Nurse-patient interaction in acute adult inpatient mental health units: A review and synthesis of qualitative studies

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 66-79

  Cleary, Michelle ^a   Hunt, Glenn E ^b   Horsfall, Jan ^c   Deacon, Maureen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute inpatient mental health units; Interaction; Mental health nursing; Synthesis of qualitative studies; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING, TEAM; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 84856396513     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2011.622428     Document Type: Review

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