title: Notes on narrative knowledge in psychiatric nursing.
abstract: This paper reports briefly on one part of an empirical study of nurses' accounts of conversations with patients diagnosed as 'neurotic' and addresses issues related to narrative knowledge in psychiatric nursing. A rationale for analysing psychiatric nurses' narratives of practice is presented, and one framework for doing so is outlined. The form and grammar of nurses' narratives are sketched, and limitations of the present analysis are discussed. While the paper is based on research on practice in psychiatric hospital admission wards, the argument presented is relevant to psychiatric nursing practice generally.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tilley
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*