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Extreme workload affects ability of Hong Kong psychiatric nurses to care for their patients

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The patient care duties taken on by Keith are so great that they are preventing him from providing the best support to mentally ill patients. As a community psychiatric nurse, Keith, who declined to reveal his full name, also serves as case manager for around 65 patients with mental illnesses in New Territories West. He monitors their recovery and helps them integrate back into society after being discharged from hospital. “People consider community psychiatric nurses as all-powerful and...

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