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Abstract:
Staff nurses experience time demands that frequently prevent them from attending inservice offerings. The 12 1/2 minute learning session is an innovative approach designed to meet the learning needs of the psychiatric nursing staff in spite of time constraints. The guiding principles for these sessions are: 1) "We learn what we care about," 2) preparation for sessions conveys commitment, and 3) accountability for learning is the individual's responsibility but opportunities for learning are shared. Identified outcomes of these groups are the "earthquake effect" or the shifting of one's footing; opportunity for effective debunking or uncovering of habitual patterns; and "bushfire effect" or contagiousness of enthusiasm.
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