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Glantz A, Wiklund Gustin L, Nilsson I, Westerlund A, Molin J. Being Open to a Process of Learning: The Meaning of Joint Activities With Patients as Narrated by Nursing Staff in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2024. [PMID: 39302009 DOI: 10.1111/inm.13431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 08/19/2024] [Accepted: 09/01/2024] [Indexed: 09/22/2024]
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Forming therapeutic relationships is considered important within psychiatric and mental health nursing. One way of achieving this is through social interaction when engaging in joint activities. However, introducing and using nursing interventions based on joint activities in psychiatric inpatient care has proven challenging. Since staff motivation is important, researching the meaning of engaging in joint activities from the nursing professional's point of view can provide information that is relevant in this area. This study aims to illuminate the meaning of participating in joint activities with patients as narrated by nursing professionals in psychiatric inpatient care. Narrative interviews with 14 nursing professionals with experience from psychiatric inpatient care were conducted. Data were analysed using phenomenological hermeneutics and reported following the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ) guidelines. Results illuminate that engaging in joint activities means being open to a process of learning. Four themes contributed to this understanding: Struggling with uncertainty, discovering aspects of the other, unfolding paths to self-fulfilment and sharing personhood. Being open to a process of learning means being willing to face uncertainty when engaging in activities as well as being open to learning about oneself as well as the other. Through openness to this process of learning, a sharing of personhood can be achieved, where the nursing professional and the patient approach becoming two persons. Illuminating the meaning of joint activities from the nursing professionals' perspective may provide valuable insights related to introducing and using interventions focusing on joint activities.
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- Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden
- UiT/The Arctic University of Norway, Narvik, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Science Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Glantz A, Sunnqvist C, Örmon K. The time, places, and activities of nurses in a psychiatric inpatient context - A time and motion study with a time-geographic perspective. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2023; 44:387-395. [PMID: 37126738 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2194990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Nurses in psychiatric inpatient care spend less time than desired with patients and investigation of the nature of nursing in this setting is needed. This study explores how nursing activities in psychiatric inpatient wards is distributed over time, and with a time-geographic perspective show how this relates to places. Observations were used to register place, activity, and time. A constructed time-geographic chart mapped the nurses' path which showed that nurses spent little time in places where patients are. There might be constraints that affect nursing. Nurses need to evaluate where time is spent and interventions that facilitate relationships are needed.
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- Andreas Glantz
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
- Committee on Psychiatry, Habilitation and Technical Aids, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Care Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
- Västra Götaland Region Competence Centre on Intimate Partner Violence, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Molin J, Graneheim UH. Participation, Confirmation and Challenges: How Nursing Staff Experience the Daily Conversations Nursing Intervention in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2022; 43:1056-1063. [PMID: 36053790 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2022.2116135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Mental health nursing focuses on patients' experiences, accessed through narratives developed in conversations with nursing staff. This study explored nursing staff's experiences of using the nursing intervention Daily Conversations in psychiatric inpatient care. We used a qualitative questionnaire and received 103 responses. Qualitative content analysis of the data resulted in three themes describing both advantages and obstacles with Daily Conversations: Promotes participation, Contributes to confirming relations and Challenges previous structures. To illuminate the significance of confirming acts and make nursing staff more comfortable, the intervention could benefit from being more flexible and allowing in its structure. For the intervention to succeed, nursing staff need training in conversation, thorough preparation, shared reflections on values in mental health nursing, and structures to maintain its implementation and use.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Science, Division of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
