Stigma of borderline personality disorder in nursing
Kesti, Miira; Hokkanen, Joonas (2022)
Kesti, Miira
Hokkanen, Joonas
2022
All rights reserved. This publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202203223842
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202203223842
Tiivistelmä
Background: Borderline personality disorder is a disorder where one´s sense of self is conflicted, affecting
one´s behavior and way of feeling and thinking. Causes for borderline personality disorder are often trau matic events or childhood neglect.
Aim: Purpose of this study was to examine the possible attitudes and stigma that nurses might have to wards borderline personality disorder patients.
Methods: Data was collected from three databases that are available for JAMK student. Those databases
were Cinahl, ProQuest and PubMed. Inclusion criteria used for the articles were English language, peer-re viewed, articles from year 2001 to 2021, full-text. The relevance of articles was measured by how the titles,
abstracts and articles answered the research question. The analysis of the chosen 6 articles was based on
thematic analysis method. Chosen articles were read and then categorized in main- and subcategories.
Results: Borderline personality disorder patients were described by nurses as time-consuming, manipula tive and hard to treat which caused frustration and therefore lead to attitudes and stigma. Nurses experi enced the need for further education and knowledge about borderline personality disorder.
Conclusion: The way borderline personality disorder patients were portrayed, highlighted the negative
stigma and attitudes that exists even thought all attitudes were not negative. Further educating the nurses
might provide better care
one´s behavior and way of feeling and thinking. Causes for borderline personality disorder are often trau matic events or childhood neglect.
Aim: Purpose of this study was to examine the possible attitudes and stigma that nurses might have to wards borderline personality disorder patients.
Methods: Data was collected from three databases that are available for JAMK student. Those databases
were Cinahl, ProQuest and PubMed. Inclusion criteria used for the articles were English language, peer-re viewed, articles from year 2001 to 2021, full-text. The relevance of articles was measured by how the titles,
abstracts and articles answered the research question. The analysis of the chosen 6 articles was based on
thematic analysis method. Chosen articles were read and then categorized in main- and subcategories.
Results: Borderline personality disorder patients were described by nurses as time-consuming, manipula tive and hard to treat which caused frustration and therefore lead to attitudes and stigma. Nurses experi enced the need for further education and knowledge about borderline personality disorder.
Conclusion: The way borderline personality disorder patients were portrayed, highlighted the negative
stigma and attitudes that exists even thought all attitudes were not negative. Further educating the nurses
might provide better care