The Nursing Model of Alcoholism Patients in Outpatient Psychiatric Department in Mahasarakham Hospital

Abstract

This participation action studyaimed to develop a nursing model of alcoholism patients in the outpatient psychiatric department in Mahasarakham hospital. Data were collected during November 2020 to February 2021, from 76 participants who were purposively selected.  The research instruments consisted of the background information questionnaire, interview formofalcoholism patients and their relatives, and focus group discussions of registered nurses. The data were qualitatively analyzed using content analysis method.

The result presents the nursing model of alcoholism patients which were developed based on the principles of Blattner’s holistic nursing (Blattner, 2981) to suit the needs of the patients and their relatives. The developed model contained 9 steps of caring processes: 1) patients’ self-responsibility and self-esteemdevelopment, 2) life caring process, 3) human development process, 4) stress management, 5) risk assessments of the patients’ lifestyle, 6) communications between the patients and the nurses, 7) problem-solving process, 8) teaching and learning process of the patients and their family, and 9) leadership and life-changing encouragement.Further research investigating the practicality or the effectiveness of the nursing model in practice is recommended. Moreover, future work may adopt a comparative research design to gain insights into the effectiveness of the nursing model.