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Allerby K, Goulding A, Ali L, Waern M. Increasing person-centeredness in psychosis inpatient care: staff experiences from the Person-Centered Psychosis Care (PCPC) project. BMC Health Serv Res 2022; 22:596. [PMID: 35505358 PMCID: PMC9066767 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08008-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Interventions to increase person-centeredness in hospital care for persons with psychotic illness are needed. Changing care delivery is however a complex venture, requiring staff to reconsider their mindsets and ways of working. A multidisciplinary educational intervention for hospital staff at four wards was launched to increase person-centeredness in the care of patients with schizophrenia and similar psychoses. This study aims to explore staff experiences of working to increase person-centeredness. Methods A heterogenic sample of staff (n = 23) from all participating wards were recruited for six focus group interviews. Semi-structured questions covered staff perceptions of person-centered care and the process of increasing person-centeredness. Transcribed data was analyzed using thematic analysis according to Braun and Clarke. Results Staff viewed person-centered care as an approach rather than a method. They described central aspects of person-centered care, such as recognizing the patient as a capable person who can participate in her/his care. Statements further showed how these core features were put into practice. Changes related to the intervention were presented in terms of evolving patient and staff roles, improved contact with patients, more flexible care routines, and a more positive ward climate. Neither psychotic symptoms nor involuntary status were considered barriers for person-centered care, but organizational factors beyond staff control seemed to impact on implementation. Conclusions After implementation, participants displayed good understanding of the core concepts of person-centered care in both thinking and action. They attributed several improvements in the care milieu to an increased level of person-centeredness. Psychotic behavior and involuntary treatment did not present major barriers to person-centered care. Findings suggest person-centered care is feasible in the psychosis inpatient setting and could improve quality of care. Trial registration The study is part of a larger study evaluating the intervention Person-Centered Psychosis Care (PCPC). It was registered retrospectively at clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT03182283.
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- K Allerby
- Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Blå Stråket 15, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Region Västra Götaland, Psychosis Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden. .,Institute of Health Care Sciences, Centre for Person-Centered Care, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 100, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Region Västra Götaland, Psychosis Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Health Care Sciences, Centre for Person-Centered Care, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 100, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Region Västra Götaland, Psychiatry Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Section of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Blå Stråket 15, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Region Västra Götaland, Psychosis Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 41345, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Institute of Health Care Sciences, Centre for Person-Centered Care, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 100, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gabrielsson S, Karim H, Looi GME. Learning your limits: Nurses' experiences of caring for young unaccompanied refugees in acute psychiatric care. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2022; 31:369-378. [PMID: 34913549 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Young unaccompanied refugees come in contact with acute psychiatric care due to pre-existing mental health conditions as well as stressful and traumatic experiences before, during, and after migration. Previous research on nurses' experiences of caring for refugees has primarily reported on difficulties related to cultural differences and communication and how nurses might distrust refugees. This study aimed to describe registered nurses' experiences of caring for young unaccompanied refugees in acute psychiatric care. Semi-structured interviews with ten nurses were analysed using a method for qualitative content analysis. Data were collected in Sweden during 2019 and 2020. Results describe nurses' experiences of caring for young unaccompanied refugees in acute psychiatric care in one theme: learning your limits and three sub-themes: feeling powerless but doing what you can; taking a stance in a politicized environment; and being frustrated and in need of support. Findings highlight the potential and limitations of mental health nursing, the importance of reflection and peer support, and the importance of viewing the roles and responsibilities of mental health nurses and nursing in a societal context. These findings suggest that nurses can make a difference for young unaccompanied refugees in acute psychiatric care. However, in doing so, nurses need support in realizing what they can and cannot achieve. The study is reported in accordance with the COREQ guidelines.
