care
  • Involving carers and service users

3.00 – 3.30 p.m.

Tea

3.30 – 4.30 p.m.

Summary presentations of group discussions and responses from the panel:

Ms. Lynne Parry, Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk, Ms. Sandya Pathmarani and Ms. M.W.S.R. Ruwangani

 

Themes: Role of hospital and community care, ‘balanced care’ Indigenous healers and spiritual healing, recovery approach

Tuesday 12th October 2010

 

Session: III

Chair: Dr Ganesan / Dr Suman Fernando, Consultant Psychiatrist, UK

 

9.00 – 9.15 a.m.

Nurses role in community and hospital

Ms. Lynne Parry

9.15 – 9.30 a.m.

Patients’ perceptions on hospital care

Dr Rasitha Perera, Registrar, National Hospital, Colombo

9.30 – 9.45 a.m.

Observations from visit to BEH Mental Health NHS Trust

Ms. Sandya Pathmarani, Matron, National Institute of Mental Health, Angoda

9.45 – 10.30 a.m.

Panel discussion & questions from participants: Ms. M.W.S.R. Ruwangani (Matron, NIMH), Ms. Alison Gee (VSO), Ms. Lynne Parry and Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk

 

Themes: working with ‘minor staff’, connecting with community, working with relatives, seeing patients at home, stigma, risk of violence and disturbed behaviour

10.30 – 11.00 a.m.

Tea

11.00 – 12.00 noon

Group discussions

Themes:

  • Caring role of nurses
  • Relationships with doctors and OTs
  • Working with carers and service users

12.00 -1.00 p.m.

Summary presentations of group discussions and responses from the panel:

Ms. Lynne Parry, Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk and Dr Rasitha Perera

 

Themes: Involving carers, working with patients, preventing institutionalisation

1.00 – 2.00 p.m.

Lunch

Session: III

Ms. M.W.S.R. Ruwangani, Matron, NIMH

 

2.00 – 3.00 p.m.

CBT as a framework for nursing interventions

Ms. Lynne Parry

Discussion

3.00 – 4.00 p.m.

Recovery Approach

Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk

Discussion

4.00 – 4.30 p.m.

Final summing up

Ms. Lynne Parry & Ms. Tobi Welstand-Keryk

 

Tea