Experiences of psychiatric nurses exposed to hostility from patients in a forensic ward

Abstract

Psychiatric nurses experience hostile behaviour by patients in a forensic ward as disempowering. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSE MANAGEMENT: Nurse managers can facilitate psychiatric nurses' empowerment by providing them access to: information, support, resources, opportunity and growth.

Caring Science and the Development of Forensic Psychiatric Caring

“…This may relate to dealing with one's own fear and the patients' potentially violent behavior in nurse–patient interactions (Jacob & Holmes, ), and to the difficulties in approaching the patient in a respectful way despite the implicit constraints and power (Rose, Peter, Gallop, Angus, & Liaschenko, ). Forensic psychiatric settings are stressful to work in and where experiences of hostile behavior by patients are not uncommon (Tema, Poggenpoel, & Myburgh, ). In a study by Gildberg, Bradley, Fristed, and Hounsgaard (), staff members' interactions with patients in forensic psychiatric settings is characterized by “trust and relationship‐enabling care” and/or “behaviour and perception‐corrective care.” In essence, the staff are striving to change, halt, or support patient's behavior based on what they (staff) perceive as normal.…”

The anterior midcingulate cortex as a neural node underlying hostility in young adults

“…The aMCC is often referred to as the dACC, but we use the term aMCC. As our research group reported previously (Takeuchi et al 2012), structural imaging is particularly useful to investigate the anatomical correlates of a wide range of personal behaviors, because unlike fMRI studies, structural imaging findings are not limited to specific regions engaged in a task or the stimuli used during scanning. Furthermore, correlational studies using MRI techniques, including fMRI, to investigate the neural bases of individual differences have typically used established cognitive measures with proven reliability and validity scores (Canli et al 2001; Gardini et al 2009).…”

The experience of being a psychiatric nurse in South Africa: A qualitative systematic review

“…Caring for people with mental illness requires extensive training, dedication and motivation (Abera et al, 2014;Jenkins et al, 2013;Reuter et al, 2016). However, in Africa, a number of barriers towards such care exist, (Maritz, 2010) such as: the lack of training, prolonged shifts, low salaries, low social and professional recognition, burnout, and patient aggressiveness (Maritz, 2010;Mayundla, 2000;Tema et al, 2011).…”