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- Sebastian Gabrielsson
- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
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- Department of Psychiatry, Sunderby Hospital, Region Norrbotten, Lulea, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
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Söderberg A, Ejneborn Looi GM, Gabrielsson S. Constrained nursing: Nurses' and assistant nurses' experiences working in a child and adolescent psychiatric ward. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2022; 31:189-198. [PMID: 34723444 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The role of nurses and nursing in CAP inpatient care is unclear, and nurses are at risk of moral distress due to having to deal with complex demands while lacking organizational support. This study aimed to describe nurses' and assistant nurses' experiences working in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient care. Eight nurses and seven assistant nurses working in a child and adolescent ward in Sweden participated in the study. Data were collected in 2019 using semi-structured qualitative interviews and subject to qualitative content analysis. Results describe nurses' and assistant nurses' experiences of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient care in one theme, Constrained nursing, and four categories: Striving to be there for children and parents; Finding a way to manage work; Depending on others; Lacking nursing leadership. Findings suggest that good, person-centred and recovery-oriented nursing practice can exist in CAP inpatient care but remain unrecognized and lacking support due to unclear roles and responsibilities and lack of nursing leadership. This study is reported in accordance with the COREQ guidelines.
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- Anja Söderberg
- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Gabrielsson S, Salberg J, Bäckström J. Zombies Wanted! Descriptions of Nurses in Psychiatric-Mental Health Care in Swedish Recruitment Advertisements. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:899-908. [PMID: 33929921 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2021.1910758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Knowledge of how nurses are described in recruitment advertisements can aid assessment of the current status of professional psychiatric-mental health nursing and inform services dealing with the challenges of nurse recruitment. This study used content analysis to explore descriptions of nurses in psychiatric-mental health care in a purposive sample of 75 recruitment advertisements collected in Sweden in February 2019. The descriptions were interpreted as focussing on their being willing and able to function in discouraging practice environments, matching the ideal of psychiatric-mental health nursing poorly. The study suggested a need to align the ideals and realities of the nursing profession.
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- Sebastian Gabrielsson
- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Health, Education and Technology, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.,Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.,Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Derblom K, Lindgren BM, Johansson A, Molin J. Engagement, Responsibility, Collaboration, and Abandonment: Nurses' Experiences of Assessing Suicide Risk in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:776-783. [PMID: 33443452 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1864686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Suicide risk assessment is a complex task for nurses working in psychiatric inpatient care. This study explored psychiatric inpatient nurses' experiences of assessing suicide risk. A qualitative design was used, and 10 interviews were subjected to qualitative content analysis. Nurses described suicide risk assessments as requiring them to create caring alliances and to take responsibility. Collaborating with colleagues was another part of nurses' experiences, as was feeling abandoned. To make the assessment safely, nurses need a combination of caring alliances, support from colleagues, clear guidelines, training and time for collegial reflection to create a supportive working climate.
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Lindgren BM, Molin J, Graneheim UH. Balancing between a Person-Centred and a Common Staff Approach: Nursing Staff's Experiences of Good Nursing Practice for Patients Who Self-Harm. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:564-572. [PMID: 32937081 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1817206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to describe nursing staff's experiences of good nursing practice in psychiatric in-patient care for patients with self-harming behavior. The participants were nine nurses and eight nursing assistants working in two in-patient wards in general psychiatry. Four focus group discussions were held and subjected to qualitative content analysis. The findings showed that good nursing practice balanced a person-centred approach with a common staff approach, allowing people who self-harm and staff to share responsibility for structuring everyday life, keeping to the plan, communicating decisions, and finding individual opportunities for relief. Reflective discussions among the staff concerning prejudice, emotional stress, lack of resources, and shortcomings in care planning could also prevent a stigmatizing culture and organizational deficiencies, which would be beneficial for both the people who self-harm and the staff.
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
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Molin J, Vestberg M, Lövgren A, Ringnér A, Graneheim UH, Lindgren BM. Rather a Competent Practitioner than a Compassionate Healer: Patients' Satisfaction with Interactions in Psychiatric Inpatient Care. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2021; 42:549-554. [PMID: 32975473 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1820645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Interactions with staff are important aspects in patients' experiences of psychiatric inpatient care (PIC). This study aimed to evaluate patients' satisfaction with their interactions with PIC staff and whether sociodemographic factors, depression and anxiety symptoms were associated with their perceptions of these interactions. In this cross-sectional study, we collected data from 84 patients receiving inpatient care in three psychiatric settings in Sweden. The patients' perceptions of interactions with staff and self-reported degrees of depression and anxiety were evaluated through questionnaires. Overall, patients were satisfied with the patient-staff interaction. However, significantly higher scores were related to staffs' practical competence than to their compassion. Older patients reported significantly more satisfaction than younger patients with their most recent meeting with staff. Tailored nursing interventions may improve staff's compassionate capacity. Further research in larger samples is needed to improve our understanding of the factors associated with how patients perceive their interactions with staff.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Paediatrics, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
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Molin J, Hällgren Graneheim U, Ringnér A, Lindgren BM. Time Together as an arena for mental health nursing - staff experiences of introducing and participating in a nursing intervention in psychiatric inpatient care. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2020; 29:1192-1201. [PMID: 32618398 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A lack of meaningful activities for people with mental ill health admitted to psychiatric inpatient care has been related to feelings of boredom and 'doing nothing' and is not in line with recovery-oriented care. Staff in psychiatric inpatient care report having limited time, ambiguous responsibilities, and insufficient support that counteracts their ideals of good nursing care and puts them at risk for high levels of stress and stress of conscience. Research highlights a need for interactions between patients and staff, but few nursing interventions with such a focus are described in the literature. This qualitative study aimed to illuminate staff experiences of introducing and participating in the nursing intervention Time Together, via qualitative content analysis of 17 individual semi-structured interviews with nursing staff in psychiatric inpatient care. The results show that these staff members experienced Time Together as an arena for mental health nursing. They prepared for the introduction of the intervention by laying a framework for success. Although the actual implementation led to them feeling burdened, they found that Time Together fostered relationships between patients and staff. For successful implementation, mental health nurses need to advocate the intervention. As Time Together constitutes an arena for mental health nursing, play and conversations based on reciprocity and equality can contribute to patients' recovery.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå.,Department of Health Sciences, University West, Trollhättan
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå.,Department of Pediatrics, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Gabrielsson S, Tuvesson H, Wiklund Gustin L, Jormfeldt H. Positioning Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing as a Transformative Force in Health Care. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2020; 41:976-984. [PMID: 32584618 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2020.1756009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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From the perspective of psychiatric and mental health nurses in Sweden, this discussion paper aims to position psychiatric and mental health nursing as a transformative force contributing to enforcing person-centered values and practices in health care. We argue the potential impact of psychiatric and mental health nursing on service user health and recovery, nursing student education and values, and the organization and management of health care. Psychiatric and mental health nursing is discussed as a caring, reflective, and therapeutic practice that promotes recovery and health. Implications for nursing education, research, management, and practice are outlined.
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- S Gabrielsson
- Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden
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- School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.,Department of Health and Care Sciences, UIT/The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden
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Heerings M, van de Bovenkamp H, Cardol M, Bal R. Ethical Dilemmas of Participation of Service Users with Serious Mental Illness: A Thematic Synthesis. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2020; 41:283-295. [PMID: 31990626 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2019.1667459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mental health professionals are expected to stimulate the participation of service users with serious mental illness. This not only changes what is expected from service users and professionals, it also changes the values underlying their relationship. The value of autonomy becomes more important as a result. This raises potential ethical dilemmas. This paper reports the findings of a thematic synthesis of 28 papers on the views of service users, professionals and family members on the care relationship in inpatient, outpatient and community services for people with serious mental illness. It puts forward various perspectives on participation of service users, foregrounding differing values, which in turn can lead to ethical dilemmas for professionals. The key implications for mental health professionals and future research are discussed.
