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Papers by Sharon Valente
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
Suicidal acts among people with HIV disease exceed those among the general population. Stress fro... more Suicidal acts among people with HIV disease exceed those among the general population. Stress from the HIV diagnosis, treatment, and medications can lead to depression, which increases suicide risk. High quality care of depressed persons depends on sound scientific knowledge of evaluation of suicide. Incidence, epidemiology, risk factors, evaluation, and treatment of suicidal people are the core of this article. A patient's comment, "I'd be better off dead," deserves investigation as a cry for help and a clue to impending suicide.
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the origin... more which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Suicide remains a serious health care problem and a sentinel event tracked by The Joint Commission. Nurses are pivotal in evaluating risk and preventing suicide. Analysis of nurses ’ barriers to risk management may lead to interventions to improve management of suicidal patients. These data emerged from a random survey of 454 oncology nurses ’ attitudes, knowledge of suicide, and justifications for euthanasia. Instruments included a vignette of a suicidal patient and a suicide attitude questionnaire. Results. Psychological factors (emotions, unresolved grief, communication, and negative judgments about suicide) complicate the nurse’s assessment and treatment of suicidal patients. Some nurses (n = 122) indicated that euthanasia was never justified and 11 were unsure of justifications and evaluated each case on its merits. Justifications for euthanasia included p...
Nurse led support groups can help individuals live with disease, increase social support and redu... more Nurse led support groups can help individuals live with disease, increase social support and reduce psychological burdens. The nurse can develop or expand group leading skills and maintain practice standards by working with a supervisor or skilled co-leader. Leading a group can expand the nurse's professional and clinical role. Benefits of groups include helping patients understand their problems are universal, they can support others, and they are not alone. People in support groups often learn new coping skills. Support groups are cost effective and offer multiple benefits. The concepts, types, phases and leadership of support groups are discussed and illustrated by clinical examples and sound research. Often nurses without experience in this area are asked to lead support groups, but they need skill and know how for this task. Nurses may wish to expand their skiD and knowledge in leading support groups to help patients cope with their disorders. Support groups are widely used...
Philip C. Abrami R. Daniel Muijs Antonia Aelterman Isadore Newman Mary Ainley John Nietfeld Reid ... more Philip C. Abrami R. Daniel Muijs Antonia Aelterman Isadore Newman Mary Ainley John Nietfeld Reid A. Bates Laura Nota Scott Behrens Marie-Christine Opdenakker Douwe Beijaard Abbot Packard Marcy Blackburn F. Pajares Li Cao Tjeerd Plomp Perry den Brok Paul Richardson Jaap Dronkers Ian Robertson Barry J. Fraser Margaret Ross Thomas Fuchs Jeroen S. Rozendaal Melissa Gilbert Cecil Smith Cees A.W. Glas Charles Teddlie Marc Goldstein Harm H. Tillema Eric A. Hanushek Sally Thomas Beverly Hardcastle Stanford Kirsi Tirri Egbert G. Harskamp Ulrich Trautwein Paul W. J. Hustinx Sharon Valente Hans Kuyper Karen Van Petegem Elina Lahelma Nico Verloop Mark Lung Marinus J. M. Voeten Herb Marsh Klaas J. Westerhof Richard E. Mayer Theo Wubbels Alexander E. M. G. Minnaert Educational Research and Evaluation Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2007, pp. 87
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2017
Caring nurse-patient relationships in mental health settings are key components in helping patien... more Caring nurse-patient relationships in mental health settings are key components in helping patients recover. These professional relationships provide a safe, trustworthy, reliable, and secure foundation for therapeutic interactions; however, nurses face challenges in setting and maintaining relationship boundaries. Although patients ask for special privileges, romantic interactions, and social media befriending, or offer expensive gifts, nurses must recognize that these boundary violations may erode trust and harm patients. These violations may also trigger discipline for nurses. Professional relationship guidelines must be applied with thoughtful consideration, and nurses must monitor their emotions and reactions in these relationships. The current article is a sharing of personal experiences about boundaries augmented by evidence in the literature, and focuses on managing potential boundary violations (i.e., social media, sexuality, over-involvement, and gift giving) in mental hea...
Medicine and Law, Feb 1, 2004
Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating ... more Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating and differentiating suicide attempters from completers is a serious clinical responsibility; miscalculation of risk and inadequate vigilance can have lethal consequences. In this retrospective study, suicide messages, risk, and symptom distress were examined among a matched cohort of suicide completers (SC) (n=25) and suicide attempters (SA) (n=25) at a Veterans Administration Medical Center. Staff members documented and reported patients' clear, and frequent messages about suicide. Themes within psychiatric patients' suicide messages and the number of documented suicide messages helped differentiate SA s from SCs. SCs were more likely to have a fear of being killed, hopelessness, and perceived symptom distress. SAs (28.6%) typically made a contract with staff not to commit suicide in the hospital while no SCs did so. Over 50% of the suicide messages were clear and directly referred to suicide. Indirect or unclear messages about suicide are more likely to be overlooked or discounted by staffmembers. All of the patients who completed suicide after hospital discharge, did so in the first 6 weeks after discharge. The paper includes a review of the relevant literature.
