The
Glasgow Tidal Model Project
The formal development
of the Tidal Model project within Greater
Glasgow's Mental Health Division began in 2001,
when the executive management group invited
presentations to over two hundred staff,
representing the full range of the representative
clinical and managerial groups.
Over the succeeding two
years, the lead nurses for the different Sectors in
the City, led the introduction of training for all
staff, and the implementation of the Tidal Model,
within key pilot sites.
These pages provide a
profile of this important project - not only the
first Scottish Tidal Model pilot site, but also one
of the most ambitious and well-organised projects in
the whole UK. Meet some of the staff team members
and see examples of their work in developing the
implementation and evaluation of the Tidal Model.
Sector Nurse Robert
Davidson, Vice Chair of the mental Health Nurses
Forum, Scotland, writes:
" an essential skill of
mental health nursing is being able to recognise
difference. The Tidal model supports the development
of this skill because it is an approach based upon
uniqueness.
When we meet a person
(patient) for the first time we should listen
intently to their story. What is that makes this
person different from all the other people we have
met? This is the first question the nurse should
address. Even if the person has an illness which
many other people also have, the nurse should be
seeking to establish what it is that is different
about the person from all of the other people they
have dealt with who have the same illness. To be
able to work in partnership with the person and to
determine effective recovery strategies together it
is crucial to be able to recognize these
differences".
"By introducing Tidal
into our services we have witnessed:
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Reduced incidence of
aggression and self -harm |
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Reduced levels of clinical
observation |
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Increased user
satisfaction |
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Increased therapeutic
engagement between nurses and users |
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Greater emphasis on
positive risk taking |
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Greater compliance with
Millan principles e.g. user participation and
minimum restriction |
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Greater clarity to nursing
role |
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Enhanced the role of the
nurse in the eyes of other professionals
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A new focus for
supervision |
