Mental Health Nurses’ Experiences of Caring for Patients Suffering from Self-Harm

Table 1

Examples of the condensation-abstraction process from meaning units to category and main category: challenging and collaborative nurse-patient relationship.

Meaning unit	Condensed meaning unit	Code	Subcategory	Category
1
It is perhaps about that I worry…that I speak with…a person quite simply… Not such a huge injury either… [3]	Speak with the person, not “the self-harmer” and worry	To worry about the person	Worry for the person	Caring attitude toward the patient
2
That the patient receives care in other ways than…when he self-harms [8]	Receive care in another way than with self-harm	To demonstrate care in another way	Care for the patient