Navigating Ethical Complexity: Nurses’ Experiences in Forensic Inpatient Settings Interpreted via Løgstrup

This study investigates ethical dimensions of the nurse–patient relationship in forensic psychiatric care. Drawing on Løgstrup’s philosophy, it explores how trust, moral responsibility, and relational challenges influence nurses’ daily practice. A conceptual analysis was carried out using five qualitative studies on nurses’ lived experiences in forensic inpatient settings. These studies, originally rooted in phenomenology and hermeneutics, were re-interpreted through reflective lifeworld researc