Author Affiliations:Faculty of Nursing, School of Medicine, Nara Medical University.
Division of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.
J Forensic Nurs. 2022;18(2):99-105. doi: 10.1097/JFN.0000000000000367. Epub 2022 Jan 3.
This study aimed to identify the strategies used by forensic community mental health nurses to resolve difficulties in supporting offenders with mental disorders under the Medical Treatment and Supervision Act in Japan.
Interviews were conducted with 13 nurses, and the data were analyzed using content analysis.
The study identified the strategies for difficulties in (a) assessing and managing risk potential of forensic service patients, (b) addressing offending behavior, (c) managing the transition of patients, (d) supporting patients to understand the impact of justice processes and applying knowledge of legislation to nursing, and (e) promoting the role of forensic community mental health nurses within the multidisciplinary team.
The findings can benefit and support forensic community mental health nurses' practices. The Japanese forensic community mental health nurses experiencing difficulties and providing home visits to patients can utilize the identified strategies.
本研究旨在确定法医社区心理健康护士在日本使用的策略,以解决《医疗和监督法》下支持有精神障碍的罪犯时遇到的困难。
对 13 名护士进行了访谈,并使用内容分析法对数据进行了分析。
本研究确定了应对以下方面困难的策略:(a)评估和管理法医服务患者的潜在风险;(b)处理犯罪行为;(c)管理患者的过渡;(d)支持患者了解司法程序的影响并将立法知识应用于护理;(e)促进法医社区心理健康护士在多学科团队中的角色。
研究结果可为法医社区心理健康护士的实践提供帮助和支持。遇到困难并为患者提供家访的日本法医社区心理健康护士可以利用所确定的策略。