Facilitation of self-empowerment of women living with borderline personality disorder: A concept analysis

Mental health nurses' experiences of implementing a model to facilitate self‐empowerment in women living with borderline personality disorder in South Africa

“…The model was developed as a framework of reference for mental health nurses to facilitate the self‐empowerment of women living with BPD (Ntshingila, Temane, Poggenpoel & Myburgh, 2016). The model consisted of three phases (Ntshingila, 2017): the relationship phase, the working phase, and the termination phase.…”

“…The model consisted of three phases (Ntshingila, 2017): the relationship phase, the working phase, and the termination phase. In the relationship phase, the model focused on the mental health nurse creating a positive environment and mobilizing resources for the women living with BPD (Ntshingila et al, 2016). The mental health nurse created a positive environment by establishing a nurse–patient relationship with the women living with BPD to ensure they felt safe in the psychotherapy unit.…”

“…In the working phase, the model focused on how the mental health nurse assisted the woman living with BPD in discovering what was best for her, taking charge of her own life, playing an active role in the journey of self‐discovery, feeling secure and connected, and developing a sense of meaning and coherence (Ntshingila et al, 2016). The woman living with BPD was assisted by the mental health nurse to discover what was best for her through learning to recognize signs of distress and how to take care of herself when faced with distress.…”

“…Feeling secure and connected included assisting the woman in knowing when to reach out for help, identifying mental health professions who can assist when faced with difficult situations, and knowing what her insecurities are and what makes her uncomfortable about those insecurities. Developing a sense of meaning and coherence involved the woman living with BPD being assisted in choosing a goal, making plans to start working on that goal, and developing effective coping strategies (Ntshingila et al, 2016).…”

“…The termination phase focused on evaluating the therapeutic relationship between the mental health nurse and the woman living with BPD, evaluating the achievement of self‐empowerment, and terminating the therapeutic relationship between the mental health nurse and the woman living with BPD. Evaluating the achievement of self‐empowerment meant that the mental health nurse evaluated the patient outcomes, which included discovering what is best for her, taking charge of her own life, playing an active role in the journey of self‐discovery, feeling secure and connected, and developing a sense of meaning and coherence (Ntshingila et al, 2016).…”