title: Nurses' perceptions of nursing interventions supporting quality of life in acute psychiatric wards.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to examine nurses' (N=29) perceptions of nursing interventions in supporting patients' quality of life (QoL) in acute psychiatric inpatient settings.
  
  
  METHODS
  An explorative descriptive study design was applied. The data were generated through seven focus group interviews and analyzed with qualitative content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five main categories of nursing interventions to support patients' QoL were identified. Interventions were related to care planning, empowering interventions, social interventions, activating interventions, and security interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emphasis should be placed on nurses' opportunities to improve patients' QoL according to patients' individual needs.
authors.affiliation: Tampere University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Finland. anneli.pitkanen@utu.fi
authors.forename: Anneli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pitkänen
authors.forename: Heli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hätönen
authors.forename: Marjo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kollanen
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kuosmanen
authors.forename: Maritta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Välimäki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult