scholarly journals Enhancing Nursing Students' Competency Skills With a Workplace Violence Nursing Simulation: Translating Knowledge Into Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 237796081984369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel J. Solorzano Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Workplace Violence ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Clinical Rotations ◽  
Personal Boundaries ◽  
Nursing Simulation ◽  
Health Nursing

The phenomenon of workplace violence (WPV) is prevalent in clinical settings affecting nurses and nursing students. Mental health nursing simulations may be used to impart knowledge and skills to nursing students to manage and prevent incidents of WPV. This article presents attained competency skills by nursing students after attending a simulation, and how they implemented their knowledge learned in their clinical rotations. Students attended a Mental Health Nursing Simulation on WPV and completed surveys. The simulation enhanced the students' communication skills, empathy, ability to manage verbally aggressive patients, ability to set personal boundaries, and ability to seek support from others. Participants reported physical and verbal forms of WPV and application of learned evidence-based skills in their clinical rotations. Evidence-based skills to manage and prevent WPV taught to nursing students via mental health nursing simulations can enhance their clinical competency, and they should be embedded in a nursing curriculum.

scholarly journals Undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions of integrating evidence into practice in a psychiatric-mental health nursing clinical course

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadia Ali Muhammad Ali Charania ◽  
Paula Lynn Ross-Durow ◽  
Barbara-Jean Sullivan ◽  
Laura A. Dansel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Baccalaureate Nursing ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Health Nursing

Faculty in a baccalaureate nursing program recognized the need to make intentional efforts to assist nursing students in integrating evidence-based knowledge in their clinical learning.  This paper aims to describe ways in which evidence-based practice (EBP) was incorporated into Psychiatric-Mental Health Clinical Course (P-MHCC) assignments, and summarize students’ perceptions about their use of evidence in their clinical practice. Content analysis was performed on 64 student essays. Four themes were identified following analyses of students’ written self-reflections: clinical assignments created opportunities to incorporate EBP, assignments promoted exploration of resources and fostered development of a professional self-concept, use of evidence in mental health nursing, and students’ views on future use of EBP and barriers. Clinical assignments and educational experiences were influential in students’ utilization of EBP. Students agreed on the value of EBP in their development as nurses and as being necessary to provide the best care to patients. Three future recommendations were proposed. First, faculty facilitating clinical courses must integrate EBP as a consistent component across all clinical assignments and employ specific rubrics to help students recognize the importance of evidence in clinical practice. Second, faculty must be proactive to explore and address students’ barriers to integration of EBP in a P-MHCC. Finally, clinical faculty should consider the use of EBP in clinical assignments as one of the strategies to promote students’ professional self-concept. Future research should include systematically exploring and testing the teaching strategies used by nursing faculty at all levels of the baccalaureate program to determine their effectiveness in improving baccalaureate-nursing students’ knowledge and skills.

Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing

2009 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Care Plan ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Case Based

In order to provide sound, person-centred care, mental health nursing students need a thorough understanding of theory alongside the ability to translate this knowledge into practice. It can be difficult to apply ideas from the classroom and books when learning how to work with mental health service users for the first time. That is why the theoretical aspects of this book are presented alongside realistic accounts of nursing practice. Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is a case-based and service user centred textbook for mental health nursing students. Designed to support students throughout their pre-registration studies, the text covers the essential knowledge required to provide high quality nursing care. Contributions from real service users and cases of fictional clients are explored in detail to provide excellent transferable skills for practice. Dedicated chapters explore fundamental nursing skills and mental health law before providing a case-based exploration of the areas and subjects that will be encountered by students in university and placement. Practice-based chapters introduce students to the needs of a diverse range of fictional clients and explain how the skills of communication, assessment, care planning and monitoring can be applied. Each chapter provides a sample care plan explaining why and how clinical decisions are made, so that students can develop their own skills and practice. The text opens with clear advice to help students succeed in their studies and concludes with a wealth of practical and thoughtful advice on becoming a professional and getting that first job. Online Resource Centre * Twenty one video clips of fictional service users demonstrate the application of theory and prepare students for real nursing practice * Quizzes, scenarios and a range of activities help students to apply their learning * Interactive glossary explains terminology and jargon * Sample CV's and self awareness exercises aid professional development

scholarly journals Nursing students' perceptions on the use of clinical simulation in psychiatric and mental health nursing by means of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 104866
Author(s):  
Silvia García-Mayor ◽  
Casta Quemada-González ◽  
Álvaro León-Campos ◽  
Shakira Kaknani-Uttumchandani ◽  
Laura Gutiérrez-Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Clinical Examination ◽  
Objective Structured Clinical Examination ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Clinical Simulation ◽  
Health Nursing

