Mental ill ‐health among adult patients at healthcare centres in Sweden: district nurses experiences

ConclusionWorking as a DN requires formal and informal competence when encountering patients with complex health needs. The findings revealed that the DNs could feel insecure regarding how to deal with patients with mental ill‐health due to lack of knowledge. Assessment of patients with mental ill‐health is time‐ and energy‐consuming and calls for improved teamwork at HCCs as well as effective collaboration with psychiatric specialist care and other care givers. The DNs responsibility to fulfil their work considering the increasing number of mental ill‐health among people that seeks help at HCCs needs to be acknowledged and met by the PHC organisation.
Source: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Empirical Studies Source Type: research