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With more than 500 advanced practice nurses in psychiatry and mental health (APN-PMH) graduating by 2023, this new profession is shaking up the codes of interprofessional functioning and the care of people suffering from mental disorders. It seems important to shed some light on the issues involved in the implementation of the APN, but also to present the training, roles and certain theoretical inspirations that make the APN-PMH a multicultural actor in care., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Coercive measures such as seclusion and restraint, which are sometimes used in psychiatry, remain current practices. According to literature, these interventions are particularly complex for the nurses implementing them. In situations of seclusion and restraint, these professionals focus in particular on the nurse-patient relationship, the patient's safety and the respect of their humanity. Training is possible to help nurses manage these situations and improve their approach to the clinical judgement., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)

Testimonials of Advanced Practice Student Nurses: The first advanced nursing practice training programmes became available in France in 2018. In this article, several students describe their experience of the course, their motivations and their expectations. Some have decided to undertake the training straight after their initial training, others already have a few years experience. All are looking to develop their skills and their knowledge., (Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)

Introduction and context: The use of reclusion and restraint is neither a recent practice nor a rare practice in psychiatric services. In France, the Controller General of Places of Deprivation of Liberty reported certain drifts in 2015. Since then, the public authorities have sought to frame this practice with the aim of limiting its use., Objective and Method: The purpose of this study is to examine how, through a literature review, the topic of limitation of constraint measures and the definition of a future direction of research is discussed., Results: It appears that health professionals seek to identify the cultural, social, and environmental characteristics of patients undergoing these restraint measures. However, they also question their approaches, both ethically, environmentally, organizationally, or through caregiving., Conclusion: Co-ordination within the multidisciplinary team is mentioned but little discussed in this literature review. The place given to the role of nursing seems to be questionable, in terms of its specific approach, its expertise, and its field of action, and must be the subject of a new study.