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- Marjolijn Heerings
- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Molin J, Graneheim UH, Ringnér A, Lindgren BM. Patients' experiences of taking part in Time Together - A nursing intervention in psychiatric inpatient care. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2019; 28:551-559. [PMID: 30501013 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This qualitative study aimed to illuminate patients' experiences of taking part in the nursing intervention Time Together. The data were drawn from 11 individual semi-structured interviews with patients and analysed with qualitative content analysis using an inductive approach. The results show that patients taking part in Time Together felt confirmed and participated on equal terms; thus, they experienced being seen as humans among other humans. Time Together offered patients a break, and they felt strengthened, which contributed to their hopes for recovery. Furthermore, when Time Together was absent patients felt disconfirmed, which fostered feelings of distance from staff. The results support the effectiveness of the intervention, indicating that Time Together may be a tool to facilitate patients' personal recovery. However, the success of the intervention depends on staff compliance with the predetermined structure of the intervention in combination with engagement.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Lindgren BM, Molin J, Lundström M, Strömbäck M, Salander Renberg E, Ringnér A. Does a new spatial design in psychiatric inpatient care influence patients' and staff's perception of their care/working environment? A study protocol of a pilot study using a single-system experimental design. Pilot Feasibility Stud 2018; 4:191. [PMID: 30607254 PMCID: PMC6307228 DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0383-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Research shows that worn-out physical environments are obstacles to psychiatric inpatient care. Patients want better relationships with staff and things to do; staff want an environment that offers hope, a calm atmosphere, and joint activities. A county council in northern Sweden and Philips Healthcare partnered to create solutions to the environmental challenges of psychiatric inpatient care. One ward at a county psychiatric clinic was selected for a pilot project to test solutions that could improve the care environment for patients, staff, and relatives. The aim of the overall project is to evaluate the effects of a newly designed psychiatric inpatient ward on patients and staff in terms of quality of care and stress. In this study, we focus on the feasibility through testing questionnaires and exploring barriers to recruiting staff and patients. Methods This study had a single-system experimental design, comparing a psychiatric unit pre- and post-implementation of the novel spatial design, using repeated measures with the same questionnaires twice a week during baseline and intervention phases. Primary outcomes were quality interactions (patients) and perceived stress (staff). Secondary outcomes were levels of anxiety and depression (patients), and stress of conscience (staff). A process evaluation was aimed to describe contextual factors and participant experiences of the new design. Data was collected using questionnaires and semi-structured individual interviews with patients and focus group discussions with staff. Both visual and statistical methods were used to analyse the quantitative data and content analysis for the qualitative data. Discussion The findings will contribute insights into whether and how a new spatial design might contribute to quality interactions and reduced stress. This is relevant both nationally and internationally, as similar interventions are needed but sparse. The findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03140618, registered 4 May 2017
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- Britt-Marie Lindgren
- 1Department of Nursing, The Caring Science Building, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, SE Sweden
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- 1Department of Nursing, The Caring Science Building, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, SE Sweden
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- 1Department of Nursing, The Caring Science Building, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, SE Sweden
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- 2Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.,3Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- 1Department of Nursing, The Caring Science Building, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, SE Sweden
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Molin J, Lindgren BM, Graneheim UH, Ringnér A. Time Together: A nursing intervention in psychiatric inpatient care: Feasibility and effects. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2018; 27:1698-1708. [PMID: 29691976 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The facilitation of quality time between patients and staff in psychiatric inpatient care is useful to promote recovery and reduce stress experienced by staff. However, interventions are reported to be complex to implement and are poorly described in the literature. This multisite study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and effects of the nursing intervention Time Together, using mixed methods. Data consisted of notes from participant observations and logs to evaluate feasibility, and questionnaires to evaluate effects. The primary outcome for patients was quality of interactions, and for staff, it was perceived stress. The secondary outcome for patients was anxiety and depression symptom levels, and for staff, it was stress of conscience. Data were analysed using visual analysis, percentage of nonoverlapping data, and qualitative content analysis. The results showed that Time Together was a feasible intervention, but measurements showed no effects on the two patient outcomes: quality of interactions and anxiety and depressive symptoms and, questionable effects on perceived stress and stress of conscience among staff. Shared responsibility, a friendly approach, and a predictable structure enabled Time Together, while a distant approach and an unpredictable structure hindered the intervention. In conclusion, the intervention proved to be feasible with potential to enable quality interactions between patients and staff using the enabling factors as supportive components. It also had some effects on perceived stress and stress of conscience among staff. Further evaluation is needed to build on the evidence for the intervention.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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“Resisting the Ban”. JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY 2018. [DOI: 10.1108/joe-11-2017-0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present an evocative story “Resisting the Ban” which illustrates the ethical and pragmatic issues that nurses face when contending with smoking ban policies in inpatient psychiatric settings.
