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The therapeutic aspects of acceptance
Perspectives in Psychiatric Care
|January 1, 1995
Abstract
Problem:
What does acceptance mean to hospitalized adolescents?
Methods:
Using a phenomenological research approach, the authors asked hospitalized adolescents (N = 6) on a psychiatric unit to describe how acceptance from psychiatric-mental health nurses was experienced by them.
Findings:
Three essential themes emerged: (a) the nurse who shows acceptance is seen as a friend, (b) acceptance generates a sense of well-being, and (c) acceptance produces feelings of comfort with the nurse.
Conclusions:
In acceptance, adolescents experience nurses as unique individuals who provide comfort and nurturing. This relationship connection helps adolescent clients to use their inner strength to gain a sense of well-being.