For adolescents faced with many developmental tasks, a loved one's death by suicide is a tragic e... more For adolescents faced with many developmental tasks, a loved one's death by suicide is a tragic event linked with increased morbidity, death fears, and psychopathology. Adolescents struggle to master tasks such as refining abstract thought, achieving independence, developing values, exploring intimacy in social and sexual relations, and becoming the person one wants to be. Bereavement after suicide confronts the adolescent with the reality of death and with the need to decide if life is worth living without the loved one. Bereaved adolescents are a population in need of counseling. Unresolved bereavement may be one factor leading to adolescent suicide. Adolescent survivors of suicidal death learn that death is permanent, suicide is possible, and they did not prevent the suicide. Links between bereavement after suicide, development, and adolescent suicide require further study. Inconsistent definitions of adolescence, samples of adolescents in psychotherapy, and other meth'dological problems limit the understanding of how adolescents cope with bereavement after suicide. Conclusions based on bereaved adolescents in therapy should not be misinterpreted as data about normal bereavement. (Author)
The Nurse Practitioner, 2010
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2015
Quality of care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) has been measured for the last 40 years; ho... more Quality of care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) has been measured for the last 40 years; however, no known program measuring quality of care in an NP practice on an ongoing basis was found in the published literature. The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation of an ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) program at a Veterans Health Administration facility. An evidence-based review was conducted to assess, evaluate, and report findings from outcomes research, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, and interventions regarding standards and oversight of NP practice in the following databases: PubMed, Google®, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Institute of Medicine, and ".gov" websites. NPs have established a reputation in the delivery of efficient, accessible, effective, and high-quality care. Researchers suggest episodic measurement of care. For NPs, an OPPE program provides oversight of quality of care, surveillance, education, and feedback while evaluating and validating an NP's quality of care on an ongoing basis. The OPPE program provides a prototype for measuring and improving NP practice nationally. In providing validation and transparency, it reassures administrators and the public that NP practice meets strenuous national standards.
Nurse author & editor, 2005
Nurse author & editor, 2005
Medicine and law, 2004
Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating ... more Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating and differentiating suicide attempters from completers is a serious clinical responsibility; miscalculation of risk and inadequate vigilance can have lethal consequences. In this retrospective study, suicide messages, risk, and symptom distress were examined among a matched cohort of suicide completers (SC) (n=25) and suicide attempters (SA) (n=25) at a Veterans Administration Medical Center. Staff members documented and reported patients' clear, and frequent messages about suicide. Themes within psychiatric patients' suicide messages and the number of documented suicide messages helped differentiate SA s from SCs. SCs were more likely to have a fear of being killed, hopelessness, and perceived symptom distress. SAs (28.6%) typically made a contract with staff not to commit suicide in the hospital while no SCs did so. Over 50% of the suicide messages were clear and directly refer...
Nurse author & editor, 2004
After you have prepared an inservice presentation, a term paper, or a project, you often have the... more After you have prepared an inservice presentation, a term paper, or a project, you often have the building blocks for a publishable paper. You have organized the content and done the research--now you need to translate your paper or oral presentation into the journal format. This experienced author offers tips for successfully building your article on this foundation.
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2004
Nurse author & editor, 2002
Tracking your manuscript is one way to help the review process go smoothly and it keeps you activ... more Tracking your manuscript is one way to help the review process go smoothly and it keeps you actively involved. Verifying the arrival of your manuscript and politely asking for feedback helps reduce needless frustrations. If a journal encourages you to revise and resubmit, the chances of acceptance and publication improve.
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2002
1. Nurses need to seek consultation if they have difficulties responding therapeutically to suici... more 1. Nurses need to seek consultation if they have difficulties responding therapeutically to suicidal patients because of their religious and other anti-suicide values, uncomfortable feelings, inadequate knowledge, personal experience with suicide, and the weight of professional responsibilities. 2. Staff need to evaluate, document, and communicate patients' suicide risk to the health care team and monitor their suicidal messages and behavior. 3. Communicating inadequate medication or withdrawal symptoms promptly to a physician and following hospital policies about suicide monitoring and prevention, including providing continuous observation and a safe environment, are essential to risk management.
