Curtis Janette
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2007 Aug;16(4):285-93. doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2007.00478.x.
There is ongoing concern among mental health professionals regarding the recruitment of newly graduated nurses to this specialist nursing area. Many reasons for the problem have been identified, including the perceived inadequate preparation by the tertiary sector, students' prejudices and anxieties about mental illness, a perceived lack of support while undertaking clinical placement, and the quality of the clinical placement itself. This paper describes a collaborative response to these issues undertaken in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The implementation of preclinical undergraduate workshops using problem-based learning and role plays were undertaken. Mental health nursing scenarios were developed in association with experienced clinicians to introduce core concepts in a supportive learning environment. Quantitative and qualitative evaluation data were collected immediately following the workshop and again after the students returned to the university following a mental health clinical placement. A further survey of one cohort was undertaken 12 months after initial state registration and the beginning of a career in mental health nursing. Results showed that both students' and clinicians' attitudes to the workshops were consistently positive and indicated that the workshops were beneficial in preparing students for their clinical placement. Importantly, since the implementation of the workshops and other collaborative initiatives, an increasing number of newly graduated nurses from the region are choosing to work in mental health.
心理健康专业人员一直关注新毕业护士进入这一专科护理领域的招募问题。已确定该问题存在诸多原因，包括认为高等教育部门准备不足、学生对精神疾病的偏见和焦虑、临床实习期间感觉缺乏支持以及临床实习本身的质量。本文描述了澳大利亚新南威尔士州伊拉瓦拉地区针对这些问题采取的合作应对措施。开展了使用基于问题的学习和角色扮演的本科临床前工作坊。与经验丰富的临床医生合作开发了心理健康护理场景，以便在支持性学习环境中引入核心概念。在工作坊结束后以及学生完成心理健康临床实习返回大学后，立即收集了定量和定性评估数据。在首次州注册并开始心理健康护理职业生涯12个月后，对一个队列进行了进一步调查。结果表明，学生和临床医生对工作坊的态度始终积极，并表明这些工作坊有助于学生为临床实习做好准备。重要的是，自开展工作坊及其他合作举措以来，该地区越来越多的新毕业护士选择从事心理健康工作。