Positive psychology: resilience and its role within mental health nursing

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Jan Macfarlane
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Psychological Interventions ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Mental Health Workforce ◽  
Positive Psychological Interventions ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
The Individual ◽  
User Friendly

This is the ninth article in a series that explores the meaning of positive psychology and the importance it has on the wellbeing of the mental health workforce. It will focus on positive psychology interventions that help to develop resilience and to consider how the uplifting effect of resilience through contemporary use in the field of mental health nursing can be experienced. This article will explain what the term resilience means and how it is embedded in the practice of positive psychological interventions. Finally, it will emphasise how the application of positive psychological interventions can benefit the individual and the organisation. The practical tasks provided in the boxes throughout the article will help the reader identify what resilience means for them and understand how to further develop its transferability through evidence-based, user-friendly exercises.

scholarly journals Early teaching experiences in the field of mental health: a break from concepts/prejudices

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 2572
Author(s):  
Raionara Cristina de Araújo Santos ◽  
Rafaella Leite Fernandes ◽  
Tarciana Sampaio Costa ◽  
Francisco Arnoldo Nunes de Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Salud Mental ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Nursing Course

ABSTRACTObjective: to report early experiencesin teaching resulting from practical classes in the discipline Adult Health I, under the perspective of Mental Health. Method: this is an experience report of three students from the Graduate Program in Nursing of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) on the participation in the practical classes in mental health, held on June 2009, in the 2nd male infirmary of Hospital Psiquiatrico Dr. João Machado (HJM), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, with undergraduate students at the 5th semester of the Nursing course. Results: the practical course activities of each subgroup were carried out during four days, where the individuals identified some aspects of the psychiatry history and the psychiatric reform and became responsible for the nursing care of a patient. Conclusion: the wealth of experiences gained from the practice in mental health at this hospital is highlighted, both on the part of the undergraduate students and the graduate students. Descriptors: nursing; mental health; nursing students; teaching.RESUMO Objetivo: relatar experiências iniciais na docência decorrentes das aulas práticas na disciplina de Saúde do Adulto I, na perspectiva da Saúde Mental. Método: trata-se de um relato da experiência de três alunas do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) acerca da participação nas aulas práticas em saúde mental, realizadas em junho de 2009, na 2ª enfermaria da ala masculina do Hospital Psiquiátrico Dr. João Machado (HJM), Natal/RN, com os acadêmicos do 5º período do curso de Enfermagem. Resultados: as práticas disciplinares de cada subgrupo ocorreram durante quatro dias, onde os indivíduos identificaram alguns aspectos da história da psiquiatria e da reforma psiquiátrica e tornaram-se responsáveis pelos cuidados de enfermagem de um paciente. Conclusão: salienta-se a riqueza de experiências advindas das práticas em saúde mental neste hospital, tanto por parte dos alunos de graduação como para as mestrandas. Descritores: enfermagem; saúde mental; estudantes de enfermagem; ensino.RESUMENObjetivo: relatar experiencias iniciales en la docencia derivadas de las clases prácticas en la disciplina de Salud del Adulto I, en la perspectiva de la Salud Mental. Método: esto es un relato de experiencia de tres alumnas del Programa de Posgrado en Enfermería de la Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) acerca de las clases prácticas en salud mental, realizadas en junio de 2009, en la 2ª enfermería masculina del Hospital Psiquiátrico Dr. João Machado (HJM), Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil, con académicos del 5º periodo del curso de Enfermería. Resultados: las prácticas en la clase de cada subgrupo ocurrieron durante cuatro días, donde los individuos identificaron algunos aspectos de la historia de la psiquiatría y de la reforma psiquiátrica y se tornaron responsables por la atención de enfermería de un paciente. Conclusión: se destaca la riqueza de experiencias advenidas de las prácticas en salud mental en este hospital, tanto por parte de los estudiantes de graduación como de las estudiantes de postgrado. Descriptores: enfermería; salud mental; estudiantes de enfermería; enseñanza.

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