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dc.contributor.authorTofthagen, Randi
dc.contributor.authorTalseth, Anne-Grethe
dc.contributor.authorFagerström, Lisbeth
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-05T09:09:22Z
dc.date.available2015-03-05T09:09:22Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to explore mental health nurses’ experiences of caring for inpatients who self-harm during an acute phase. The setting was four psychiatric clinics in Norway. Fifteen mental health nurses (MHNs) were recruited. Semistructured interviews comprised the method for data collection, with content analysis used for data analysis. Two main categories emerged: challenging and collaborative nurse-patient relationship and promoting well-being through nursing interventions. The underlying meaning of the main categories was interpreted and formulated as a latent theme: promoting person-centered care to patients suffering from self-harm. How MHNs promote care for self-harm patients can be described as a person-centered nursing process. MHNs, through the creation of a collaborative nurse-patient relationship, reflect upon nursing interventions and seek to understand each unique patient. The implication for clinical practice is that MHNs are in a position where they can promote patients’ recovery processes, by offering patients alternative activities and by working in partnership with patients to promote their individual strengths and life knowledge. MHNs strive to help patients find new ways of living with their problems. The actual study highlighted that MHNs use different methods and strategies when promoting the well-being of self-harm patients.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNursing Research and Practice (2014), 905741en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1172970
dc.identifier.doi10.1155/2014/905741
dc.identifier.issn2090-1429
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/7325
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_6941
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Sykepleievitenskap: 808en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Nursing science: 808en_US
dc.titleMental Health Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Patients Suffering from Self-Harmen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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