Psychiatric nurses' experience of hostile behaviour from patients in forensic ward in a Limpopo psychiatric institution
- Authors: Tema, Tebogo Rebecca
- Date: 2012-06-04
- Subjects: Psychiatric nurses , Psychiatric nursing , Psychiatric hospital patients
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:2367 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4822
- Description: M.Cur. , Hostile behaviour is becoming a way of life in South Africa. Hostility prevails at all settings, including in the health sector. In forensic ward psychiatric nurses are subjected to hostile behaviour by the patients. The objectives of the study are to: • explore and describe the psychiatric nurses’ experiences of hostile behaviour by patients in a forensic ward; and • describe guidelines for advanced psychiatric nurses to facilitate the promotion of mental health of psychiatric nurses in a forensic ward.
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- Authors: Tema, Tebogo Rebecca
- Date: 2012-06-04
- Subjects: Psychiatric nurses , Psychiatric nursing , Psychiatric hospital patients
- Type: Mini-Dissertation
- Identifier: uj:2367 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4822
- Description: M.Cur. , Hostile behaviour is becoming a way of life in South Africa. Hostility prevails at all settings, including in the health sector. In forensic ward psychiatric nurses are subjected to hostile behaviour by the patients. The objectives of the study are to: • explore and describe the psychiatric nurses’ experiences of hostile behaviour by patients in a forensic ward; and • describe guidelines for advanced psychiatric nurses to facilitate the promotion of mental health of psychiatric nurses in a forensic ward.
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The lived experience of aggression and violence by nurses in a Gauteng psychiatric institution
- Authors: Bimenyimana, Emmanuel
- Date: 2010-05-24T07:57:20Z
- Subjects: Violence in psychiatric hospitals , Psychiatric hospital patients , Psychiatric nursing personnel management , Psychiatric nurses' mental health , Gauteng (South Africa)
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:6811 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3245
- Description: M.Cur. , Violence and aggression in psychiatric hospitals are a worldwide known phenomenon. South Africa is no exception to the rule. Previous researches conducted in psychiatric institutions have mainly focused on the patients, leaving everyone to guess how this violence affects nurses who are in contact with the patients on a daily basis and who are key role-players in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the patients under their responsibility. The research aimed to explore and describe the lived experience of aggression and violence by the registered nurses in a Gauteng psychiatric institution, the essence of this violence, and how nurses cope with this violence, in order to formulate guidelines and recommendations that could assist them to manage violence. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual study design was utilised. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews, and naïve sketches. Tesch’s method was used for data analysis, here and an independent coder was utilised. The uniqueness of this study was to bring to the surface the other side of violence as it is perceived and lived by the nurses. The findings show that the nurses face violence on a daily basis. Among the contributing factors there are: the type of patients admitted in the hospital; the staff shortage; the lack of support among the members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT); and the lack of structured and comprehensive orientation. The consequences of this violence to the nurses are emotional, psychological, and physical and take the form of: fear, anger, frustration, despair, hopelessness and helplessness, substance abuses, absenteeism, retaliation, a development of an “I don’t care attitude”, injuries, and damage to personal properties such as clothes, and spectacles.
