“…Historically, psychiatric mental health (PMH) nurses have operated within a paradigm that values the critical role of the nurse–patient relationship (Barker, 2001; Peplau, 1952) and “human to human connection” (Mohr, 1995, p. 365). Numerous studies have focused on the nurse–patient relationship in PMH nursing (Altschul, 1971; Björkdahl, Palmstierna, & Hansebo, 2010; Cleary, Walter, & Hunt, 2005; Forchuk & Reynolds, 2001; Gildberg, Bradley, Fristed, & Hounsgaard, 2012; Martin & Street, 2003; Mullen, 2009; O’Donovan, 2007; Pazargadi, Fereidooni Moghadam, Fallahi Khoshknab, Alijani Renani, & Molazem, 2015). …”