A Meta-Ethnographic Review of Forensic Psychiatry Inpatient Care. Nursing Staff Experiences of the Nurse-Patient Encounter

CONCLUSION: The encounter is experienced as a continuous process in which the foundation is laid for the encounter (approach), the encounter unfolds and develops (action) and the nurse experiences the encounter (activation). The process is intertwined with and takes place in a context where care is influenced by the duality of the task (task), the culture of care (context), the patient's expression (patient) and the nurse's own impression of the patient's expression (oneself).IMPLICATIONS: Professional communities should support initiatives that can strengthen nurses' self-awareness and provide opportunities for reflection on practice, which will both benefit the resilience of the nursing staff and the quality of care for patients in this setting.PMID:37801705 | DOI:10.1080/01612840.2023.2259997
Source: Issues in Mental Health Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research