@article{2988543,
    title = "Greek mental health nurses' practices and attitudes in the management of acute cases",
    author = "Koukia, E. and Mangoulia, P. and Stathopoulos, T. and Madianos, M.",
    journal = "Issues in Mental Health Nursing",
    year = "2013",
    volume = "34",
    number = "3",
    pages = "192-197",
    issn = "0161-2840, 1096-4673",
    doi = "10.3109/01612840.2012.733908",
    keywords = "psychotropic agent, acute disease;  adult;  article;  attitude to health;  comparative study;  cooperation;  counseling;  crisis intervention;  cultural factor;  doctor nurse relation;  education;  female;  Greece;  human;  in service training;  interdisciplinary communication;  male;  mental disease;  mental hospital;  nurse patient relationship;  nursing;  organization and management;  psychiatric nursing;  thinking, Acute Disease;  Adult;  Cooperative Behavior;  Counseling;  Crisis Intervention;  Cross-Cultural Comparison;  Female;  Greece;  Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice;  Hospitals, Psychiatric;  Humans;  Inservice Training;  Interdisciplinary Communication;  Male;  Mental Disorders;  Nurse-Patient Relations;  Physician-Nurse Relations;  Psychiatric Nursing;  Psychotropic Drugs;  Security Measures;  Thinking",
    abstract = "The aim of this study was to identify nurses' interventions, views, and attitudes concerning critical incidents. Using semi-structured interviews, a descriptive study was conducted among mental health nurses working in three major psychiatric hospitals. Analysis of nurses' audio-recorded data indicated that they had used a number of different interventions under six main categories: counseling, performing security practices, monitoring thinking disturbances, contacting the psychiatrist on-call, contacting the chief nurse on-call, and administering medication. The need for specialized training was noticed and problems like accountability, nurse-patient interactions, and nurse-doctor relationships were considered crucial by the mental health nurses. © 2013 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc."
}