Mental Health Nurses Experience in Assessing the Early Detection Emergency Psychiatric of Adult in Emergency Department: A Phenomenology Study

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10.2991/assehr.k.200529.114How to use a DOI?

Keywords

nurses, detection emergency psychiatric, emergency department

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify the assessment of early detection of emergencies in adult mental patients in Magelang Mental Hospital, Central Java, Indonesia. This qualitative study was conducted from December to May 2019 at Prof. Mental Hospital Dr. Soeroyo Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. We selected a total of 11 study participants for in-depth interviews. We conducted a content analysis technique by verbatim transcripts of interviews using open code software. This study produced four categories of early detection assessments of emergencies in adult mental patients in the Mental Emergency Unit namely psychological responses, physiological responses, limitations on psychiatric emergency assessments, and HR quality improvement and documentation systems. Some nurses found it difficult to carry out early detection of psychiatric emergencies, given the confusing symptoms and differences in perceptions of assessment and how to assess the instruments already in the hospital. In addition, many documentation systems also became obstacles in the assessment of early detection of emergency adult mental patients at the Mental Hospital. Apart from the system of handling emergencies, especially in terms of the assessment or early detection of standardized emergencies, another problem is the form of an early detection assessment instrument that varies with many items and creates different perceptions. Based on this, an innovative approach is needed to develop an instrument for assessing the early detection of emergency mental disorders that can accommodate the symptoms caused. In addition, the duties of nurses and documentation systems need to be evaluated and oriented.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Retna Tri Astuti
AU  - Muhammad Khoirul Amin
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/04
TI  - Mental Health Nurses Experience in Assessing the Early Detection Emergency Psychiatric of Adult in Emergency Department: A Phenomenology Study
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 547
EP  - 551
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.114
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.114
ID  - Astuti2020
ER  -