title: An Interview Study on "Providing Structure" as an Intervention in Psychiatric Inpatient Care: The Nursing Perspective.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To gain insight into nurses' perceptions and use of providing structure (PS) as an intervention during psychiatric inpatient care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interviews were conducted with nurses (n = 18) from two inpatient wards in psychiatry immediately following the occurrence of a PS event. This was done immediately following the occurrence of a PS event. Transcripts were analyzed using a qualitative coding process.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four general and 14 specific PS activities were described associated with the nursing intervention PS.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses can now refer to specific activities of PS. An elaborated definition of PS is provided to facilitate a better understanding and using of PS as a psychiatric nursing intervention.
authors.affiliation: Philadelphia Zorg regio Noordwest, Organization for People with a Mental Disability, Mental Health Care Hospital GGZ Noord-Holland Noord, Heiloo, The Netherlands.|Department of Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: L Amar
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Voogt
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Care Hospital GGZ Noord-Holland Noord, Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nugter
authors.affiliation: Department of Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Center for Bipolar Disorder, Dimence Mental Health Care, Deventer, The Netherlands.|GGZ-VS Institute for the Education of Clinical Nurse Specialist in Mental Health, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|Department of Nursing Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peter J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goossens
authors.affiliation: Department of Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.|Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Achterberg
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D009426:Netherlands; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009726:Nurses; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D036301:Qualitative Research
keywords: Nursing intervention; providing structure; psychiatric nursing