The Time, Places, and Activities of Nurses in a Psychiatric Inpatient Context - A Time and Motion Study with a Time-geographic Perspective

Nurses in psychiatric inpatient care spend less time than desired with patients and investigation of the nature of nursing in this setting is needed. This study explores how nursing activities in psychiatric inpatient wards is distributed over time, and with a time-geographic perspective show how th...

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Published in:Issues in mental health nursing 2023, Vol.44 (5), p.387-395
Main Authors: Glantz, Andreas, Sunnqvist, Charlotta, Örmon, Karin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care science
Humans
Inpatient care
Inpatients - psychology
Mental Disorders
Nurses
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Psychiatric hospitals
Psychiatric nurses
Psychiatric Nursing
Psychiatric-mental health nursing
Time and Motion Studies
Time use
Vårdvetenskap
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Summary:Nurses in psychiatric inpatient care spend less time than desired with patients and investigation of the nature of nursing in this setting is needed. This study explores how nursing activities in psychiatric inpatient wards is distributed over time, and with a time-geographic perspective show how this relates to places. Observations were used to register place, activity, and time. A constructed time-geographic chart mapped the nurses' path which showed that nurses spent little time in places where patients are. There might be constraints that affect nursing. Nurses need to evaluate where time is spent and interventions that facilitate relationships are needed.
ISSN:0161-2840
1096-4673
1096-4673
DOI:10.1080/01612840.2023.2194990