Open this publication in new window or tab >>2014 (English)In: Perspectives in psychiatric care, ISSN 0031-5990, E-ISSN 1744-6163, Vol. 50, no 2, p. 122-131Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
PURPOSE: The aim of this concept analysis is to describe, explore, and explain stabilityin the context of mental health nursing in intensive psychiatry.
DESIGN AND METHODS: A modified version of Wilson’s method of conceptanalysis was used.
FINDINGS: Stability is the ability to be resistant to changes. Stability can take differentdirections after a distortion: re-gaining, neo-gaining, and apo-gaining. Stabilitymay also be achieved through active (adding or using power, making adjustments,parrying, and idling) and passive systems (environmental conditions and constituentmaterials).
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: This article contributes by providing knowledge and insight for nurses on the roles they play in intensive psychiatry as stabilizers.
Keywords
Concept analysis, intensive psychiatry, mental health nurses, nursing research, psychiatric nurses
National Category
Nursing
Research subject
Caring sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-30077 (URN)10.1111/ppc.12030 (DOI)000333695600007 ()24689492 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-84929518396 (Scopus ID)
2013-07-312013-07-312020-02-04Bibliographically approved