Visiting Nurses' Experience of Overcoming Difficulties When Supporting Individuals with Mental Disabilities

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  • 訪問看護師が精神障害者の支援を行う中で困難を乗り越えた体験
  • ホウモン カンゴシ ガ セイシン ショウガイシャ ノ シエン オ オコナウ ナカ デ コンナン オ ノリコエタ タイケン

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<p>This study aims to identify the ways in which visiting nurses overcome challenges that they face in caring for individuals with mental disabilities in the community. A semi-structured interview was conducted with 11 nurses who provide care to persons with mental disabilities at a home-visit nursing care station, and the results were analyzed using a qualitative and inductive method.</p><p>The results indicated that nurses had overcome the challenges that they encountered through actions such as “communicating verbally,” “understanding patients from a multidimensional perspective,” “maintaining an appropriate distance from patients,” “working in cooperation with other staff members,” “cooperating with other concerned parties, in addition to medical staff,” “seeking advice from specialists,” and “facing the challenges not only for their patients, but for their own sake.”</p><p>In order to help visiting nurses solve the difficulties that they face in caring for persons with mental disabilities, measures need to be taken to prevent one nurse or nursing care station from keeping the problems to themselves. This can be achieved by providing training for acquisition of the knowledge and skills required in caring for persons with mental disabilities, and creating an environment where support from partners is easily accessible.</p>

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