Factors Affecting Collaboration of Intern Nurses With Patient Relatives in Psychiatry Clinic: A Qualitative Study

Intern nurses stated that the effective factors in working with patient relatives were the patient's symptoms and relationship with the family from the patient's perspective and views on illness and treatment, exposure to social stigma from the patients' relatives perspective. They stated that the nurse's communication skills and workload can be effective in working with patient relatives. Intern nurses expressed that information and education practices were important tools in collaboration with the patient relatives. It has been stated that collaboration with the patient relatives will provide possible desired results such as patient compliance with the treatment process, increased well-being, strengthening coping skills in the patient relatives and reducing caregiver burden, and providing job satisfaction and satisfaction for the nurse.