title: The first nurse-patient encounter in a psychiatric context: an initial study in an action research process.
abstract: This paper presents an initial study undertaken as the first step in action research concerning the first encounter between the nurse and the patient on psychiatric admission. The specific aim was to identify obstacles and possibilities of starting an ongoing learning process with mutual agreement upon goals and a good working relationship between the principal investigator and the participating nurses. Participant observation and questionnaires, completed by nurses and patients, were used in the data collection. The main finding was the identification of parallel processes concerning patients and nurses as to experiences of the abandonment and the lack of confirmation and autonomy. This initial study confirms the need and satisfies the requirements for continuing the action research process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Karolinska Institutet, Box 286, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sjöstedt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hällström
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lützén
mesh_terms: D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept