TY - JOUR A2 - Marziale, Maria Helena Palucci AU - Tofthagen, Randi AU - Talseth, Anne-Grethe AU - Fagerström, Lisbeth PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/13 TI - Mental Health Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Patients Suffering from Self-Harm SP - 905741 VL - 2014 AB - The 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. SN - 2090-1429 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/905741 DO - 10.1155/2014/905741 JF - Nursing Research and Practice PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -