Patients' descriptions of nursing interventions supporting quality of life in acute psychiatric wards: A qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1598-1606

  Pitkänen, Anneli ^a,b   Hätönen, Heli ^a,c   Kuosmanen, Lauri ^a,d   Välimäki, Maritta ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Municipality of Imatra   (Finland)

^d City of Vantaa   (Finland)

^e HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nursing interventions; Psychiatric nursing; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 53549129197     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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