scholarly journals Perceptions of nursing undergraduate students concerning the human dimension in the learning process

2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone de Oliveira Camillo ◽  
Ana Lúcia da Silva ◽  
Alan Jefferson do Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Human Condition ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
New Research ◽  
Nursing Course ◽  
Health Discipline

This study aimed to identify and interpret the perceptions presented by undergraduate students of a Nursing course after internship in Mental Health. Twelve nursing undergraduate students at the Nursing School of ABC Foundation - Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil were interviewed. These interviews using a semi-structure script were performed and recorded in August 2004. Through Content Analysis, thematic modality, four categories were identified, 1. mental health: providing understanding of the other; 2. respect for the human being: the importance of listening, 3. mental health: contributing for a contextualized view of the patient and 4. nursing graduation: undesirable "signs and symptoms" of the profession. The analysis and the discussion of these categories suggest the possibility of teaching based on the human condition. Thus, we support the idea of new research been carried out, considering that the Mental Health discipline must be valued in the Political and Pedagogical projects of the Nursing Undergraduate Courses.

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.

scholarly journals Intensifying and De-intensifying Distinctions

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-515
Author(s):  
Marin Terpstra
Keyword(s):  
Human Condition ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Cognitive Operation ◽  
The World ◽  
Material Space ◽  
The One ◽  
The Human Condition

Abstract In this article I explore different ways of imagining distinctions in the form of borders and on the attitudes that people assume towards them. A distinction is primarily a cognitive operation, but appears as such in human communication (people talking about differences and identities), and in constructions that shape the material space people live in (borders, buildings, and the like). I explore two extreme positions, the one de-intensifying distinctions by focusing on their logical and contingent forms, the other intensifying distinctions by making them a potential cause of conflict. The first one is exemplified by Spencer Brown’s and Niklas Luhmann’s reflection on the logical and sociological aspects of distinctions; the second one by Carl Schmitt’s theory of ‘the political’ and its key notion of the distinction between friend and enemy. Both positions are relevant to understand a major debate and struggle in the world of today between liberal cosmopolitans and authoritarian nationalists. I show in what way both positions are aspects of the human condition, and what makes that alternately the one or the other is stressed.

scholarly journals Identification of stress signs before practical exams in human anatomy

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e1569129974
Author(s):  
Ana Luiza Rodriguez Pereira ◽  
Nayara Thays Paulino ◽  
Ademir Franco ◽  
Jose Eduardo Scabora ◽  
Giuliano Roberto Gonçalves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Oxygen Saturation ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Anatomy ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Stress Symptoms ◽  
Teaching Learning

The teaching-learning process is challenging in human anatomy. In this process, practical exams are necessary to enable a proper evaluation of the students. Students’ performance, on the other hand, reflects not only their knowledge but also their individual reactions to exams. Objective: This study aimed to identify signs and symptoms of stress in undergraduate students before practical exams in human anatomy. Methods: The sample consisted of 93 students (48 females and 45 males, mean age = 20.33 years) enrolled in medical and dental courses at undergraduate level. Blood rate, heart rate and oxygen saturation were assessed 30 minutes before the practical exams. Lipp´s Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults (LSSI) was used. Results: Statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) was observed for the systolic blood pressure between females (117.76  11.82 mmHg) and males (120.66  10.09 mmHg). Diastolic rate, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation were similar between sex groups (p > 0.05). A higher report of signs and symptoms of stress was detected in females (p < 0.05) for each of the stress stages described by LSSI, namely alarm, resistance and exhaustion. Medical and dental undergraduate students manifested signs and symptoms of stress before practical exams in human anatomy. The outcomes were more evident in females.

The Return to Diversity in Eastern Europe

1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Jens Hohensee
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
New Research ◽  
Annus Mirabilis

The events of 1989, the annus mirabilis, have led to a great demand for new research and a re-thinking of the history of Eastern Europe. Those sources which were kept from us for years are now available, at least in part. As part of this process political scientists and historians of Eastern Europe are now concerned to fill in the gaps in our knowledge and provide the answers to urgent questions. A consequence of this situation has been a veritable flood of publications, of which eight have been chosen for review here. With two exceptions these studies have deepened our understanding of the issues involved. There are clear differences between the historians on the one hand and the political scientists on the other in terms of their starting-point and the questions they ask. Whereas the historians deal descriptively with the origins, trends and structures of the last centuries and place the revolutions of 1989/90 in their historical context, the political scientists proceed analytically and place greater emphasis on social, ethnic and economic factors. This dichotomy is demonstrated in the different problematics of the books under review.

scholarly journals An uncritical encounter between anthropology and psychiatry

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhrigupati Singh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Political ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Mental Health And Illness ◽  
Political Economy Of Health ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Two Bodies

In what ways do two bodies of knowledge meet? Anthropology and psychiatry most often meet in a mood of mutual suspicion, the danger of which is that each confronts (or avoids) the other as a straw man. In this introduction I describe a refreshingly different encounter in which a group of psychiatrists from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi respond to an anthropological text, Veena Das’s 'Affliction: Health, Disease, Poverty', which engages with lives and issues quite similar to those encountered by these psychiatrists in their clinical practice. Rather than rehearsing relatively predictable debates (for instance on the importance, or lack thereof, of ‘culture’, often assumed to be the sole meeting ground between anthropology and psychiatry), what is instead surprising in the psychiatrists’ engagement with Affliction is their recognition of a shared terrain of uncertainty and complexity that moves across the realms of the spiritual, the ‘vernacular’ uses of biomedical terms, and the political economy of health. I outline three domains of inquiry that this interdisciplinary discussion opens up as regards the study of mental health and illness: 1) ecologies, circuits, and tempos rather than institutions and subjectivity; 2) not-yet ontologies and etiologies; and 3) methodological consequences, beyond quantitative/qualitative divides and towards patterns, singularities, and modes of attunement.

scholarly journals The classroom comes alive: Team-based active learning in an undergraduate psychiatric mental health nursing course

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Joy Ann Lauerer ◽  
Berry Anderson ◽  
Teresa Atz ◽  
Kimbi Marenakos
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing ◽  
Nursing Course

Many undergraduate students enter psychiatric mental health nursing with anxiety, fear, and negative attitudes related to the patient population and their complex care. This issue is further complicated by the unique learning needs of an increasingly diverse group of students who require innovative, multi-modal teaching strategies. Faculty strive to provide active learning strategies to help students practice mental health nursing skills within a safe and non-threatening environment. These educational interventions can further develop self-confidence in student nurses to provide safe and therapeutic nursing care. This article discusses integrating components of flipped classroom and active, team-based learning into an undergraduate psychiatric mental health-nursing course.

The Psychophysiology of Anxiety and Mood Disorders

2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Lang ◽  
Lisa M. McTeague ◽  
Margaret M. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Heart Rate ◽  
Brain Function ◽  
Physiological Reactivity ◽  
Research Domain Criteria ◽  
Diagnostic Systems ◽  
Psychophysiological Reactivity ◽  
Diagnostic Categories ◽  
New Research ◽  
Research Domain

Abstract. Several decades of research are reviewed, assessing patterns of psychophysiological reactivity in anxiety patients responding to a fear/threat imagery challenge. Findings show substantive differences in these measures within principal diagnostic categories, questioning the reliability and categorical specificity of current diagnostic systems. Following a new research framework (US National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH], Research Domain Criteria [RDoC]; Cuthbert & Insel, 2013 ), dimensional patterns of physiological reactivity are explored in a large sample of anxiety and mood disorder patients. Patients’ responses (e.g., startle reflex, heart rate) during fear/threat imagery varied significantly with higher questionnaire measured “negative affect,” stress history, and overall life dysfunction – bio-marking disorder groups, independent of Diagnostic and Statistical Manuals (DSM). The review concludes with a description of new research, currently underway, exploring brain function indices (structure activation, circuit connectivity) as potential biological classifiers (collectively with the reflex physiology) of anxiety and mood pathology.

Public Mental Health on the Other Side of the Atlantic

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-330
Author(s):  
Richard H. Price
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
The Other

Collections of Memory Institutions: New Trends for Research

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 9-18
Author(s):  
Arvydas Pacevičius
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
The Other ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Library History ◽  
Modern Library ◽  
Research Paradigms ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
New Research

The publication features information on research done during the Bibliotheca Lituana project. In particular the focus is on collections of memory institutions, new perspectives on library and other memory institution, i.e. archives, museums, research. Modern library history has adopted relevant theoretical perspectives from social and cultural theory. Currently these perspectives incorporate not only the activities and collections of the aforementioned institutions but also the more widely interpreted information infrastructure, that do not have libraries as their main frame of reference. Problems faced publishing archival sources are also examined. It was determined that insufficient attention is given to research and publication of old catalogues, inventories and book listings. On the other hand a unified system and methodology for publishing of the aforementioned sources does not exist. We come to a conclusion that through new research paradigms, an interdisciplinary approach and change of thought in the archival, librarian and museology communities, we can start systematic research of libraries and other memory institutions. Their results would complement the pages of the continued Bibliotheca Lituana publications.

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