本研究乃藉支持團體之方式，了解精神科新進護理人員之關切主題，並在適應過程中提供及時的澄清與支持。團體進行期間自民國78年10月9日至79年1月18日，每週一次共10次支持團體，研究結果發現精神科新進護理人員之關切主題有十九項，其中四項表達了成員「對支持團體之期望與評價」;其他之十五項關切主題與「對工作性質、環境與人員的感受」相關，可分為陳述期及整合期二階段，其內容包括了「環境及夜班之適應過程、經歷挫折時護理人員彼此之回應方式、人生方向與愛心之尋求、做決定的依據與過程」等，並發現籍支持團體之形式確可深刻地認識護理人員的想法及感受，進而紓解其情緒並促進其適應過程。此研究結果亦可提供護理行政人員及教育主管參考，以設計配合其專業發展需要之在職教育內容。

Professional support group has been used to provide mutual support for participants in their professional development process and to enhance their morale. The purpose of this study was to understand the major themes of new psychiatric nurses at one medical center by using the professional support group. The support group met once a week from October 9, 1989 to January 18, 1990. The group process was tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Content analysis was used to analyze the process. The result showed nineteen major themes. There are four themes related to expectations and evaluation toward support group. Another fifteen themes are related to the perception toward work. milieu and personnel. Itincludes two stages which are the stage of description and the stage of integration. The study suggests that the professional support group is an important means to understand nurses' major concerns and to provide needed support for the new staff. The result can also be a reference for nursing administrator and educator to design in-service education which fits new nurses' needs in their professional development.