Verbal and social interactions in Swedish forensic psychiatric nursing care as perceived by the patients and nurses.

Full Abstract

Patients and nurses in a Swedish forensic psychiatric unit filled in a questionnaire Verbal and Social Interactions designed to survey patients' and nurses' views on the frequency and importance of nursing interactions in forensic psychiatric care. The patients perceived the 'supportive/encouraging interactions' and the 'reality orientation interactions' as the most frequent interactions and the 'supportive/encouraging interactions' and the 'social skills training' as the most important interactions. The nurses perceived the 'supportive/encouraging interactions' and the 'practical skills training' as the most frequent and the 'supportive/encouraging interactions', 'interpretative interactions' and the 'practical skills training' as the most important interactions. There were significant differences between patients' and nurses' perceptions about the frequency of all the different groups of interactions, but greater agreement as to the importance. In general, the patients perceived that the interactions occurred less frequently than the nurses. The differences between patients' and nurses' perceptions on the interactions as well as the clinical implications of these differences are discussed.

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Author information

Author/s: Rask, Mikael (M); Brunt, David (D);

Affiliation: School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden. mikael.rask(-atsign-)ivosa.vxu.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: International journal of mental health nursing (Int J Ment Health Nurs), published in Australia. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 15 (issue 2) : pp 100-10

Dates: Created 2006/04/28; Completed 2006/07/14; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16643345, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Health
Clinical Competence
Communication
Female
Forensic Psychiatry - education; organization & administration
Helping Behavior
Humans
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Male
Mental Disorders - nursing; psychology

Mental Disorders - nursing; psychology
Middle Aged
Nurse's Role - psychology
Nurse-Patient Relations
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital - education; organization & administration; psychology
Psychiatric Nursing - education; organization & administration
Questionnaires
Self Efficacy
Social Support
Sweden
Verbal Behavior

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