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 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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 - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85074477395
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 -