Background: Mental illness is a public health problem in Sweden as well as in other countries around the world. This has not only individual consequences, but also consequences for the community which puts pressure on the mental health care and their staff. Research reports that patients’ experiences from mental health care are both positive and negative. Studies also indicate the value of patients’ experiences for further improvement of mental health care. The aim of this study was to gather knowledge about psychiatric inpatients experiences regarding their meeting with the nurses. Method: A literature review that included studies with qualitative method was analyzed using content analysis. Results: Six categories were identified which consisted of: Patient-nurse relationship, communication, information, the desire to be seen as an individual, control and the lack of nurses and their time. Conclusion: Patients described that the meeting with nurses was important for their satisfaction with mental health care. Patients described both positive and negative experiences in meeting with nurses. However, the majority of the experiences were described as negative.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-316260 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Granström, Filippa, Torberg Stenström, Amanda |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Vårdvetenskap, Uppsala universitet, Vårdvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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