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| Anna BjörkdahlSummaryAffiliation: Karolinska Institutet Country: Sweden Publications
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The bulldozer and the ballet dancer: aspects of nurses' caring approaches in acute psychiatric intensive careA Bjorkdahl
Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 17:510-8. 2010..This potential needs to be further explored and nurses should be encouraged to reflect on how they integrate paternalistic nursing styles with person-centred care...
Changes in the occurrences of coercive interventions and staff injuries on a psychiatric intensive care unitAnna Björkdahl
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 21:270-7. 2007..The results showed an increased proportion of coercive interventions without a corresponding increase in staff injuries. Use of coercive interventions is discussed in relation to a safe environment for both patients and staff...
Nurses' short-term prediction of violence in acute psychiatric intensive careA Bjorkdahl
Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Acta Psychiatr Scand 113:224-9. 2006..To evaluate the short-term predictive capacity of the Brøset Violence Checklist (BVC) when used by nurses in a psychiatric intensive care unit...
The development of the Suicidal Patient Observation Chart (SPOC): Delphi studyA Bjorkdahl
Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 18:558-61. 2011..As a result, we developed a form for systematic observer documentation in clinical practice, the Suicidal Patient Observation Chart. The Suicidal Patient Observation Chart includes the 28 items and covers 24 separate observation periods...
