Abstract
D.Cur.
Mental health challenges account for 13% of the global burden of diseases. Borderline personality disorder affects mostly women living with this disorder. In the researcher’s minor dissertation, women living with borderline personality disorder told life stories of living in an unsafe space during their childhood. Their life stories depict chronic feelings of emptiness in relationships with self and depict a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships and compromised mental health. Findings indicated that they yearned for facilitated mental health. From the findings, guidelines were derived to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. Due to the challenges of managing women living with borderline personality disorder and lack of skills from the psychiatric nurse practitioners the following research question was formulated and determined the focus of this study: What can be done to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality?
The purpose of this study was to develop a model as a framework of reference for psychiatric nurse practitioners to facilitate the mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive, contextual and theory-generating research design was used. The research was conducted following the four steps in developing a model. In step 1, concept analysis which consists of 2 phases, the central concept was identified from the researcher’s minor dissertation on facilitation of mental health of women living with borderline personality disorder. The central concept “Facilitation of self-empowerment” was identified. The central concept was defined by means of identifying essential attributes from dictionaries and subject literature. The defined central concept was then classified using the Dickoff, James and Wiedenbach (1968) survey list. In step 2, the concepts were placed into relationships. The following relationship statements were formulated: The psychiatric nurse practitioner forms a trusting and therapeutic relationship with the woman living with borderline personality disorder in a psychotherapy unit by creating a positive environment. The psychiatric nurse practitioner mobilises resources to assist the woman living with borderline personality disorder to be self-empowered. The psychiatric nurse practitioner assists the woman living with borderline...