The latent theme
Promoting person-centered nursing to inpatients suffering from self-harm
Main category 1
Challenging and collaborative nurse-patient relationship
Main category 2
Promoting well-being through nursing interventions
Categories
Caring attitude toward the patient
Bearing hope for recovery
Being in a reflective dialogue to promote the patient’s verbal expressions
Being emotionally affected by self-harm patients
Categories
Evaluating and following-up of triggers
Observing signs of risk for self-harm
Searching for prevention activities
Allowing and/or preventing external self-harm
Taking responsibility for patients’ wounds and injuries
Evaluating need for medication