Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 186-192 , August 2006

Understanding Psychiatric Nursing Care with Nonsuicidal Self-Harming Patients in Acute Psychiatric Admission Units: The Views of Psychiatric Nurses

  • Áine O’Donovan

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Áine O Donovan, RPN, BNS (Hons), MSc, Lecturer Practitioner, Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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  • Harry Gijbels

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2005.12.007

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 186-192 , August 2006