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- Authors: Bimenyimana, Emmanuel
- Date: 2010-05-24T07:57:20Z
- Subjects: Violence in psychiatric hospitals , Psychiatric hospital patients , Psychiatric nursing personnel management , Psychiatric nurses' mental health , Gauteng (South Africa)
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:6811 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3245
- Description: M.Cur. , Violence and aggression in psychiatric hospitals are a worldwide known phenomenon. South Africa is no exception to the rule. Previous researches conducted in psychiatric institutions have mainly focused on the patients, leaving everyone to guess how this violence affects nurses who are in contact with the patients on a daily basis and who are key role-players in the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the patients under their responsibility. The research aimed to explore and describe the lived experience of aggression and violence by the registered nurses in a Gauteng psychiatric institution, the essence of this violence, and how nurses cope with this violence, in order to formulate guidelines and recommendations that could assist them to manage violence. A qualitative, explorative, descriptive, and contextual study design was utilised. Data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews, and naïve sketches. Tesch’s method was used for data analysis, here and an independent coder was utilised. The uniqueness of this study was to bring to the surface the other side of violence as it is perceived and lived by the nurses. The findings show that the nurses face violence on a daily basis. Among the contributing factors there are: the type of patients admitted in the hospital; the staff shortage; the lack of support among the members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT); and the lack of structured and comprehensive orientation. The consequences of this violence to the nurses are emotional, psychological, and physical and take the form of: fear, anger, frustration, despair, hopelessness and helplessness, substance abuses, absenteeism, retaliation, a development of an “I don’t care attitude”, injuries, and damage to personal properties such as clothes, and spectacles.
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The patient's perception of the ward round: a social constructionist study
- Authors: Cohen, Karen Jacqueline
- Date: 2008-10-31T09:12:42Z
- Subjects: Psychiatric hospital care , Psychiatric hospital patients
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:13938 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1429
- Description: M.A. , This study explores the narratives of two South African women, who have previously been admitted as patients, to various psychiatric institutions in Gauteng. In particular, this study focuses on the women’s perceptions of the ward round process, within the context of hospitalisation. An attempt has been made to explore the wider context of the ward round and hospitalisation, by examining the medical model, its philosophy and the various problems associated with the medical model. The concepts of power, respect and pathologising discourse in particular, are focussed on. The study suggests that an ecosystemic model might serve as a useful alternative to the medical model in addressing the above-mentioned problems. This research was conducted in the form of an inquiry, within the context of a social constructionist perspective. As such, the research methodology employed is also based within the social constructionist paradigm. The themes raised in the conversations with the participants, are seen to be a social co-construction, which has evolved between the researcher and the participants. The social constructionist approach also means that the researcher has applied a reflexive stance, whereby narratives of the participants and the researcher, are linked to a reflection of the content and the various processes that took place within the context of the research. The narratives of the participants suggest that ward rounds are seen to be useful and necessary, but that within the context of the ward round, issues such as respect and transparency are important and should be taken into account. It is stressed within the context of this research, that these findings are localised and specific. As such they can not necessarily be seen to reflect the ‘truths’ of all people, who have experienced the process of ward rounds within the context of hospitalisation.
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- Authors: Cohen, Karen Jacqueline
- Date: 2008-10-31T09:12:42Z
- Subjects: Psychiatric hospital care , Psychiatric hospital patients
- Type: Thesis
- Identifier: uj:13938 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/1429
- Description: M.A. , This study explores the narratives of two South African women, who have previously been admitted as patients, to various psychiatric institutions in Gauteng. In particular, this study focuses on the women’s perceptions of the ward round process, within the context of hospitalisation. An attempt has been made to explore the wider context of the ward round and hospitalisation, by examining the medical model, its philosophy and the various problems associated with the medical model. The concepts of power, respect and pathologising discourse in particular, are focussed on. The study suggests that an ecosystemic model might serve as a useful alternative to the medical model in addressing the above-mentioned problems. This research was conducted in the form of an inquiry, within the context of a social constructionist perspective. As such, the research methodology employed is also based within the social constructionist paradigm. The themes raised in the conversations with the participants, are seen to be a social co-construction, which has evolved between the researcher and the participants. The social constructionist approach also means that the researcher has applied a reflexive stance, whereby narratives of the participants and the researcher, are linked to a reflection of the content and the various processes that took place within the context of the research. The narratives of the participants suggest that ward rounds are seen to be useful and necessary, but that within the context of the ward round, issues such as respect and transparency are important and should be taken into account. It is stressed within the context of this research, that these findings are localised and specific. As such they can not necessarily be seen to reflect the ‘truths’ of all people, who have experienced the process of ward rounds within the context of hospitalisation.
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