Designing and accreditation of evidence-based nursing care instructions in psychiatric emergencies

A B S T R A C T Aims: Evidence-based care instructions are one of the effective tools for appropriate decision-making and enhancing the quality of taking care of the patients with mental disorders. The aim of this study has been determined:” Designing and Accreditation of evidence-based nursing care instructions in psychiatric emergencies” Methods: The study had been done with “developmental research” method with the evidence-based approach in Mental Units of Baqiyatallah hospital in 2013. Nursing care instructions had been designed according to Stetler model and with the evidence-based approach for patients who were exposed to the high risk of suicide & violence. For assessing content validity of the instructions with Delfi method, opinions of ten faculty members of Baqiyatallah, Tehran, Shahid Beheshti, Army and Sabzevar Universities had been considered in three stages. Applicability of the instructions had been assessed by focused group discussion method with 10 experienced experts of Mental Units. Results: In addition to reviewing nursing books, 100 articles from 2006-2013 had been studied, and with considering criteria of choosing evidences, 40 articles had been chosen as credible evidences. At the end, 7 evidenced -based nursing care instructions had been designed for the patients with psychiatric Emergencies. Conclusions: With designing Evidence-based nursing care instructions in psychiatric emergencies, some needs of clinical nurses in confronting these patients were removed. So it is recommend performing such instructions and to design and perform care instructions in other units in the next studies. Please cite this paper as: Azizi M, Motahedian Tabrizi E, Mokhtari Nori J, Sirati Nir M. Designing and Accreditation of evidence-based nursing care instructions in psychiatric Emergencies. Iran J Crit Care Nurs 2013;6(3):155-164.