title: Greek mental health nurses' practices and attitudes in the management of acute cases.
abstract: The aim of this study was to identify nurses' interventions, views, and attitudes concerning critical incidents. Using semi-structured interviews, a descriptive study was conducted among mental health nurses working in three major psychiatric hospitals. Analysis of nurses' audio-recorded data indicated that they had used a number of different interventions under six main categories: counseling, performing security practices, monitoring thinking disturbances, contacting the psychiatrist on-call, contacting the chief nurse on-call, and administering medication. The need for specialized training was noticed and problems like accountability, nurse-patient interactions, and nurse-doctor relationships were considered crucial by the mental health nurses.
authors.affiliation: University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing, Athens, Greece. ekoukia@nurs.uoa.gr
authors.forename: Evmorfia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koukia
authors.forename: Polyxeni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mangoulia
authors.forename: Theodore
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stathopoulos
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madianos
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003376:Counseling; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012637:Security Measures; D013850:Thinking
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs