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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 3 (2016), Article ID 3:IJNCP-179, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/179
Research Article
"I Want to Go Home, but I Need to Stay": The Transition to become Ready for Discharge from Acute Psychiatric Wards, as Narrated by Persons Who Experienced Acute Psychotic Illness

Karina Sebergsen1,2*, Astrid Norberg2 and Anne-Grethe Talseth1

1Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
2Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, University Hospital of North Norway, N-9291 Tromsø, Norway
3Department of Nursing, Umea University, SE-90187 Umea, Sweden. Palliative Research Center, Ersta Sköndal University College, SE-10061 Stockholm, Sweden
Karina Sebergsen, Department of Health and Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, N-9037 Tromso, Norway; E-mail: karina.sebergsen@unn.no
09 February 2016; 09 April 2016; 11 April 2016
Sebergsen K, Norberg A, Talseth AG (2016) "I Want to Go Home, but I Need to Stay": The Transition to become Ready for Discharge from Acute Psychiatric Wards, as Narrated by Persons Who Experienced Acute Psychotic Illness. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 3: 179. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2016/179
The Northern Norway Regional Health Authority funded this study. Scholarship is received from The Norwegian Nurses Organisation.
The financial sources had no influence of the conduct of the study.

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