Which research findings about the therapeutic environment of an inpatient psychiatric unit have implications for nursing practice? Select all that apply
a. Patients valued interactions with other patients.
b. Patients perceived other patients as dissimilar from self.
c. Hospitalization interferes with planning for the future.
d. Patients failed to experience bonding with other patients.
e. Hospitalization creates feelings of safety from self-destructiveness.
A, E
Findings from the work of Thomas and associates suggest that patients see the hospital as a refuge from self-destructiveness and are fearful of discharge from this safe environment. Furthermore, patients confirmed their identity with other patients (bonding), valued socialization with other patients, and perceived peer-administered therapy as the most valuable aspect of hospitalization.
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