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
Suicidal acts among people with HIV disease exceed those among the general population. Stress fro... more Suicidal acts among people with HIV disease exceed those among the general population. Stress from the HIV diagnosis, treatment, and medications can lead to depression, which increases suicide risk. High quality care of depressed persons depends on sound scientific knowledge of evaluation of suicide. Incidence, epidemiology, risk factors, evaluation, and treatment of suicidal people are the core of this article. A patient's comment, "I'd be better off dead," deserves investigation as a cry for help and a clue to impending suicide.
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the origin... more which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Suicide remains a serious health care problem and a sentinel event tracked by The Joint Commission. Nurses are pivotal in evaluating risk and preventing suicide. Analysis of nurses ’ barriers to risk management may lead to interventions to improve management of suicidal patients. These data emerged from a random survey of 454 oncology nurses ’ attitudes, knowledge of suicide, and justifications for euthanasia. Instruments included a vignette of a suicidal patient and a suicide attitude questionnaire. Results. Psychological factors (emotions, unresolved grief, communication, and negative judgments about suicide) complicate the nurse’s assessment and treatment of suicidal patients. Some nurses (n = 122) indicated that euthanasia was never justified and 11 were unsure of justifications and evaluated each case on its merits. Justifications for euthanasia included p...
Nurse led support groups can help individuals live with disease, increase social support and redu... more Nurse led support groups can help individuals live with disease, increase social support and reduce psychological burdens. The nurse can develop or expand group leading skills and maintain practice standards by working with a supervisor or skilled co-leader. Leading a group can expand the nurse's professional and clinical role. Benefits of groups include helping patients understand their problems are universal, they can support others, and they are not alone. People in support groups often learn new coping skills. Support groups are cost effective and offer multiple benefits. The concepts, types, phases and leadership of support groups are discussed and illustrated by clinical examples and sound research. Often nurses without experience in this area are asked to lead support groups, but they need skill and know how for this task. Nurses may wish to expand their skiD and knowledge in leading support groups to help patients cope with their disorders. Support groups are widely used...
Philip C. Abrami R. Daniel Muijs Antonia Aelterman Isadore Newman Mary Ainley John Nietfeld Reid ... more Philip C. Abrami R. Daniel Muijs Antonia Aelterman Isadore Newman Mary Ainley John Nietfeld Reid A. Bates Laura Nota Scott Behrens Marie-Christine Opdenakker Douwe Beijaard Abbot Packard Marcy Blackburn F. Pajares Li Cao Tjeerd Plomp Perry den Brok Paul Richardson Jaap Dronkers Ian Robertson Barry J. Fraser Margaret Ross Thomas Fuchs Jeroen S. Rozendaal Melissa Gilbert Cecil Smith Cees A.W. Glas Charles Teddlie Marc Goldstein Harm H. Tillema Eric A. Hanushek Sally Thomas Beverly Hardcastle Stanford Kirsi Tirri Egbert G. Harskamp Ulrich Trautwein Paul W. J. Hustinx Sharon Valente Hans Kuyper Karen Van Petegem Elina Lahelma Nico Verloop Mark Lung Marinus J. M. Voeten Herb Marsh Klaas J. Westerhof Richard E. Mayer Theo Wubbels Alexander E. M. G. Minnaert Educational Research and Evaluation Vol. 13, No. 1, February 2007, pp. 87
Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2017
Caring nurse-patient relationships in mental health settings are key components in helping patien... more Caring nurse-patient relationships in mental health settings are key components in helping patients recover. These professional relationships provide a safe, trustworthy, reliable, and secure foundation for therapeutic interactions; however, nurses face challenges in setting and maintaining relationship boundaries. Although patients ask for special privileges, romantic interactions, and social media befriending, or offer expensive gifts, nurses must recognize that these boundary violations may erode trust and harm patients. These violations may also trigger discipline for nurses. Professional relationship guidelines must be applied with thoughtful consideration, and nurses must monitor their emotions and reactions in these relationships. The current article is a sharing of personal experiences about boundaries augmented by evidence in the literature, and focuses on managing potential boundary violations (i.e., social media, sexuality, over-involvement, and gift giving) in mental hea...
Medicine and Law, Feb 1, 2004
Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating ... more Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating and differentiating suicide attempters from completers is a serious clinical responsibility; miscalculation of risk and inadequate vigilance can have lethal consequences. In this retrospective study, suicide messages, risk, and symptom distress were examined among a matched cohort of suicide completers (SC) (n=25) and suicide attempters (SA) (n=25) at a Veterans Administration Medical Center. Staff members documented and reported patients' clear, and frequent messages about suicide. Themes within psychiatric patients' suicide messages and the number of documented suicide messages helped differentiate SA s from SCs. SCs were more likely to have a fear of being killed, hopelessness, and perceived symptom distress. SAs (28.6%) typically made a contract with staff not to commit suicide in the hospital while no SCs did so. Over 50% of the suicide messages were clear and directly referred to suicide. Indirect or unclear messages about suicide are more likely to be overlooked or discounted by staffmembers. All of the patients who completed suicide after hospital discharge, did so in the first 6 weeks after discharge. The paper includes a review of the relevant literature.
