title: Psychiatric inpatients' experience of nursing observation. A United Kingdom perspective.
abstract: 1. Nursing observation is a key component of psychiatric inpatient nursing care. 2. Patients' experiences of being observed are strongly influenced by the attitudes and behaviors of the observing nurses. 3. Patients prefer to be observed by nurses they know and who talk to them.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Programme, Royal College of Nursing Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wellman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D019370:Observation / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*