TY - JOUR
T1 - “But I’m not going to be a mental health nurse”
T2 - nursing students’ perceptions of the influence of experts by experience on their attitudes to mental health nursing
AU - Happell, Brenda
AU - Waks, Shifra
AU - Bocking, Julia
AU - Horgan, Aine
AU - Manning, Fionnuala
AU - Greaney, Sonya
AU - Goodwin, John
AU - Scholz, Brett
AU - van der Vaart, Kornelis Jan
AU - Allon, Jerry
AU - Hals, Elisabeth
AU - Granerud, Arild
AU - Doody, Rory
AU - Chan, Sally Wai Chi
AU - Lahti, Mari
AU - Ellilä, Heikki
AU - Pulli, Jarmo
AU - Vatula, Annaliina
AU - Platania-Phung, Chris
AU - Browne, Graeme
AU - Griffin, Martha
AU - Russell, Siobhan
AU - MacGabhann, Liam
AU - Bjornsson, Einar
AU - Biering, Pall
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge and thank: Erasmus + for the funding which made this innovative project possible. The students who generously gave of their time to complete the questionnaires. Ms Nathasha Munasinge for her assistance with coordinating data collection from participating countries and for data entry for the Australian component. Staff who assisted with the distribution and collection of questionnaires and with data entry.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: Mental health nursing skills and knowledge are vital for the provision of high-quality healthcare across all settings. Negative attitudes of nurses, towards both mental illness and mental health nursing as a profession, limit recognition of the value of these skills and knowledge. Experts by Experience have a significant role in enhancing mental health nursing education. The impact of this involvement on attitudes to mental health nursing has not been well researched. Aim: To explore the impact of Expert by Experience-led teaching on students’ perceptions of mental health nursing. Methods: Qualitative exploratory study involving focus groups with nursing students from five European countries and Australia. Results: Following Expert by Experience-led teaching, participants described more positive views towards mental health nursing skills and knowledge in three main ways: learning that mental health is everywhere, becoming better practitioners, and better appreciation of mental health nursing. Conclusions: Experts by experience contribute to promoting positive attitudinal change in nursing students towards mental health nursing skills and knowledge. Attitudinal change is essential for the provision of high-quality mental health care in specialist mental health services and throughout the healthcare sector.
AB - Background: Mental health nursing skills and knowledge are vital for the provision of high-quality healthcare across all settings. Negative attitudes of nurses, towards both mental illness and mental health nursing as a profession, limit recognition of the value of these skills and knowledge. Experts by Experience have a significant role in enhancing mental health nursing education. The impact of this involvement on attitudes to mental health nursing has not been well researched. Aim: To explore the impact of Expert by Experience-led teaching on students’ perceptions of mental health nursing. Methods: Qualitative exploratory study involving focus groups with nursing students from five European countries and Australia. Results: Following Expert by Experience-led teaching, participants described more positive views towards mental health nursing skills and knowledge in three main ways: learning that mental health is everywhere, becoming better practitioners, and better appreciation of mental health nursing. Conclusions: Experts by experience contribute to promoting positive attitudinal change in nursing students towards mental health nursing skills and knowledge. Attitudinal change is essential for the provision of high-quality mental health care in specialist mental health services and throughout the healthcare sector.
KW - Attitudes education of health professionals
KW - experts by experience
KW - mental health mental health nursing nurse education
KW - nursing practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074477395&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09638237.2019.1677872
DO - 10.1080/09638237.2019.1677872
M3 - Article
C2 - 31645161
AN - SCOPUS:85074477395
SN - 0963-8237
VL - 30
SP - 556
EP - 563
JO - Journal of Mental Health
JF - Journal of Mental Health
IS - 5
ER -