For adolescents faced with many developmental tasks, a loved one's death by suicide is a tragic e... more For adolescents faced with many developmental tasks, a loved one's death by suicide is a tragic event linked with increased morbidity, death fears, and psychopathology. Adolescents struggle to master tasks such as refining abstract thought, achieving independence, developing values, exploring intimacy in social and sexual relations, and becoming the person one wants to be. Bereavement after suicide confronts the adolescent with the reality of death and with the need to decide if life is worth living without the loved one. Bereaved adolescents are a population in need of counseling. Unresolved bereavement may be one factor leading to adolescent suicide. Adolescent survivors of suicidal death learn that death is permanent, suicide is possible, and they did not prevent the suicide. Links between bereavement after suicide, development, and adolescent suicide require further study. Inconsistent definitions of adolescence, samples of adolescents in psychotherapy, and other meth'dological problems limit the understanding of how adolescents cope with bereavement after suicide. Conclusions based on bereaved adolescents in therapy should not be misinterpreted as data about normal bereavement. (Author)
The Nurse Practitioner, 2010
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 2015
Quality of care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) has been measured for the last 40 years; ho... more Quality of care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) has been measured for the last 40 years; however, no known program measuring quality of care in an NP practice on an ongoing basis was found in the published literature. The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation of an ongoing professional practice evaluation (OPPE) program at a Veterans Health Administration facility. An evidence-based review was conducted to assess, evaluate, and report findings from outcomes research, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, and interventions regarding standards and oversight of NP practice in the following databases: PubMed, Google®, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Institute of Medicine, and ".gov" websites. NPs have established a reputation in the delivery of efficient, accessible, effective, and high-quality care. Researchers suggest episodic measurement of care. For NPs, an OPPE program provides oversight of quality of care, surveillance, education, and feedback while evaluating and validating an NP's quality of care on an ongoing basis. The OPPE program provides a prototype for measuring and improving NP practice nationally. In providing validation and transparency, it reassures administrators and the public that NP practice meets strenuous national standards.
Nurse author & editor, 2005
Nurse author & editor, 2005
Medicine and law, 2004
Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating ... more Nurses are challenged to estimate risk for suicide and to manage and prevent suicide. Evaluating and differentiating suicide attempters from completers is a serious clinical responsibility; miscalculation of risk and inadequate vigilance can have lethal consequences. In this retrospective study, suicide messages, risk, and symptom distress were examined among a matched cohort of suicide completers (SC) (n=25) and suicide attempters (SA) (n=25) at a Veterans Administration Medical Center. Staff members documented and reported patients' clear, and frequent messages about suicide. Themes within psychiatric patients' suicide messages and the number of documented suicide messages helped differentiate SA s from SCs. SCs were more likely to have a fear of being killed, hopelessness, and perceived symptom distress. SAs (28.6%) typically made a contract with staff not to commit suicide in the hospital while no SCs did so. Over 50% of the suicide messages were clear and directly refer...
Nurse author & editor, 2004
After you have prepared an inservice presentation, a term paper, or a project, you often have the... more After you have prepared an inservice presentation, a term paper, or a project, you often have the building blocks for a publishable paper. You have organized the content and done the research--now you need to translate your paper or oral presentation into the journal format. This experienced author offers tips for successfully building your article on this foundation.
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2004
Nurse author & editor, 2002
Tracking your manuscript is one way to help the review process go smoothly and it keeps you activ... more Tracking your manuscript is one way to help the review process go smoothly and it keeps you actively involved. Verifying the arrival of your manuscript and politely asking for feedback helps reduce needless frustrations. If a journal encourages you to revise and resubmit, the chances of acceptance and publication improve.
Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 2002
1. Nurses need to seek consultation if they have difficulties responding therapeutically to suici... more 1. Nurses need to seek consultation if they have difficulties responding therapeutically to suicidal patients because of their religious and other anti-suicide values, uncomfortable feelings, inadequate knowledge, personal experience with suicide, and the weight of professional responsibilities. 2. Staff need to evaluate, document, and communicate patients' suicide risk to the health care team and monitor their suicidal messages and behavior. 3. Communicating inadequate medication or withdrawal symptoms promptly to a physician and following hospital policies about suicide monitoring and prevention, including providing continuous observation and a safe environment, are essential to risk management.