Feelings and Thoughts of Patients Regarding Activities Conducted by Nurses in a Psychiatry Clinic

Serpil Yılmaz,1 Nurdan Yüksel,2 Arzu Senem,3 Neslihan Demir,2 Fulya Yıldırım,4 Münevver Boğahan,5 Zeliha Yaman,5 Hilal Altundal Duru,6 Mualla Yılmaz5 1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hitit University, Çorum, Turkey; 2Psychiatric Clinic, Mersin University Hospital, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; 3Coronary Angiography Unit, Mersin University Hospital, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; 4Directorate of Nursing Services, Mersin University Hospital, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; 5Department of Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey; 6Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, TurkeyCorrespondence: Serpil Yılmaz, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hitit University, Çorum, 19200, Turkey, Email [email protected]: The aim of this study was to determine patients’ feelings and thoughts about the activities carried out by nurses in the psychiatry clinic.Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional and qualitative study was used with the phenomenological method. The sample of study consisted of the feedback documents (n=142) written by the patients who were hospitalized for treatment the psychiatric clinic of a university hospital. Psychiatric patients who took part in the activities carried out by nurses by using the purposive sampling method was selected. The data were obtained by reviewing the entire written documents of the patients and were analyzed using the content analysis. The COREQ checklist was used in research reporting.Results: Based on the content analysis of the data, three main themes and 7 sub-themes were emerged. The activities conducted by nurses improved communication between patients and nurses, made patients feel that nurses are on their side, enabled them have good time with other patients, and made them feel relaxed and happy.Conclusion: The entire feelings and thoughts expressed by patients were positive. Nurses should conduct the nursing activities that were conducted in line with the therapeutic setting principles for patients in the psychiatry clinic.Keywords: psychiatric patients, nursing activities, psychiatric nursing, feelings, thoughts