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]