Ideas about difficult situations and other people among students with social frustrations

Interrogating Assumptions about “ Difficult ” Patients and Situations

The phenomenon of health care professionals labeling patients as “difficult” is not limited to psychiatric settings and literature. In the broader medical literature, patients have been described in similar terms as “hateful” [3] or “heartsink” [4]. The description of this phenomenon in different health care settings during decades of practice and as explored in the health professions literatur...

Examining High School Students on their Ideas about the Social Exclusion of Peers with Learning Difficulties

Using on-line video clips to enhance self-efficacy toward dealing with difficult situations among nursing students.

The aim of the study was twofold. The first aim was to develop on-line video clip material that showed examples of nurses dealing with potentially difficult and delicate patient groups. The second aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of video clip materials for enhancing nursing student's self-efficacy to effectively communicate with the type of patients described above. The production of cont...

Dealing with Difficult Students

Responding to Distressed Students (University of California, Santa Barbara, Counseling Services) Addresses how to deal with students who have problems ranging from aggression and potential violence to substance abuse, suicide, and irrational behavior. Clicking on one of the problems listed, leads to a page of useful information, including dos and don’ts for each type of behavior. http://www.sa....

Dealing with Difficult Students

Responding to Distressed Students (University of California, Santa Barbara, Counseling Services) Addresses how to deal with students who have problems ranging from aggression and potential violence to substance abuse, suicide, and irrational behavior. Clicking on one of the problems listed, leads to a page of useful information, including dos and don’ts for each type of behavior. http://www.sa....