Design/methodology/approach
The creative story “Resisting the Ban” was developed based on an organisational auto-ethnographic approach. The story was crafted through employing creative writing techniques and through framing and critiquing memories via several theoretical frames.
Findings
The story illustrates how smoking ban policies have created pragmatic and ethical issues on wards. The work practices of nurses have changed as have their relationships with patients. The liberties of involuntary patients have also been infringed.
Research limitations/implications
This approach can illuminate links between acts of resistance and issues associated with public policies.
Practical implications
The effects of smoking bans need to be considered more carefully particularly in relation to their effects on workers and patients. The social meaning of the smoking bans needs closer investigation. Policy needs to be recrafted so that it better addresses the liberties of involuntary patients. Also ward nurses need to be able to carry out their roles in a manner which is consistent with their values.
Social implications
Public policies, such as smoking bans, can produce negative consequences maligning relationships, practices and cultures. Critical auto-ethnography provides a means of understanding issues that have resulted from problematic policies.
Originality/value
Scholarly work conducted on the relationship between everyday resistance in workplaces and public policies is rare. This study offers new “insider” insights into the negative effects of a smoking ban policy in psychiatric inpatient settings.
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Wyder M, Ehrlich C, Crompton D, McArthur L, Delaforce C, Dziopa F, Ramon S, Powell E. Nurses experiences of delivering care in acute inpatient mental health settings: A narrative synthesis of the literature. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2017; 26:527-540. [PMID: 28295948 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Inpatient psychiatric care requires a balance between working with consumers' priorities and goals, managing expectations of the community, legal, professional and service responsibilities. In order to improve service delivery within acute mental health units, it is important to understand the constraints and facilitating factors for good care. We conducted a systematic narrative synthesis, where findings of qualitative studies are synthesised to generate new insights. 21 articles were identified. Our results show that personal qualities, professional skills as well as environmental factors all influence the ability to provide recovery focused care. Three overarching themes which either facilitated or hindered were identified. These included: (i) Complexity of the nursing role (clinical care; practical and emotional support: advocacy and education; enforcing aspects of the Mental Health Act. and, maintaining ward safety); (ii) Constraining factors (operational barriers; change in patient characteristic; and competing understandings of care); and (iii) Facilitating factors (ward factors; nursing tools; nurse characteristics; approach to people; approach to work and ability to self-care). We suggest that the therapeutic use of self is central to the provision of recovery oriented care. However person-centred practice can be fragile and fluid and a compassionate system of support is needed to enable an understanding of context and self. It is critical to have a work environment which fosters hope and optimism and is supportive of autonomy, ensures workload balance, and is safe.
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- Addiction and Mental Health Services, Metro South HHS, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
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Tuvesson H, Eklund M. Nursing Staff Stress and Individual Characteristics in Relation to the Ward Atmosphere in Psychiatric In-Patient Wards. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2017; 38:726-732. [PMID: 28574800 DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1324929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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This study investigated the interplay between nursing staff stress, Mastery, Moral Sensitivity, individual characteristics and the ward atmosphere in psychiatric in-patient care. Data were collected through five questionnaires from 93 nursing staff. Multivariate analysis showed that Moral Strength, Moral Burden, Internal Demands, Perceived Stress and age were related to several factors of the ward atmosphere. We conclude that efforts to reduce stress levels and create a supporting ethical climate on psychiatric wards would be beneficial for both psychiatric nursing staff and their nursing practice.
