title: The Therapeutic Approach to a Patient's Criminal Offense in a Forensic Mental Health Nurse-Patient Relationship-The Nurses' Perspectives.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to describe the therapeutic approach to a patient's criminal offense in a forensic mental health nurse-patient relationship from the nurse's perspective.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eight nurses in a Finnish forensic psychiatric hospital were interviewed, and the resultant research material was analyzed by inductive content analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results revealed the process of the therapeutic approach to a patient's offense, which comprises numerous steps and various phases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For the nurse, the process of working through the offense can be divided into stages in which an attempt is made to respond to the patient's behavior and interaction in a manner that leads to working through the criminal act.
authors.affiliation: Riitta Askola, RN, MNSc, is a Nurse Manager, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, The HUCH Psychiatry Center, Finland.|and also a PhD student, School of Health Sciences, Nursing Science, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Riitta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Askola
authors.affiliation: Merja Nikkonen, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor, School of Health Sciences, Nursing Science, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Merja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikkonen
authors.affiliation: Hanna Putkonen, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor and Senior Researcher, Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Putkonen
authors.affiliation: Jari Kylmä, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer, School of Health Sciences, Nursing Science, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
authors.forename: Jari
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kylmä
authors.affiliation: Olavi Louheranta, ThM, PhD, is a Supervisor, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Olavi
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Louheranta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057237:Criminals; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Criminal offense; forensic psychiatric patient; mental health nurse-patient relationship