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Nursing people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder: 'We all need to be on the same hymn sheet'
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Nursing people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder: 'We all need to be on the same hymn sheet'

Claire McCarrick, Kate Irving and Richard Lakeman
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Vol.31(1), pp.83-90
02/2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12935
PMID: 34562052
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Abstract

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The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been found to carry stigma and poor hope of recovery. More recently, it has been regarded as a treatable condition through psychotherapy. Despite this, patients often experience lengthy hospitalizations, limited access to treatment, and poor outcomes. This paper describes the experiences of psychiatric nurses working with people diagnosed with BPD in acute mental health in-patient settings in Ireland. Seven nurses were interviewed, and the transcripts were analysed using a reflective and inductive approach. Overall, the nurses did not feel confident that their interventions were effective or valued by the wider service or patients. The nurses articulated their invidious professional circumstances, whereby they were required to act in ways, which ran counter to their vision of therapeutic or recovery-focused work. These views and perceptions that in-patient care is often ineffectual are widely echoed in the literature. We contend that the effect of this circumstance for these nurses approaches moral distress. The nurses were aware of more effective methods of care and treatment for BPD but perceived that they were unable to influence the culture of in-patient care.

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