title: Client-nurse interaction with individuals with schizophrenia: a descriptive pilot study.
abstract: Individuals with schizophrenia have difficulty forming social relationships. New research has identified deficits in social cognition. These findings have not been applied to studying the nurse-client relationship. The aim of this pilot study is to describe the verbal and nonverbal communication between a psychiatric clinical nurse specialist and clients with schizophrenia through assessment of their videotaped interactions. Clients showed differing levels of ability to respond to the voice and body/facial features of the nurse. The data obtained can be used as a basis for further investigations regarding the interactions between nurses and those clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses.
authors.affiliation: Bouvé College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115,USA. k.pounds@neu.edu
authors.forename: Karen Goyette
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Pounds
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003702:Delusions / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D004644:Emotions; D005149:Facial Expression; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000451:nursing*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D056345:Theory of Mind