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- Hanna Tuvesson
- a Department of Health , Blekinge Institute of Technology , Karlskrona , Sweden
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- b Department of Health Sciences , Lund University , Lund , Sweden
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Molin J, Lindgren BM, Graneheim UH, Ringnér A. Does 'Time Together' increase quality of interaction and decrease stress? A study protocol of a multisite nursing intervention in psychiatric inpatient care, using a mixed method approach. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e015677. [PMID: 28851774 PMCID: PMC5724076 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Despite the long-known significance of the nurse-patient relationship, research in psychiatric inpatient care still reports unfulfilled expectations of, and difficulties in, interactions and relationships between patients and staff. Interventions that create structures to allow quality interactions between patients and staff are needed to solve these problems. The aim of this project is to test effects of the nursing intervention Time Together and to evaluate the intervention process. METHODS AND ANALYSIS This is a multisite study with a single-system experimental design using frequent measures. The primary outcomes are quality interactions for patients and perceived stress for staff. Secondary outcomes are levels of symptoms of anxiety and depression for patients and stress of conscience for staff. A process evaluation is performed to describe contextual factors and experiences. Data are collected using questionnaires, participant observations and semistructured interviews. For analysis of quantitative data, both visual and statistical methods will be used. Qualitative data will be analysed using qualitative content analysis. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval was granted by the Ethical Review Board in the region (Dnr 2016/339-31). The findings will contribute to the development of nursing interventions in general, but more specifically to the development of the intervention. This is relevant both nationally and internationally as similar interventions are needed but sparse. The findings will be disseminated through conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT02981563.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Department of Paediatrics, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, Sweden
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Molin J, Graneheim UH, Ringnér A, Lindgren BM. From ideals to resignation - interprofessional teams perspectives on everyday life processes in psychiatric inpatient care. J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2016; 23:595-604. [PMID: 27785861 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Psychiatric inpatient care has been described by both ward staff and patients as being demanding and disorganized, lacking opportunities for quality interactions in everyday life through joint activities. Qualitative research on interprofessional teams' perspectives on everyday life processes in psychiatric inpatient care is lacking. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS TO EXISTING KNOWLEDGE?: Staff have ideals about care and collaboration, but the obstacles they face in everyday life, such as a poor environment, power asymmetry, lacking structure and the demands of managing chaos, mean that they appear to resign and shift focus from the patients' best interests to self-survival. Different professions in general describe the same obstacles in everyday life on the wards but there are also profession-specific perspectives on distancing and feelings of abandonment. To our knowledge, these findings have not been reported in the international evidence. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE?: Given these findings we suggest interventions such as Protected Engagement Time as well as reflective dialogues within interprofessional teams. This would help staff to resume their caring role in everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care and put their ideals into practice. ABSTRACT Introduction Patients and ward staff describe psychiatric inpatient care as demanding, characterized by unpredictable events, yet research on interprofessional teams perspectives of everyday life processes in psychiatric inpatient care lacks. Aim This study aims to explore everyday life processes in psychiatric inpatient care, as reported by staff in interprofessional teams. Method A grounded theory design was used and 36 participants were interviewed. Results The analysis resulted in a process-oriented core category From ideals to resignation. Related to this core category were three further categories: Knowing where to go, Walking a path of obstacles and Shifting focus from the patient's best interests to self-survival. The staff had ideals about care and collaboration, but a poor environment, power asymmetry, lacking structure and demands of managing chaos meant that they appeared to resign from putting their ideals into practice. Discussion Different professions in general describe the same obstacles in everyday life on the wards but there are also profession-specific perspectives on distancing and feelings of abandonment. To our knowledge similar findings have not been reported in the international evidence. Implications In order to support interprofessional teams to work according to their ideals, interventions such as Protected Engagement Time and reflective dialogues within the teams are suggested.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Gabrielsson S, Sävenstedt S, Olsson M. Taking personal responsibility: Nurses' and assistant nurses' experiences of good nursing practice in psychiatric inpatient care. Int J Ment Health Nurs 2016; 25:434-43. [PMID: 27378375 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Therapeutic nurse-patient relationships are considered essential for good nursing practice in psychiatric inpatient care. Previous research suggests that inpatient care fails to fulfil patients' expectations in this regard, and that nurses might experience the reality of inpatient care as an obstruction. The aim of the present study was to explore nurses' and assistant nurses' experiences of good nursing practice in the specific context of psychiatric inpatient care. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 12 skilled, relationship-oriented nurses and assistant nurses in order to explore their experiences with nursing practice related to psychiatric inpatient care. Interviews were transcribed and analysed using an interpretive descriptive approach. Findings describe good nursing practice as a matter of nurses and assistant nurses taking personal responsibility for their actions and for the individual patient as a person. Difficulties in providing dignified nursing care and taking personal responsibility cause them to experience feelings of distress and frustration. Shared values and nursing leadership supports being moral and treating patients with respect, having enough time supports being present and connecting with patients, and working as a part of a competent team with critical daily discussions and diversity supports being confident and building trust. The findings suggest that taking personal responsibility is integral to good nursing practice. If unable to improve poor circumstances, nurses might be forced to promote their own survival by refuting or redefining their responsibility. Nurses need to prioritize being with patients and gain support in shaping their own nursing practice. Nursing leadership should provide moral direction and defend humanistic values.
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- Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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- Department of Health Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Molin J, Graneheim UH, Lindgren BM. Quality of interactions influences everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care--patients' perspectives. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2016; 11:29897. [PMID: 26806313 PMCID: PMC4724788 DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v11.29897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Everyday life consists of daily activities that are taken for granted. It forms the foundation for human efforts and contains elements of both comfort and boredom. Because everyday life escapes no one, life in a psychiatric ward will become ordinary while staying there. This study aims to explore everyday life in psychiatric inpatient care based on patients' experiences. We individually interviewed 16 participants with experiences of psychiatric inpatient care and analysed the data in accordance with the methods of grounded theory. Data collection and analysis continued in parallel in accordance with the method. Our results showed that everyday life is linked to the core category quality of interactions influences everyday life, and three constructed categories-staff makes the difference, looking for shelter in a stigmatizing environment, and facing a confusing care content-were related to the core category. Our results highlight the importance of ordinary relationships between staff and patients in psychiatric inpatient care. These results can be used to develop nursing interventions to improve psychiatric inpatient care and might also be used as a basis for reflective dialogues among staff.
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- Jenny Molin
- Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden;
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Graneheim UH, Jansson L, Lindgren BM. Hovering between Heaven and Hell: An Observational Study Focusing on the Interactions between One Woman with Schizophrenia, Dementia, and Challenging Behaviour and her Care Providers. Issues Ment Health Nurs 2015; 36:543-50. [PMID: 26309174 DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2015.1007540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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This case study aims to illuminate the interactions between one woman (Alice) with schizophrenia, dementia, and challenging behaviour and her professional caregivers. We performed participant observations of these interactions and conducted informal interviews at the residential home where the woman lived. The transcripts were subjected to qualitative content analysis. The results showed that the interactions between Alice and her caregivers were experienced as hovering between heaven and hell. Alice struggled to bring order into her chaotic life world by splitting herself and others, and her caregivers struggled to protect Alice's and their own dignity by limiting her challenging behaviours. They also strived to understand their own and Alice's behaviour. Current practice in caring for people with challenging behaviour usually focuses on symptom reduction through medication and behavioural modification. Instead, we suggest moving toward an understanding of the experiences behind the challenging behaviours and designing person-centred care based on each patients' reality.
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