Search for dissertations about: "Psychiatric inpatient care"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the words Psychiatric inpatient care.
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1. Quality of Care in the Psychiatric Setting : Perspectives of the Patient, Next of Kin and Care staff
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe quality of care from different perspectives in the psychiatric setting, to develop an instrument for measuring quality of care from the in-patient perspective and to use this instrument empirically. A qualitative descriptive design involving a phenomenographic analysis was used in Studies I, III and IV, and a descriptive and comparative design with statistical analysis in Study II. READ MORE
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2. Ethical considerations in psychiatric inpatient care : The ethical landscape in everyday practice as described by staff
Abstract : This thesis focuses mainly on the general ethical considerations of staff and not pre-defined specific ethical problems or dilemmas. The aims of this thesis were: first, to map ethical considerations as described by staff members in their everyday work in child and adolescent psychiatry as well as in adult psychiatry; second, from a normative ethical perspective, examine encounters between staff and patients; and third, to describe staff justification for decisions on coercive care in child and adolescent psychiatry. READ MORE
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3. Violence in psychiatric inpatient care
Abstract : This thesis investigates incidents of violence in two psychosis wards, analyses types of violence and the staff's emotional reaction to violence, assesses a new pharmacological treatment strategy of acutely disturbed psychotic patients. One of aims was to investigate the efficiency of violence prevention programme in a new ward for 12 acute psychotic patients. READ MORE
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4. Towards evidence-based nursing in psychiatric inpatient care : Attitudes and experiences among patients and staff
Abstract : Nursing in psychiatric inpatient care is shadowed by a strong medical perspective and roles and responsibilities within nursing are unclear. Implementation of nursing research and theories through evidence-based practice (EBP) is crucial to high-quality nursing. READ MORE
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5. Measures, interventions, and outcomes: exploring inpatient psychiatric care
Abstract : The general aim of this thesis was to investigate interventions and outcomes in psychiatric inpatient care through the use of assessment scales and database information. Another aim was to contribute to the knowledge of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale in regard to reliability, validity and as a measure of the outcome of treatment. READ MORE